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Forest Service Issues Draft Decision Against any New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest

By on January 17, 2014 in California Condor, Cuyama Valley, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Decision Rejects Wilderness Protection for 16 Pristine Roadless Areas, Leaving Them Vulnerable to Development

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Lizard’s Mouth Clean-up

By on January 14, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups

ForestWatch volunteers clean-up popular climbing area in Santa Ynez Mountains

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Thank You! Our Top Accomplishments for 2013

By on December 18, 2013 in Uncategorized

ForestWatch counts down our top accomplishments for 2013!

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Taking out the Trash

By on December 13, 2013 in Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

LPFW, Patagonia, and community volunteers assemble to clean up abandoned marijuana grow site

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Repeat Offender Landowner Under Investigation for Damaging Sespe Creek

By on December 11, 2013 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Multiple Agencies Respond to Citizen Complaints About Unpermitted Bulldozing, Road Construction, and Vegetation Removal in Critical Habitat for Endangered Steelhead

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Tamarisk Removal Project

By on December 3, 2013 in Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness

ForestWatch and Keep The Sespe Wild team up to remove mature tamarisk in Sespe watershed

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Forest Service Finalizes Policy Against New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest

By on November 22, 2013 in Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Officials Release Final Environmental Impact Statement Outlining How 16 Pristine Roadless Areas Will Be Managed; None of Them Are Recommended for Permanent Wilderness Protection

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November Clean-up Success

By on November 21, 2013 in California Condor, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

LPFW volunteers clean up Tar Creek trailhead and Sespe tributary shooting area

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Report: Oil Industry Trashing Public Lands and Endangering Wildlife in Los Padres National Forest

By on November 18, 2013 in California Condor, Oil Development, Publications, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch Investigation Reveals Widespread Trash Contamination, Toxic Chemicals, and Other Hazards to Endangered California Condors in Ventura County’s Sespe Oil Field

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ForestWatch Issues Statement on Draft Fracking Regulations

By on November 15, 2013 in Oil Development, Ventura County

Draft Regulations Released Today Will Govern the Controversial Oil Extraction Process in the Los Padres National Forest’s Sespe Oil Field

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