December 17, 2006
Volunteers work to restore Lompico Creek headwaters. Hot coffee and cold beer greeted about 15 volunteers Saturday when they took a break from repairing habitat they helped save in a $5.6 million land deal last summer.

November 7, 2006
Lompico headwaters get big monetary boost
The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County has offered to match up to $10,000 in donations by Dec. 31 to pay for the 425-acre Lompico Headwaters above Felton.

January 23, 2006
Sempervirens Fund to Purchase the Lompico Headwaters. Controverisal logging plan put on hold. Donations needed to secure purchase.

December 6, 2005
Lompico.org adds the Lompico Women's Reading Group to its web site so that local women can get together monthly to discuss works of fiction.

November 30, 2004
Lompico.org adds information on the Lake Boulevard Road Association to its web site to spread the word to local residents about the organization's goals and objectives.

November 12, 2004
Lompico.org adds an Ammeneties Map to the web site that visually shows the local attractions, parks, shopping center, etc.

November 5, 2004
Lompico Watershed Conservancy update indicates the logging of Islandia may still happen

September 20, 2004
Web site touts all things Lompico.

September 20, 2004
Lompico Leaves Its Reputation Behind. Small Santa Cruz Community Aims To Correct 30-Year-Old Stereotype With First Ever Community Web Site: Lompico.org

August 31, 2004
Lompico Watershed Conservancy project restores creekbed to help steelhead travel further up Lompico Creek
Long gone are the days when swimmers frolicked in the manmade pool in Lompico Creek, but a conservation group hopes the days when more steelhead do so are in the future. Work is continuing this week on an effort to make it easier for the fish to swim upstream, through what used to be the old swimming hole, to lay their eggs.

April 28, 2004
Lompico voters reject recreation-district tax
A $25-per-parcel recreation tax lost in an all-mail ballot two weeks ago, but supporters see a silver lining in the defeat. "It’s not the end of the world," said Steve Nelson, who is on the board of the Lompico Community Center, the nonprofit that asked for the tax to raise $12,000 a year. "A lot of positive things came out of it. A lot of new people showed interest in being on the board. It brought the community together."

April 24, 2004
County tallies victory in logging fight
With the county’s longtime hope of tightening local logging policies all but uprooted by the courts, a small, but rather unusual state decision to halt a timber plan in the Islandia property in Northern Lompico this month may serve as a morale boost for logging opponents.

April 7, 2004
Sierra Club: Appeal Upheld: Lompico headwaters logging denied
On April 7th the California Board of Forestry upheld Santa Cruz County's appeal of the Lompico headwaters Timber Harvest Plan (THP), thus denying this logging plan in a critical watershed. The controversial logging plan closed public comment on September 20th 2001 and was extended 43 times until its approval on October 30th 2003. The Ventana has been covering this issue for several years.

March 21, 2004
Gone fishing: Anglers enjoy the first days of spring at Loch Lomond
The opening of Loch Lomond Reservoir this month was ushered in with water levels at capacity and record-setting warm weather, and visitors have taken notice. Already, fishermen have pulled 7-pound bass from the waters and boaters have rushed the paddle-boat docks in search of sunshine.

February 29, 2004
A look at the decisions facing Santa Cruz County voters
Learn what's on your March 2, 2004 ballot for the 14th District. The 14th District includes parts of Aptos, Ben Lomond, Bonny Doon, Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Corralitos, Davenport, Felton, Interlaken, Lompico, Scotts Valley, parts of Soquel and Zayante.

January 18, 2004
Lompico parks and recreation group pushes for parcel tax
The Lompico Community Center, who is dedicated to improving Lompico, are asking every residential property owner to pitch in by supporting a $25 parcel tax for parks and recreation for the next five years. With 500 homes in the area, it would be possible to raise $12,000 a year as seed money for improvement projects.

January 13, 2004
Private road owners, residents can get help stopping erosion
Last year, four drainage-improvement projects were funded, two in Lompico and two in Boulder Creek. They included replacing culverts, installing drains and gravel and recontouring roads to reduce erosion. Money is available for four projects this year.

