Tag: environment
Firewise Festival educates on wildfire prevention, home hardening and recovery efforts
Last Sunday, July 21, Roaring Camp Railroads in Felton played host to nearly 200 people who attended the Santa Cruz Mountains Firewise Festival.
The event...
Firewise Festival at Roaring Camp connects residents for fire safety
The Forest Lakes Neighborhood Firewise and Safety Association presented a showing of “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” on June 26 at the Scotts Valley Community Theater.
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Excessive heat warning issued for Santa Cruz Mountains and coastal regions
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning this week for the Santa Cruz Mountains and a heat advisory for the coastal...
Tree work completed at Castle Rock State Park
Volunteers of the global nonprofit Dr. Shri. Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Pratishthan completed a conservation drive at Castle Rock State Park, located along Skyline Boulevard, on...
Increased fines in effect for 4th of July holiday
The County of Santa Cruz is reminding residents and visitors that fireworks are prohibited in most of Santa Cruz County, including on all beaches.
“Illegal...
California State Parks to begin prescribed burn at Henry Cowell Redwoods...
Fire personnel from California State Parks are planning to conduct a 13-acre prescribed burn near the observation platform at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park...
Inaugural Santa Cruz County Wildfire Resilience Summit arrives June 6
The FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County is hosting the inaugural Santa Cruz County Wildfire Resilience Summit on Thursday, June 6, from 2-6pm at...
News Briefs | Published March 29, 2024
Local churches plan Community Good Friday Service
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church has announced a Community Good Friday Service, co-sponsored by six San Lorenzo Valley congregations,...
Students find fossil sloth bone in Santa Cruz Mountains
Local students from Tara Redwood School playing in the Santa Cruz Mountains last spring found a strange object that they suspected was a bone...
Sempervirens Fund permanently protects 120 acres in Santa Cruz Mountains’ Upper...
With the donation of a conservation easement from private landowners to Sempervirens Fund, California’s first land trust, 120 acres in the Upper Zayante watershed...
Community encouraged to take Santa Cruz County Strategic Plan survey
The County of Santa Cruz is asking residents to help shape the future by filling out a short survey that will guide the County’s...
