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Thorn Point Clean-up

By on October 15, 2013 in California Condor, Location, Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Historic Lookout Site Scoured for Microtrash

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House Passes Bill to Open National Forests to Development, Waive Environmental Laws, and Reduce Public Input

By on September 20, 2013 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Legislation would expand development throughout the Los Padres…

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ForestWatch Volunteers Clear Microtrash from Frazier Mountain

By on August 20, 2013 in California Condor, Location, Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Uncategorized, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

Litter Detrimental to Endangered California Condors Removed from Historic Lookout Site

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SLO County Bear Count Underway

By on July 31, 2013 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

CDFW undertakes county-wide census of the black bear population in San Luis Obispo County

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Valle Vista Clean-up

By on July 31, 2013 in California Condor, Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

Microtrash removed from Condor Country

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What’s at Stake

By on April 26, 2013 in California Condor, Cuyama Valley, Grazing, Location, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Sixteen Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) across the Los Padres National Forest were included in the Forest Service’s recently-released draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement …

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Protect Los Padres Wilderness!

By on April 25, 2013 in Cuyama Valley, Location, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness

A coalition of forest users, local business leaders, elected officials, scientists, and other stakeholders are working together to ask the Forest Service to reconsider its “no-new-wilderness” policy …

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National Forest Access Blocked on Huasna Road

By on March 7, 2013 in San Luis Obispo County, Trails & Public Access

ForestWatch launches effort to restore public access to the Los Padres National Forest in SLO County’s Huasna Valley…

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Condor Roost Trees May Be Cut Down

By on October 25, 2012 in California Condor, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch defends old-growth trees where endangered condors rest during long flights across the landscape…

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ForestWatch Investigation Reveals Widespread Fracking in Los Padres

By on October 5, 2012 in Oil Development, Ventura County

The controversial oil extraction technique is making a resurgence in the Sespe Oil Field, threatening downstream water supplies…

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