Ecological and Environmental Indicators

Erosion Control Forum – Information on erosion control devices and resources Skip to content Santa Barbara CA In 1965, my family moved from Connecticut to Santa Barbara, CA, and I, in one year, "graduated" from playing hockey to surfing." During this first season, we endured the scarring of the foothills of the Sespe National Forest from the forest fires only to soon suffer the oil spill in the Channel Islands near Santa Barbara, CA. Needless to say, my surfing legacy was rudely interrupted and becalmed by the massive oil slick threat ened both the enviromment and those of us both fauna and flora, who ventured into unsafe waters. Two days later another’s environmental problem re-surfaced. Arguably, the debate is no longer about whether environ...