Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.

Legislation Announced to Benefit Wilderness, Watersheds, and Recreation in the Los Padres and Carrizo Plain

Celebrating the End of an Era on the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve
For the first time in decades, commercial livestock grazing will not be allowed anywhere in the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve.

Wilderness Legislation Announced for Los Padres & Carrizo Plain
ForestWatch Praises Bill to Protect More Than 300,000 Acres of Public Land and 158 Miles of Wild & Scenic Rivers Along California’s Central Coast

Carrizo Plain Service
ForestWatch and Sierra Club team up for fence removal project on the Carrizo Plain

Carrizo Plain Named a National Historic Landmark
Designation Protects More Than 100 Native American Sites…

Agreement Protects Carrizo Plain From Severe Overgrazing
Livestock Will Be Removed from Ecological Reserve; State of California Will Complete Land Management Plan…

Agency Requires a Full Environmental Study of Company’s Plans to Explore for Oil on the Carrizo Plain National Monument
The Bureau of Land Management requires a full Environmental Impact Statement due to potential significant impacts.

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

ForestWatch Protects 3,500 Acres of Carrizo Plain From Oil Development
The Bureau of Land Management won’t allow new drilling.
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