Volunteers remove 160 pounds of trash and microtrash from West Cuesta Ridge near SLO.

ForestWatch Volunteers Join California Coastal Cleanup Day on West Cuesta Ridge

Trails, Schools, and Conservation Lands to Be Opened for Oil Drilling, Fracking Across Central Coast
Proposal could open up over 200,000 acres of public land and mineral estate along Central Coast to drilling and fracking.

Trump Administration Begins Process to Reopen 1.6 Million Acres in California to Oil Drilling and Fracking
The public has 30 days to comment on impacts of fracking in central California.

ForestWatch Volunteers Clean Up West Cuesta Ridge
Volunteers spend morning in the clouds removing over 600 pounds of trash from the ridge near San Luis Obispo.

ForestWatch and Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Team Up for Spring Cleaning on Big Falls Trail
Volunteers remove over 150 pounds of trash from popular trail in the Santa Lucia Wilderness.

ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments of 2017
Join us as we reflect upon some of our biggest accomplishments of 2017 and build our momentum into the New Year.

Volunteers Remove Fencing from Carrizo Plain, Celebrate Land Donation to Monument
Volunteers remove a quarter mile of fencing from property recently donated to BLM.

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.

Unofficial Report Suggests Carrizo Plain National Monument Will Not Be Reduced or Eliminated
Carrizo Plain may be safe from boundary reduction, but monument management plan changes could still occur.

Fate of the Carrizo Plain Still Unknown
Interior Secretary Zinke refuses today to publicly release his recommendation for iconic California landscape.
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The Secret Lives of Snakes
Featuring Dr. Emily Taylor
Thursday, Feb. 20 at Noon
Webinar

Trail Talks: The Natural and Political History of the Dick Smith Wilderness
Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6:30pm
Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library

Free Screening of Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire
Thursday, Feb. 27 at 6pm
SBIFF Film Center
Santa Barbara