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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ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments of 2017
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Students Clean Up 500 Pounds of Trash Along Sespe Tributary
Students from Ojai’s Besant Hill School spent their morning cleaning up Cherry Creek.
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ForestWatch Volunteers Clean Up Santa Paula Canyon
Over 125 pounds of trash was removed from along the trail and near popular swimming holes.
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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 Eradicate Invasive Cape Ivy in Rattlesnake Canyon
Volunteers remove the only known infestation of Cape ivy in the Santa Barbara canyon.
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Volunteers Clean Up Sespe Creek and Piedra Blanca
Volunteers remove over 100 pounds of trash from Piedra Blanca area.
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Third Annual Santa Barbara WILD! a Huge Success!
Over 250 conservationists gather in Santa Barbara to raise over $110,000 for ForestWatch conservation efforts!
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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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Oil Company Seeks Exemption for Toxic Wastewater Dumping in Los Padres Aquifer
Public Hearing Scheduled for October 24 in Ventura; Comments Accepted Through November 8.
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