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October 30, 2025

SLV Water District invasive control plan uses best management practices

We support the San Lorenzo Valley Water District Plan to control Silver Wattle Acacia, French Broom, and Portuguese Broom at the Olympia Wellfield site. We are environmental scientists, each with over 20 years of experience restoring coastal California ecosystems. We consider the proposed methods consistent with best management practices to remove these invasive species, conserve the threatened Santa Cruz sand hills habitat, and minimize risks to water quality.

Middle school back on track

U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials on Tuesday announced final approval of a plan for an endangered beetle that will allow construction of a new Scotts Valley Middle School to begin in earnest.

Broom removal plan author quits

In a stunning development in the continuing controversy over the proposed removal of invasive plant species from a protected watershed in Felton, the author of the eradication plan abruptly quit last week, leaving its implementation in limbo.

They said…What?

Comments at the April 20 meeting of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District

Permit delays broom removal

The heavy winter rains and a warm, sunny spring have sparked one of the greatest Callifornia wildflower blooms in decades. It has also has fueled a similar bloom among “non-native,” “exotic” or “invasive” species.

Water district directors take gloves off

Directors and the manager of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District confronted their critics head-on last week in a tense, standing-room-only setting in the Felton Community Hall.

SLV Steve: Man behind the camera

 On a hot, dry late spring morning more than 30 years ago, the man known as SLV Steve – now capturing San Lorenzo Valley life through stunning photography –began his life’s journey.

Letters: On use of glyphosate

Dear Editor, This note is in regard to the proposed management of invasive plants on water district property. The sand hills in question are full...

SV Middle School goundbreaking, despite Trump order

The Scotts Valley School District has scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for its new middle school, even though the project remained stalled this week by a Presidential order.

2004 study looked at alternative French bloom eradication techniques

In 2004, Dr. Jodi McGraw wrote a 354-page Sandhills Conservation and Management Plan: A Strategy for Preserving Native Diversity in the Santa Cruz Sandhills, for the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County. One section of the report assessed various eradication techniques for invasive plants.

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Starbucks workers rally for unionization in Scotts Valley

On a drizzly Saturday afternoon in Scotts Valley, the rain came down softly but the voices of Starbucks baristas rose over the din of...