About Bryant Baker

Bryant is the Director of Conservation & Research for Los Padres ForestWatch, where he manages scientific, technical, and volunteer projects. He is also a naturalist and photographer, spending most of his free time hiking the rugged public lands of the Central Coast region with his dog.
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ForestWatch Volunteers Clean Up West Cuesta Ridge

By on May 13, 2018 in San Luis Obispo County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

Volunteers spend morning in the clouds removing over 600 pounds of trash from the ridge near San Luis Obispo.

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ForestWatch and UCSB Adventure Programs Volunteers Clean Up the Playground

By on May 7, 2018 in Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

Volunteers remove over 400 pounds of broken glass, cans, and tires from the area in the mountains above Goleta.

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Volunteers Remove 400 Pounds of Trash from Upper Sespe Watershed

By on April 30, 2018 in Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects

The group spent morning cleaning up bullet casings, broken glass, and shot-up targets such as scuba tanks and street signs.

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Forest Service Plans Commercial Logging Near Mt. Pinos with No Environmental Review

By on April 15, 2018 in Call to Action, Forest Service, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Roadless Areas

Projects could impact California condors and spotted owls.

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ForestWatch and Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Team Up for Spring Cleaning on Big Falls Trail

By on April 15, 2018 in San Luis Obispo County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness

Volunteers remove over 150 pounds of trash from popular trail in the Santa Lucia Wilderness.

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Government Shutdown: What Happens to the Los Padres?

By on January 19, 2018 in Forest Service

The federal government shutdown brings temporary changes to public land access.

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National Monument Report Released: Carrizo Plain Management Plan to be Reviewed

By on December 21, 2017 in Carrizo Plain

Final report indicates Carrizo Plain safe from boundary reductions but not future management plan changes.

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Students Clean Up 500 Pounds of Trash Along Sespe Tributary

By on December 5, 2017 in California Condor, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects

Students from Ojai’s Besant Hill School spent their morning cleaning up Cherry Creek.

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Trump Seeks to Shrink Two National Monuments by Over 2 Million Acres

By on December 4, 2017 in Carrizo Plain

Trump announces plan to significantly reduce the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

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ForestWatch Submits Official Request to List Refugio Manzanita as Endangered

By on November 30, 2017 in Wildlife Protection

Request seeks to protect the Santa Barbara County species under the Federal Endangered Species Act.

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