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Forest Service Issues Final Decision Rejecting New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest

By on November 20, 2014 in Wilderness

None of the viable 421,000 acres will be protected as wilderness

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Small Dam Removed from Lion Creek

By on November 7, 2014 in Dam Removal, Rivers, Ventura County

Forest Service removes long defunct dam in Lion Creek.

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Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF

By on October 23, 2014 in Cuyama Valley, Mt. Pinos Area, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness

The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.

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West Camino Cielo Target Shooting Site Cleanup

By on October 16, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

Volunteers remove hundreds of pounds of debris and trash left behind by target shooters.

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ForestWatch Appeals 5 Oil Wells in Condor Country

By on October 7, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Appeal seeks protection for endangered California Condors near Lake Piru

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Conservation Groups File Appeal to Halt Restart of Abandoned Oil Field in Remote Canyon in Ventura County

By on October 6, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Uncategorized, Ventura County

Three conservation groups file an appeal to stop the reopening of an abandoned oil field

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Fall 2014 Newsletter

By on September 18, 2014 in Publications

You can now click here to download the must-read spring issue of ForestWatch’s membership newsletter.

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Chuchupate Invasives Project

By on August 26, 2014 in Mt. Pinos Area, Volunteer Projects

Volunteers clear invasives from USFS Ranger Station grounds and adjacent wetland

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Image courtesy Bill Bouton

Fighting for the San Emigdio Blue

By on August 21, 2014 in Mt. Pinos Area, Wildlife Protection

Los Padres ForestWatch submits request to help protect threatened butterfly

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ForestWatch Challenges Approval of Two New Oil Wells Near Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge

By on August 12, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Appeal Seeks Protection for Endangered California Condors and Hopper Creek

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