June 19, 2003
Fish Rap
It feels like summer has arrived and the fishing in Santa Cruz is definitely heating up. Salmon, halibut, albacore, and striped bass are all being caught and the rockfish/lingcod season opening is just around the corner on July 1.

June 13, 2003
Free training offered on private-road drainage
People who live on private roads are invited to a free training session June 25 on how to improve road drainage in their neighborhoods, reduce sediment runoff into local creeks and improve fish habitat.

June 4, 2003
Loch Lomond Lake closed this Thursday
Santa Cruz anglers and families planning an outing at the Loch Lomond Recreation Area this week should note that the park will be closed for maintenance today and tomorrow.

March 2, 2003
Loch Lomond Lake opens for the season
The Loch Lomond recreation area opened Saturday, and so far the water level looks good."We’re full," said Ranger David Brooks. "There’s a tenth, maybe two-tenths of a foot going over the spill way."

July 19, 2002
Watershed harvest plan nears approval
After 10 months and 12 extensions, the California Department of Forestry is expected to approve the proposed Lompico Islandia watershed timber harvest plan within the next 30 days.

July 18, 2002
Lompico logging plan in limbo
The most hotly contested logging plan in Santa Cruz County history continues to languish in indecision as the California Department of Forestry filed another two-week extension to return its official response.

June 22, 2001
Technicality postpones logging
The California Department of Forestry delayed its review of a plan to log 200 acres in the Lompico Creek watershed. The forestry department was set to start its review of Redwood Empire owner Roger Burch’s plan to log part of his Islandia property Wednesday with an inspection of the land. The tour would have included forestry officials, scientists and Redwood Empire representatives.

March 4, 2001
Loch Lomond opens for recreational use
The county’s own mountain lake opened for recreational use Thursday. By Saturday morning there were plenty of anglers out enjoying the beauty of Loch Lomond.

October 23, 2000
Environmental, human rights top concerns for Bugental
Bugental was key in bringing Roger Birch of the logging company Redwood Empires to the negotiating table with the Lompico Water District to try to convince Birch to sell 410 acres to the district so it could be preserved. Discussions are ongoing.

October 12, 2000
Water worries trip up Mount Hermon expansion
Planning officials on Wednesday were reluctant to make a decision on a proposed expansion of the Mount Hermon Conference Center and Redwood Camp until they receive more information about its demand on the county water supply. The plan would offset increased water demands with conservation and by drilling a third well to capture excess surface water that would be injected into the Lompico aquifer.

April 18, 2000
Town rejects Loch Lomond Heights name
Don’t expect this rural enclave outside Felton to call itself Loch Lomond Heights anytime soon. But backers of a name change aren’t giving up. "It is going to happen, sooner or later," said name change proponent Elaine Wolters of Lompico, a long-term resident who insists the existing name unfairly links the community to its checkered past. "It might be a little later, but it will happen."

March 5, 2000
Loch Lomond Lake ranger hangs up his hat
After 31 years of service, Walt Cacace is hanging up his ranger’s hat at Loch Lomond Recreation Area. But he doesn’t plan to leave the park. "I plan to apply for a different job: park visitor and fisherman." Cacace is retiring from his position as chief park ranger at Loch Lomond, a reservoir tucked away in the Santa Cruz mountains in Lompico.

February 20, 2000
From Lompico to Loch Lomond Heights?
Lompico considers a name change to help bring attention to all it has to offer as a place to live.

January 19, 2000
Tardy transit bus irks Felton parents
Parents and teachers are clamping down on a chronically tardy school bus at San Lorenzo Valley Middle School. Transit officials said the tardiness actually is a byproduct of an effort to improve bus service. The district stepped up service for Lompico students in early December, looping in a special bus route, No. 33, geared to students who need to arrive at school early for special activities and extra-credit work.

August 30, 1999
Tardy transit bus irks Felton parents
Bears make tracks for local mountains. Smaller black bears may be moving into what was once grizzly habitat. Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputy Larry Roland has no doubt what he saw while driving up Lompico Road. “It was definitely a bear and it was in a hurry,” Roland said. “It ran down from the hillside on the left right in front of me and down into the creek.”

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