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Discovery of Rare Salamander in Controversial Logging Project Area Calls for Reconsideration by Los Padres National Forest Officials

By on May 15, 2024 in Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Wildlife Protection

Yellow-blotched salamanders observed in Tecuya Ridge logging project area.

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The Name “Mt. Abel” Glorifies an Avowed Klansman

By on July 19, 2023 in History, Kern County, Los Padres National Forest, Mt. Pinos Area

This unofficial name for Cerro Noroeste has an ugly history.

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Environmental, Community, and Tribal Groups Oppose Logging & Clearing Plan

By on October 13, 2022 in Cuyama Valley, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wildfire

More than 3,000 people and 100 organizations and businesses weigh in

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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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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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Groups Ask Biden Administration to Cancel Local Logging Projects

By on February 19, 2021 in Forest Service, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Los Padres National Forest, Pine Mountain, Public Lands, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Request includes Tecuya Ridge, Cuddy Valley, and Pine Mountain logging projects.

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Thousands Oppose First Federal Oil Lease Sale in California in Eight Years

By on September 28, 2020 in Fracking, Kern County, Oil Development, Public Lands

First auction of 1.2 million acres opened to new oil drilling and fracking announced.

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Trump Administration OKs New Drilling and Fracking on One Million Acres Across Central California

By on October 31, 2019 in Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Kern County, Oil Development, Ojai Valley, Public Lands, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Final Environmental Impact Statement recommends no changes to original plan.

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