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8=oo P.M. gSANTA BARBARA: SUSTAINABLE CITY OF FUTUREQ!

What would a sustainable model for the South Coast ofSanta Barbara County be like? r”’:-

How wouldhe meet our needs in resources, housing,and transportation? '

Audubon Society expands its vistas this month, andhas invited environmental planner Paul Relis, to present a

slide show and talk on the environmental outlook for Santa waflwsxBarbara.

\ \ \\Mr. Relis will draw upon policies outlined by the CommunityEnvironmental Council (CEC) in their recently published report, 1 \\\"Restructuring For Sustainability," a thorough-g0ing>in—depthlook at California's struggle to maintain a quality of lifein the face of enormous growth pressures

In addition to his position as Executive Director of theCEC, Mr. Relis is an advisor to California State authorities, theEnvironmental Protection Administration of the United States, andis a consultant to various local governmental institutions. \Q Rf

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y\DESPITE HIGH SPECIES COUNTS FACES FURTHER CUTS AT COASTAL COMhl HEARINGS

The 1990 Santa Barbara bird count of 21¢species, second only to Freeport, Texas’ 218, The U655 eXP3n5i°“ Plan that i¢1udedis noted with passing pride locally, but masks the Deveteaux 31°"8h area has been $iEnifi°“a continuing long-term decline in a few species. 3nt1Y d°"n$°a1°d- Instead Of 316 house

(see BIRD COUNT, pg.}) (see UCSB DOWNSCALES pg. 2)

1&5 DOWNSCALES icont-J __7_, DESTRUCTION or TREES IN MONARCH HABITAT

BRINGS DEMAND FOR S.B. COUNTY ACTIONunits near Devereaux there are plans forabout 160 units. This is still 100 too many ISSUE: Goleta west Sanitary Districtas far as I m concerned but we're making pro— removeg at least 65 eucalyptus treesgress. The plan goes to the California . from Devereux Creek in bird andCoastal Commission soon and further modif- m°I1a1‘<3h butterfly habitat-ications are possible .

gressing okay, although more sponsors are were unable to notify county officialsBACKGROUND: The trees were removed

My fund raising World Birdathon is pro- Over a Weekend when alert neighbors

needed. If you want to contribute to a cause in.time' Although the sanitary Dis-trict had received permission fromthat is really concerned with local environ- the Department of Fish and Game Longmental, conservation, natural history and out- Beach Office’ they neglected to Ob_door activities, there is no better one than tain required county permits. Theyour Santa Barbara Audubon Chapter. Please District claims they cleared theircall me today to sign up, right—of-way to reach clogged mains.

But neighbors argue alternative ac-cess is available.

Local organizations (Save Ell-... - Ron Hirst,

President.r_ r W J H ___~ e W7 .~—’\. — —Y ~ —-wood-Shores,’—Seenic%ho1-eline,"Sierra

SEATTLE AUDUBON TOURS COVER BROAD AREAS

from camping to grand tours:

21 - A118 3; OIEEOH river rafting in June. I. Asl? the Board of Supervisors (CourtContact Seattle Audubon, 8028 35 Av‘ NE, House, lO5 E. Ana emu Street, Santa

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Club, Urban Creek Council) join inprotest against this violation by a

Seattle Audubon Chapter sponsors varied Public agency and the 5i$ni£i€§nttb d_ d t . . . loss of sensitive riparian a ita .ma Iange Ours’ lnexpenslve to hlgh’ The Urban Creek Council has proposed

that neighborhood creek committeesA trip to the Soviet Far East appears to b‘? e5tal_>1j-shed t? I'eP°1"t such lafld

be the tour of a lifetime - Seattle to Khab- d%s‘°“1"*?1“5 a°‘°i"l“ies and P°te““1“1arovsk, the Amur River and Sakhalin Island, vlolatlOns'May 18 — June 8; Car camping in Arizona July WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Seattle, Na. 98115. (SBAS office has flyer), Barbara, CA 95101? to enforce en-vironmental regulations against

