Ray Ford
Outdoors Editor
Ray is the author or numerous books and maps on Santa Barbara area trails including Santa Barbara Day Hikes, Santa Barbara Mountain Biking, and A Hiker's Guide to the Front Country (map). He has been involved in work on trail management issues for more than 20 years, manages the Los Padres Forest Association trail volunteer program, and is the Trail Chair for the Santa Barbara Trails Council. As leader of the LPFA Trail Crew, Ray has overseen most of the paid trail work done on the front country trails over the past five years.
Recent stories
Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw: I Madonnari Feature Painters
May 24, 2013
Sharyn Namnath, Painter With A Passion
May 22, 2013
Ephemeral Art : The Short Life of a Chalk Art Painting
May 20, 2013
I Madonnari Street Painting Festival
May 19, 2013
County Fire Chief: 'We Could Be in for a Rough Summer'
May 10, 2013
GavPac Presents Plan to Coastal Commission
April 12, 2013
Dogs Versus Hunters in the Backcountry
April 9, 2013
Tree Down at Douglas Preserve
April 8, 2013
Los Padres Forest to Revise Land Management Plan
April 7, 2013
Danger on the Rails
March 7, 2013
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