ForestWatch and others seek to halt expansion of oil drilling across 52,000 acres of forest land.
Groups Challenge Los Padres Oil Drilling Plan
A Controversial Plan to Privatize Campgrounds & Trailheads
Cash-strapped Forest Service to transfer 52 camps, day use areas, and trailheads to a private management company.
Forest in the Crosshairs
A recent report released by Los Padres ForestWatch identifies unregulated target shooting as one of the most serious threats to natural resources and public health and safety in the forest.
Groups Oppose Plan to Open Over a Million Acres of Federal Property in CA to Drilling and Fracking
Bureau of Land Management failed to consider threats of fracking to air, water and wildlife
Legislation Announced to Benefit Wilderness, Watersheds, and Recreation in the Los Padres and Carrizo Plain
Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.
Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF
The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.
Chuchupate Invasives Project
Volunteers clear invasives from USFS Ranger Station grounds and adjacent wetland
Fighting for the San Emigdio Blue
Los Padres ForestWatch submits request to help protect threatened butterfly
Gold Hill and Kings Clean-up
ForestWatch volunteers clean-up Alamo Mountain shooting area
Wilderness Legislation Announced for Los Padres & Carrizo Plain
ForestWatch Praises Bill to Protect More Than 300,000 Acres of Public Land and 158 Miles of Wild & Scenic Rivers Along California’s Central Coast
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