It has been a rather depressing 12 months for the California coastal ranges.
With two new lightning fires over the weekend, it now looks as if much of the Ventana Wilderness in northern Los Padres will burn. This is on top of last year's Zaca fire which consumed most of southern Los Padres in the mountains above Santa Barbara.
Here's a brief look at some of the areas that have been impacted:
South Ventana Cone/Ventana Cone, Ventana Wilderness
Currently burning in the Bear Basin Fire
Junipero Serra, Bear, and Pinyon Peaks, Ventana Wilderness
Currently Burning in the Indians Fire
Chacuma, San Rafael, and McKinley Peaks, San Rafael Wilderness
Burned in the Zaca Fire
Malduce Peak, Dick Smith Wilderness
Burned in the Zaca Fire
Bear Mountain, Henry W. Coe
Burned in the Lick Fire