Appeal upheld in challenge to plans for a new oil well and pipeline.
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New Oil Drilling Halted in Carrizo Plain National Monument
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Trump Administration Releases Draft Study of Drilling and Fracking Throughout Central Coast Region
Public comments accepted until June 10.
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BLM Receives Overwhelming Opposition to Proposed Drilling and Fracking Plan
Agency receives over 8,000 comments opposing plans to expand oil drilling and fracking on public lands.
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Trump Administration Begins Process to Reopen 1.6 Million Acres in California to Oil Drilling and Fracking
The public has 30 days to comment on impacts of fracking in central California.
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ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments of 2017
Join us as we reflect upon some of our biggest accomplishments of 2017 and build our momentum into the New Year.
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Trump Seeks to Shrink Two National Monuments by Over 2 Million Acres
Trump announces plan to significantly reduce the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
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Volunteers Remove Fencing from Carrizo Plain, Celebrate Land Donation to Monument
Volunteers remove a quarter mile of fencing from property recently donated to BLM.
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Congressional Committee Approves Legislation to Roll Back National Monument Designations
Bill would allow president to reduce Carrizo Plain National Monument by up to 85,000 acres.
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BLM Announces Another Land Giveaway of 19,600 Acres to Oil Companies
Public lands near Los Padres and Carrizo Plain auctioned for as little as $2 per acre.
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