Controversial Oil Extraction Technique Recently Used on Six More Wells in the Sespe Oil Field

Thorn Point Clean-up
Historic Lookout Site Scoured for Microtrash

House Passes Bill to Open National Forests to Development, Waive Environmental Laws, and Reduce Public Input
Legislation would expand development throughout the Los Padres…

ForestWatch Volunteers Clear Microtrash from Frazier Mountain
Litter Detrimental to Endangered California Condors Removed from Historic Lookout Site

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

Valle Vista Clean-up
Microtrash removed from Condor Country

What’s at Stake
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 …

Protect Los Padres 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 …

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

Condor Roost Trees May Be Cut Down
ForestWatch defends old-growth trees where endangered condors rest during long flights across the landscape…
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