We have now been fighting to preserve the Modoc Preserve (2.0) since last May, 2022…one year…
We’ve overlaid the latest Modoc Road MUP plans on a satellite map for you to help visualize from where it is currently designed to cross into the Preserve boundary at the foot of Vista Clara…destroying a Canary Island Date Palm…a number of gorgeous mature wildlife supporting eucalyptus trees...and, the beautiful Live Oak grove…forever changing the entrance to historic Hope Ranch and Las Palmas Drive...
All of the trees that were targeted for destruction in the Western half of the Modoc Preserve have been saved. We have forced the proposed 14' wide asphalt bike road out of the fragile protected wetlands and up onto Modoc Road's existing asphalt infrastructure.
The Yerba Mansa is in bloom...this amazing native plant area was going to be destroyed by the County's plans 1 year ago...thanks to your support it is now saved...
We have supported the Santa Barbara Land Trust in their efforts to enforce the provisions of the Conservation Easement Agreement signed in 1999.
Any proposed bike path project MUST comply with the guidelines that Santa Barbara Land Trust has issued which excludes toxic road building materials and any design that looks like a road.
CAMP continues to maintain that the best way to solve this issue is to finish the project on Modoc Road out of the tree line.
CAMP's lawsuit against Santa Barbara County Public Works and the Board of Supervisors for alleged violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is very much still active with a trial date in front of Judge Thomas Anderle on December, 13, 2023.
Please continue to SPREAD THE WORD...we have nearly 6000 petition supporters...only 86 more to go!
Our goal is to keep this ecologically valuable open space from encroaching urban development. Please contribute to our legal fund to help save these 100+ year old iconic, and historic, heritage trees before it's too late. Everything helps!
*PLEASE NOTE FUNDS DONATED TO THE LINK ABOVE GO DIRECTLY INTO THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND TO HELP PROTECT THE MODOC TREES AND THE PRESERVE LAND.
CONTRIBUTIONS THRU THIS PETITION WHEN YOU SIGN UP, ARE ONLY USED TO INCREASE PETITION SIGNATURES. WE DON'T CONTROL THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS.*
We also accept donations by check...please EMAIL us for mailing details...
Mahalo,
Team CAMP