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Lopez Dam: Setting the Record Straight

By on February 10, 2025 in Environmental Law, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Steelhead, Wildlife Protection

Answers to frequently asked questions related to the Lopez Dam lawsuit and what it means for our region’s water security and wildlife protections

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House Passes “Fix Our Forests Act”—The Fight Moves to the Senate

By on February 1, 2025 in Environmental Law, Land Management, Public Lands, Wildfire

Legislators in Washington D.C. use the LA Wildfires to push legislation that unravels our nation’s bedrock environmental laws.

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119th Congress & The New Administration  

By on January 22, 2025 in eNews, Environmental Education, Environmental Law, Wildfire

Congress has an ambitious agenda to redefine its work portfolio with attacks on our country’s bedrock environmental laws.

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Controversial ‘Fix Our Forests Act’ Threatens Environmental Protections, Sparks Widespread Opposition

By on July 24, 2024 in Environmental Law, Fire, Land Management, Wildfire

The legistalation would rollback protections from the National Environmental Policy Act and other bedrock environmental laws.

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New Oil Exploration in Cuyama Valley Approved Despite Opposition, Unanswered Questions 

By on January 31, 2024 in Climate change, Cuyama Valley, Environmental Law, Oil Development, Santa Barbara County

Planning Commissioners reject concerns from local residents, groups.

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Groups File Opening Arguments in Pine Mountain Logging Appeal

By on December 22, 2023 in Environmental Law, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Los Padres National Forest, Pine Mountain

ForestWatch and partners continue work to protect the area.

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Appeals Court Upholds Ventura County Programs to Safeguard Wildlife Connectivity 

By on November 14, 2023 in Environmental Law, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Wildlife corridor protections upheld in court for a second time.

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Appeal Aims to Protect California’s Pine Mountain, Reyes Peak from Controversial Logging Project

By on September 19, 2023 in Environmental Law, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Los Padres National Forest, Pine Mountain, Ventura County

Case moves to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Ninth Circuit Rules Against Commercial Logging in Roadless Area on Tecuya Ridge

By on February 7, 2022 in California Condor, Environmental Law, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Wildlife Protection

Big win for forested area and California condors near Mt. Pinos.

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Logging in the Los Padres: An Update

By on January 19, 2022 in California Condor, Environmental Law, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Los Padres National Forest, Mt. Pinos Area, Pine Mountain, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Find out where things stand with four different logging projects.

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