Dear Concerned
South Coast Resident:
TAKE ACTION -
Save Goleta's Wildlife Habitats and Farms!
For years, development has chipped away at Goletas urban farmland and
wildlife habitats. Today, very few farms remain, wildlife is imperiled
and we need your help!
Can we count on you to help us urge the Santa Barbara County Board of
Supervisors to protect Goleta farmland by supporting Alternative E
and to protect Goletas wildlife habitats?
The magical combination of the rugged, scenic mountains, fertile fields
and productive orchards set against the glistening Pacific makes Goleta a
rare treasure. Here our local food production and open spaces filled with
birds and wildlife add tremendously to our lives. Unfortunately, unless
we act now, unbridled development will continue to destroy the last of
our thriving fields and wildlife habitats.
The Board of Supervisors is set to consider an update to the Eastern
Goleta Community Plan Tuesday, October 20, and EDC and our clients at
the Urban Creeks Council need your help to ensure the protection of
Goletas wildlife habitats and urban farms.
Evidence submitted by EDC and Urban Creeks Council proves that wildlife
habitat, including chaparral, is environmentally-sensitive and in need of
protection. Unfortunately, there remains significant pressure by some
landowners to rezone and develop Goletas last farms and to clear-cut and
destroy local wildlife habitats in Goletas scenic foothills.
Please help protect our urban farms and wildlife habitats today!
TAKE ACTION >>
1. EMAIL the Board of Supervisors and tell them to protect our wildlife
habitats and farms: sbcob@co.santa-barbara.ca.us and
jwolf@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
Talking Points (cut and paste
into your email; add your own message):
- Support Alternative E which protects critical
farmland in Goleta.
- Designate and protect all chaparral as
Environmentally Sensitive Habitat for rare plant and wildlife species in
Goleta, and reject staffs late change which would undermine chaparral
protection.
- Close the loophole in the Sensitive Habitat
Ordinance to prevent uncontrolled clearcutting of chaparral and oak
woodlands.
- Increase the creek setback for new urban
development from 50 to 100 feet to protect local creeks from pollution.
2. ATTEND the Board of Supervisors hearing and speak up for Goletas
farms & wildlife:
105 East Anapamu Street, 4th Floor,
Santa Barbara October 20, 2015, 9:30 AM
For more information contact EDC at (805) 963-1622 or Brian Trautwein at
BTrautwein@EnvironmentalDefenseCenter.org.
Thanks for speaking up for
Goleta's wildlife and farms!
Sincerely,
Brian Trautwein
Environmental Analyst & Watershed Program Director
Eddie Harris
President, Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
http://www.sbpermaculture.org
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