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Ellwood Mesa Restoration
updated: Aug 29, 2012, 3:37 PM
Source: City of Goleta
The City of Goleta is looking for your ideas and input on trail
improvement and habitat restoration on the Ellwood Mesa. A public workshop will
be held on Thursday, September 6 from 6-8 p.m. at the Ellwood School
Multipurpose Room to share possible trail designs, habitat restoration options and
a range of ideas to address related issues. The workshop will begin with a 30
minute presentation followed by an open house to allow participants to view
materials and have discussions with presenters on the options.
On Saturday, September 8 from 9-11 a.m. a site walk will be held to tour the area
that is being discussed. Meet up at the Sperling Preserve parking lot.
The City Council recently approved an agreement with the Santa Barbara Trails
Council (SBTC) to begin design and engineering for the Trails Improvement and
Habitat Restoration Project. SBTC received a grant from the California Coastal
Commission to commence the planning and permitting effort associated with this
process.
A project of this nature is identified in the City's Capital Improvement Program Plan
as a future, unfunded project. In addition, the City's Ellwood Mesa Open Space
Plan (adopted in 2004) identifies existing and future trails, including future trail
design standards for the Coastal Trail and the Anza Trail.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAILS
The California Coastal Trail (Coastal Trail) is a continuous public right-of-way along
the entire California coastline designed to foster appreciation and stewardship of
the diverse scenic and natural resources of the California coast through a hiking,
biking, and equestrian trail system. The 1,300 mile long Coastal Trail is
approximately 80 percent constructed and is comprised of many different
segments over varied terrain, reflecting the great diversity of California's coastal
communities and providing opportunities for public access to beaches, scenic
vistas, wildlife viewing areas, recreational or interpretive facilities and other points
of interest. In 2001, the state legislature passed Senate Bill 908 establishing a
mandate for mapping the existing segments and estimating the costs for
completing missing segments. One of the missing segments is identified on the City-owned Ellwood
Mesa Open Space / Sperling Preserve (Ellwood Mesa Open Space).
The Juan Bautista de Anza (Anza) Trail extends from the Mexican border to the San Francisco
Bay. The trail recognizes the route of the 1775-76 Anza expedition to bring more than 240
settlers from Mexico to California. The expedition, an integral part of Spanish foreign and
colonial policy to extend its hold upon territories in the New World, brought the influence of the
language, customs, traditions, and general expressions of Hispanic culture on the early
development of California. Part of the Anza Trail is identified on the Ellwood Mesa Open Space
and is an alternate route of travel from the Coastal Trail.
For questions or more information, please contact Valerie Kushnerov, Public Information Officer,
City of Goleta at 805-961-7507 or vkushnerov@cityofgoleta.org.
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