Trails, Ales, and Photography
Live Music and Happy Hour at Carpinteria Arts Center Please join the Santa Barbara County Trails Council and the Friends of Franklin Trail in a toast to the winners of the 93013 Photo Contest on October […]
Send a Selfie Postcard
Secure Coastal Access and Trails — The fate of coastal access and the location of the California Coastal Trail on Gaviota’s Las Varas Ranch has moved from the County Planning Commission to […]
Franklin Trail Phase III Overview
Phase III | Los Padres National Forest Segment Taking the Franklin Trail to the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains (Phase III) will add 2.7 miles of trail infrastructure to one […]
Butterfly Grove Gets Upgrade
Twenty hardworking volunteers just finished replacing 100 posts and over 1000 feet of manila rope that cordoned off the viewing galleries in the Goleta Butterfly Grove. If you have not […]
Save Gaviota Coastal Access
Proposed Las Varas Ranch Development [UPDATE: The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission at their hearing of September 23, 2014, the commissioners made the following motion on the Las Varas Ranch […]
Association of Environmental Professionals Honors Trails Council Study
AEP 2014 Public Involvement/Education MERIT AWARD Gaviota Coastal Trail and Access Study Prepared by the Santa Barbara County Trails Council Imagine biking or hiking continuously along California’s scenic coastline without encountering […]
Gaviota State Park Trail Maintenance Day
The Trails Council is holding its second trail maintenance project for the Beach to Backcountry Trail at Gaviota State Park. Last November the volunteer crew cleared a long section of […]
Trail Maintenance at Gaviota State Park
The Beach to Backcountry Trail extends from the beach at Gaviota State Park to near the Vista de las Cruces School. It’s one of most beautiful trails on the Gaviota […]
SBCTC Releases its Technical Comments on the Las Varas EIR
Following up on its April 12, 2012 letter to the Board of Supervisors, the Trails Council has released a detailed description of the deficiencies it believes need to be addressed […]
Trails Council Takes Stand at Las Varas
We are writing to express our deep concern that the County’s planning process for the Las Varas Ranch Development project has veered badly off course. We respectfully request that your Board provide direction to County staff and the Planning Commission to address the concerns raised by 14 civic groups and dozens of citizens regarding the acquisition of an appropriately sited easement for the CCT and provision of long-planned coastal access to Edwards Point.