Santa Paula High Teens Do Good Things for the Earth
By Nina Danza With school ending and tests looming, it was an inspiration to see high school teens from Santa Paula High give up a few personal hours to get out and give time to environmental service. On Sunday 5-31-15, a few SESPEA club representatives did light duty ecological work at the Hedrick Ranch Nature […]
Busy, Busier, Busiest: Twelve 3 to 5 story apartment buildings proposed for Hwy. 101 and Johnson Dr.
By Nina Danza The intersection of Hwy 101 and Johnson Drive is about to get very busy. Probably about 305 new apartments in 12 new three-to-five story buildings, and a lot of new auto trips busy. These consequences are the result of a proposed project at the now vacant lot on the corner of N. […]
Santa Clara River Cleanup: Get the Lead (and trash and junk and other bad stuff) Out!
By Nina Danza, Sierra Club Hands on was the name of the game at the Santa Clara River Earth Day Clean Up! Sierra Club hosted volunteers on Saturday April 25at the Santa Clara River Gateway Puente land , an area of about 300 acres owned by The Nature Conservancy at Johnson Drive & Hwy 101. […]
Ventura County’s Freeman Diversion Dam
By Sheryl Hamlin The Museum of Ventura County hosted an on-site tour of the Freeman Diversion Dam. Two senior members from United Water Conservation District (UWCD) presented the dam and water management strategies: Dan Detmer, Supervising Hydro-geologist, and Murray McEachron, Senior Hydrologist. Mr. Detmer focuses on groundwater, while Mr. McEachron, who has been with UWCD […]
Will Levees on the Santa Clara River Harm the Environment?
by Nina Danza A levee project along the Santa Clara River is proposed by the County Watershed Protection District (Ventura County) to contain storm water for the sole purpose of reducing flood insurance requirements to neighborhoods in Oxnard. The levees would be built from about Hwy 101 for 2 miles downstream mostly on the south […]
