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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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Webinar Recording Now Available: Manzanitas of the Central Coast

By on June 1, 2022 in Environmental Education, Los Padres National Forest, Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County

Featuring one of the world’s foremost experts on manzanitas, Dr. Tom Parker.

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Trump Administration Releases Draft Study of Drilling and Fracking Throughout Central Coast Region

By on April 25, 2019 in Call to Action, Carrizo Plain, Fracking, Kern County, Monterey County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Public comments accepted until June 10.

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Land and Water Conservation Fund Set to Expire Unless Congress Acts

By on September 25, 2018 in Call to Action, Kern County, Location, Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Over 125 parks across the Central Coast have received funding through the legislation.

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Trails, Schools, and Conservation Lands to Be Opened for Oil Drilling, Fracking Across Central Coast

By on August 28, 2018 in Call to Action, Fracking, Monterey County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Proposal could open up over 200,000 acres of public land and mineral estate along Central Coast to drilling and fracking.

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52 Los Padres Recreation Sites Now Under Private, For-profit Management

By on November 17, 2016 in Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Forest Service issues new concessionaire permit despite substantial public opposition.

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A Controversial Plan to Privatize Campgrounds & Trailheads

By on October 11, 2016 in Cuyama Valley, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Cash-strapped Forest Service to transfer 52 camps, day use areas, and trailheads to a private management company.

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San Clemente Dam Removal

By on July 1, 2015 in Dam Removal, Monterey County, Rivers

San Clemente Dam, a 106 foot tall dam on the Carmel River in Monterey County, is scheduled to be fully removed by the end of this year.

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Groups Oppose Plan to Open Over a Million Acres of Federal Property in CA to Drilling and Fracking

By on June 10, 2015 in Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Bureau of Land Management failed to consider threats of fracking to air, water and wildlife

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

By on May 27, 2015 in California Condor, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.

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