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Volunteers Remove 400 Pounds of Trash from Upper Sespe Watershed

By on April 30, 2018 in Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects

The group spent morning cleaning up bullet casings, broken glass, and shot-up targets such as scuba tanks and street signs.

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Forest Service Plans Commercial Logging Near Mt. Pinos with No Environmental Review

By on April 15, 2018 in Call to Action, Forest Service, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Roadless Areas

Projects could impact California condors and spotted owls.

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ForestWatch and Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Team Up for Spring Cleaning on Big Falls Trail

By on April 15, 2018 in San Luis Obispo County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness

Volunteers remove over 150 pounds of trash from popular trail in the Santa Lucia Wilderness.

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Ventura County Supervisors Drop Bid to Eliminate Public Challenges to Oil Drilling Projects

By on April 10, 2018 in Fracking, Oil Development, Santa Paula Canyon, Ventura County

Overwhelming public opposition forces Supervisors Foy and Long to retreat.

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Supervisors to Consider Eliminating Public’s Right to Challenge Oil Drilling Projects in Ventura County

By on April 10, 2018 in Call to Action, Fracking, Oil Development, Santa Paula Canyon, Ventura County

Move by Supervisors Foy and Long would hand a free pass to the oil industry.

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San Rafael Wilderness: 50 Years of Preserving Santa Barbara’s Backcountry

By on April 3, 2018 in Santa Barbara County, Wilderness

ForestWatch celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the San Rafael Wilderness.

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ForestWatch Selected as Beneficiary of 2018 CTS Figueroa Mountain Gran Fondo

By on March 29, 2018 in Events, Santa Barbara County

Proceeds from this premier cycling event on and around Figueroa Mountain will go to ForestWatch’s conservation efforts.

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Complaint: Ventura County Put Water Supply at Risk of Oilfield Contamination

By on February 22, 2018 in Oil Development, Santa Paula Canyon, Ventura County, Wildfire

County officials failed to require pipeline shutdown following flood warnings.

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ForestWatch Welcomes New Forest Supervisor and Mt. Pinos District Ranger

By on December 28, 2017 in Forest Service, Mt. Pinos Area

New forest supervisor named for the Los Padres, and the Mt. Pinos Ranger District gets new district ranger.

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ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments of 2017

By on December 21, 2017 in Carrizo Plain, Events, Fence Removal, Invasives, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Oil Development, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Santa Paula Canyon, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

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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