ForestWatch is
currently working on several projects to protect our public
lands. Click on a category below to find out more.
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ForestWatch works to enhance biological diversity by ensuring
that land management activities are consistent with
environmental laws and regulations designed to protect sensitive
species and their habitats. We also work to restore
degraded ecosystems.
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ForestWatch works to protect wilderness values and supports the
designation of additional wilderness areas in consultation with
local communities.
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ForestWatch works to maintain, enhance, and restore important
watersheds for habitat and water quality protection, and
advocates for the protection and designation of additional Wild
& Scenic Rivers.
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ForestWatch supports the elimination of commercial resource
extraction that degrades public lands, and works to minimize
environmental impacts from
destructive land uses, such as:
OIL & GAS DRILLING >>
RANGE RESTORATION >>
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE ABUSE >>
LAWLESS LOGGING
MINING
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ForestWatch works to ensure that vegetation and fuels management activities are
focused on the wildland-urban interface while preserving
wilderness habitat and fostering ecosystem health.
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ForestWatch works to preserve sacred sites and areas of unique significance to
the tradition and cultural heritage of the Chumash,
Salinan, and other Native American peoples.
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ForestWatch monitors major development activities on surrounding
lands to ensure that unrestrained development
and urban sprawl do not encroach onto public lands.
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