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Federal Legislative Update: Successes, Setbacks, and Sneaky Loopholes

By on August 19, 2024 in Carrizo Plain, eNews, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Los Padres National Forest, Public Lands

Highlights of some key legislation we’ve been tracking and our efforts to support or oppose various bills.

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PUBLIC Lands Act heads for Senate floor vote

By on January 16, 2024 in Carrizo Plain, Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, Public Lands

Surprise update, PUBLIC Lands Act heads for Senate floor vote for the first time!

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Oil Company Ordered to Permanently Close Oil Wells, Restore Habitat in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument

By on August 3, 2023 in Carrizo Plain, Oil Development

Company must plug 11 wells and reclaim oil pads and roads.

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Legal Agreement to Permanently Close Oil Wells and Restore Habitat in Carrizo Plain National Monument

By on August 15, 2022 in BLM, Carrizo Plain, Carrizo Plain, Kern County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Important victory marks the beginning of the end of fossil fuel extraction in this cherished landscape

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Legal Agreement Blocks Drilling, Fracking Across 1 Million Acres in Central California

By on August 1, 2022 in BLM, Carrizo Plain, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Kern County, Oil Development, Ojai Valley, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Lawsuit by ForestWatch and partners achieves major conservation victory

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Volunteers Remove Derelict Fencing from Carrizo Plain to Benefit Wildlife

By on December 15, 2021 in Carrizo Plain, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

Project will lead to enhanced wildlife movement near Soda Lake.

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Good News! Derelict Oil Tanks Removed From Carrizo Plain National Monument

By on July 7, 2021 in BLM, Carrizo Plain, Oil Development

Abandoned tanks finally removed from the Caliente Mountains.

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Much-needed Recreation Funding Headed to Central Coast Public Lands

By on May 17, 2021 in Carrizo Plain, Land Management, Los Padres National Forest, Public Lands, Recreation, Trails & Public Access

ForestWatch and partners identify laundry list of roads and trails needing TLC.

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Deb Haaland Makes History as First Native American Cabinet Member

By on March 15, 2021 in BLM, Carrizo Plain, Department of the Interior, Indigenous, Land Management, Native Americans, Oil Development, Wildlife Protection

Secretary Haaland to oversee public lands including Carrizo Plain National Monument.

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Congress Passes Central Coast Land and River Protections

By on February 26, 2021 in Carrizo Plain, Carrizo Plain, Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, Los Padres National Forest, Public Lands, Wilderness

Conservation act benefits local recreation, economies, wildlife, and communities

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