. the Golete West Sanitary District.2. Urge the Board to coordinate a

county, DFG, and U.S. Corps ofLOS PADRES PUBLICATIONS

Engineers interagency creek pro-The Los Padres Forest Interpretive Assoc- Jecg permit ¢he¢k_off list of

iation offers a variety of authoritative assistance to both the county andpublications for sale at Forest Service out- neighborhood organizations in theirlets. Their latest list includes some prize- @n\’iI‘°!'1meT-1781 °VeI‘$i8ht--winning postcards by local photographers,as well as camping, hiking,_a.nd.nature_guides,, __ 1 _ pgiklii. Conservation Chairand book] ets. Many of these publicationsare not readily obtained elsewhere. The LosPadres Forest Service Headquarters officeis located at 61% Calle Beale (1 blocknorth of Fairview Exit of US 101 in Gol— "Wem“) SANTA BARBARA AUDUBON SOCIETY - orrrcras 1990-91

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(Area Code 805)President . . . . . . . ..Ron Hirst . . . . . ........967-A966Vice-President....Lee Moldaver.. ......68Z-Z120

NEW BIRD GUIDES Now AT sBA$ OFFICE Secretary.........Nancy King...... ....687-Z079Treasurer.........Anne Eissler..........96b-Z492

The Chapter has just agquired three new Conservation......Mergaret Eissler . . . . "9610-6486

bird guides, "hot off the press," and they Ed“°*’u°“'"““"("“°"“t),1 bl t b 1 b , Field Trips.......Everett King . . - . ......96Z-0883

'3 av“ a e ° '“e"‘ "5 °“ 3 °a“ 3515- Fund-Raising......Sally \Jalker..........569-5368Membership........Harie S1aton..........683-2935

___________1___________ Newsletter........Karl L. Ueissmenn.....967-3008Pl:§ - western B17-‘ds At-Large..........Joe Hartorana.........685-/0045Harold Holt - Birder's Guide to Southern CHAIRS

California Hospitality.......Catol Rae . . . . . . . ......964-3827Publicity.........Betty Bazzi.._.. ....967-5200Rare Bird A1ert...Karen Bridgers.. ....964-1316Bird Refuge Cenaus.He1en Matelson. ....966-3217DIAL-A-BIRD TAPE..Santa Barbara ....96b-B240

.. 3-BIRD COUNT (cont) W SONORAN DESERT EIXPLOREZD

' BY AUDUBON ECOLOGY INSTITUTEPaul Lehman, Santa. Barbara's veteran count l,

compiler identified these noteworthy changes \).y The 21st Annual Audubon insti-in reporting on the count. He particularly . ‘~ tute of Desert Ecology is setidentified the continuing decline of the green- Q for April 17-21, 1991, at 8-

backed heron and black-shouldered kite as due :2“/,9,“ “ Catalina» Mountains CETTIPS5-teto losses in habitats, whereas declines in oth- ""# ‘ ’l°I‘th Of Tucson, Arizona»er species reflect -the temporary impagt of Four days of field studies in the Sonoranof the drought, Drops in the presences of desert are co d t d bn uc e y six U. Arizona nat-water-birds and insect-eaters have been widely Ural history eXP@I‘t$, f1‘0II1 dawn t0 Owling atnoted ‘as being C11-Oug1-,1;_re1a,-ted, The excepl-,._ dusk, blacklighting for insects and ‘star talk.ionally severe Christmas freeze that swept Cal- Contact Institute at 300 E. University Blvd.,ifornia recently has also impacted local bird Rm. 120, THOSQY1, AZ- 85705. (Fee $215).populations .

SANTA BARBARA SOCIETY CHRISTMAS COUNT, DECEMBER Z9, 1990: 215» SPECIES TOTAL

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i Mountain Bluebirds, and Ferruginous Hawk are among the birds seen in pastA 2 »i/ years Meet Ron at the Andre Clark Bird R f.: - .- - e uge at 7:30 a.m. Brin lunch and

‘-_=::_,, warm sweater. g FEB. 22 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER PEERS INTO SANTA BARBARA FUTUREFriday Eve. Paul Relis, Executive Director of Community Environmental8_ . ..00 P.M. Council, will make a presentation on plans and prospects for the

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and field trips are held on Saturday morn— Barbara Botanlc Gardens’ .Cal1 Susan stem"ings starting March 2nd. Call SBCC for enSOn' 563_?u51' for detalls on these freereéigtration fofms <963_uO91). Deadline is courses, which start on February 21.

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