Sixteen Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) across the Los Padres National Forest were included in the Forest Service’s recently-released draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement …
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Patagonia Honored
Chouinard and LPFW Honored on House Floor At this year’s Ojai Wild! event, Los Padres ForestWatch awarded Patagonia founder and owner Yvon Chouinard with the Wilderness Legacy Award …
Spring 2013 Newsletter
Spring 2013 Newsletter Now Available You can now click here to download the must-read spring issue of ForestWatch’s membership newsletter …
Protect Los Padres Wilderness!
A coalition of forest users, local business leaders, elected officials, scientists, and other stakeholders are working together to ask the Forest Service to reconsider its “no-new-wilderness” policy …
Public Hearing on Los Padres Forest Plan to be Held in Ventura
Third Hearing Called to Discuss Updated USFS Land Management Plan …
National Forest Access Blocked on Huasna Road
ForestWatch launches effort to restore public access to the Los Padres National Forest in SLO County’s Huasna Valley…
Fall/Winter 2012 Newsletter
Our Fall/Winter 2012 membership newsletter is now available for download!
Condor Roost Trees May Be Cut Down
ForestWatch defends old-growth trees where endangered condors rest during long flights across the landscape…
ForestWatch Investigation Reveals Widespread Fracking in Los Padres
The controversial oil extraction technique is making a resurgence in the Sespe Oil Field, threatening downstream water supplies…
Supreme Court Upholds Protections for Roadless Areas
The U.S. Supreme Court denies industry challenge to 2001 Roadless Rule, leaving intact protections for 600,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest…
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