Along the eastern flank of Alamo Mountain this past weekend, a team of Los Padres ForestWatch volunteers cleared out over 450 lbs. of spent casings and blasted targets near Kings campground and the site of the former Gold Hill guard station. Great weather and an enthusiastic, hard-working crew made for a great day!
Both sites have long been popular for unchecked target shooting, and will be revisited by ForestWatch field volunteers several times of the course of the year. ForestWatch looks forward to working with the USFS to see such unregulated shooting areas permanently closed in favor of a few dedicated and well-managed sites, as other Southern California forests have been doing for years.
Since 2007, ForestWatch volunteers have removed over 11,000 pounds of microtrash and other trash from the Los Padres National Forest. For more information about ForestWatch’s volunteer projects or to get involved, visit LPFW.org/volunteer.
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