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Agency Requires a Full Environmental Study of Company’s Plans to Explore for Oil on the Carrizo Plain National Monument

By on July 1, 2008 in Carrizo Plain, Oil Development

The Bureau of Land Management requires a full Environmental Impact Statement due to potential significant impacts.

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Planning Commission Bans Gravel Truck Traffic on Scenic Highway 33 From Diamond Rock Mine

By on May 14, 2008 in Roads, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Move protects Ojai Valley and Los Padres from as many as 138 truck trips per day.

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Oil Company Seeks Drilling Rights in Upper Lopez Canyon

By on September 12, 2007 in Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Wilderness

ForestWatch joins with landowners to protect Lopez Creek and Santa Lucia Wilderness.

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ForestWatch Files Lawsuit to Stop Oil Drilling Expansion in Los Padres National Forest

By on April 23, 2007 in Forest Service, Oil Development

Lawsuit challenges expansive drilling plan in Los Padres.

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ForestWatch, Rural Landowners Protect Land from Oil Drilling

By on September 7, 2006 in Carrizo Plain, Oil Development, Wildlife Protection

U.S. Bureau of Land Management withdraws 10,088 acres from recent oil lease sale after groups and eight landowners file formal protests.

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BLM Announces Another Land Giveaway of 19,600 Acres to Oil Companies

By on May 8, 2006 in Carrizo Plain, Fracking, Kern County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Public lands near Los Padres and Carrizo Plain auctioned for as little as $2 per acre.

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ForestWatch Protects 3,500 Acres of Carrizo Plain From Oil Development

By on March 30, 2006 in Carrizo Plain, Oil Development, Wildlife Protection

The Bureau of Land Management won’t allow new drilling.

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Sand and Gravel Mines to Send Hundreds of Trucks Per Day Through Forest

By on January 15, 2006 in Call to Action, Cuyama Valley, Roads, Ventura County

Proposed mine to add traffic along Highway 33 through heart of Los Padres.

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Agency Proposes to Auction Lands Near Forest Boundary for Oil Drilling

By on November 14, 2005 in Oil Development

Parcels are located along forest boundary, a national wildlife refuge, and a nature preserve.

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Forest Service Agrees to Prepare Environmental Assessment for Logging Projects

By on October 17, 2005 in Forest Service, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Studies could protect old-growth forests on Figueroa Mountain, Frazier Mountain, and Mt. Pinos.

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