Draining Groundwater and Pocketbooks in the Cuyama Valley
A water rights lawsuit by giant carrot corporations, well into its third year, is driving up legal fees and gumming up the plans for sustainability,…
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Santa Barbara Botanic Garden receives USDA grant for conservation outreach in Cuyama Valley
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will help conservation efforts in the Cuyama Valley thanks to a $818,000 grant from the US Department of Agriculture…
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A test oil and gas well will move forward in the Cuyama Valley
An exploratory oil and gas well, the first such project in recent memory in Santa Barbara County, and the first believed ever to be approved for a…
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California awards $1 million climate resilience grant to Cuyama Valley community
The County of Santa Barbara, two community-based non-profits, Blue Sky Center and Quail Springs, and the Community Environmental Council have been…
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The Cuyama Valley launches a carrot boycott
Farmers and ranchers take aim at Bolthouse and Grimmway, the carrot corporations that are suing all other landowners over water…
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Showdown in the High Desert
Faced with mandatory pumping cutbacks, the biggest water guzzlers in the Cuyama Valley are forcing farmers, ranchers, water agencies and the school…
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National Weather Service issues blizzard warning for mountainous parts of Santa Barbara County
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for portions of Santa Barbara County from Feb. 21 at 9:56 p.m. until 3:56 a.m. on Feb.…
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Rain and snow arrive in Cuyama Valley
After a fair amount of rain in our area, the Cuyama Valley received some snow on…
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