New forest supervisor named for the Los Padres, and the Mt. Pinos Ranger District gets new district ranger.
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ForestWatch Welcomes New Forest Supervisor and Mt. Pinos District Ranger
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Groups Challenge Los Padres Oil Drilling Plan
ForestWatch and others seek to halt expansion of oil drilling across 52,000 acres of forest land.
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A Controversial Plan to Privatize Campgrounds & Trailheads
Cash-strapped Forest Service to transfer 52 camps, day use areas, and trailheads to a private management company.
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Forest in the Crosshairs
A recent report released by Los Padres ForestWatch identifies unregulated target shooting as one of the most serious threats to natural resources and public health and safety in the forest.
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Groups Oppose Plan to Open Over a Million Acres of Federal Property in CA to Drilling and Fracking
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
Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.
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Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF
The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.
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Chuchupate Invasives Project
Volunteers clear invasives from USFS Ranger Station grounds and adjacent wetland
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Fighting for the San Emigdio Blue
Los Padres ForestWatch submits request to help protect threatened butterfly
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Gold Hill and Kings Clean-up
ForestWatch volunteers clean-up Alamo Mountain shooting area
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