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Land and Water Conservation Fund Set to Expire Unless Congress Acts

By on September 25, 2018 in Call to Action, Kern County, Location, Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Over 125 parks across the Central Coast have received funding through the legislation.

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ForestWatch Volunteers Join California Coastal Cleanup Day on West Cuesta Ridge

By on September 17, 2018 in San Luis Obispo County, Stewardship, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

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

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Trails, Schools, and Conservation Lands to Be Opened for Oil Drilling, Fracking Across Central Coast

By on August 28, 2018 in Call to Action, Fracking, Monterey County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Proposal could open up over 200,000 acres of public land and mineral estate along Central Coast to drilling and fracking.

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Trump Administration Begins Process to Reopen 1.6 Million Acres in California to Oil Drilling and Fracking

By on August 8, 2018 in Call to Action, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

The public has 30 days to comment on impacts of fracking in central California.

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ForestWatch Volunteers Clean Up West Cuesta Ridge

By on May 13, 2018 in San Luis Obispo County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

Volunteers spend morning in the clouds removing over 600 pounds of trash from the ridge near San Luis Obispo.

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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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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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Volunteers Remove Fencing from Carrizo Plain, Celebrate Land Donation to Monument

By on October 31, 2017 in Carrizo Plain, Fence Removal, San Luis Obispo County, Volunteer Projects

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

By on October 12, 2017 in Carrizo Plain, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County

Bill would allow president to reduce Carrizo Plain National Monument by up to 85,000 acres.

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Unofficial Report Suggests Carrizo Plain National Monument Will Not Be Reduced or Eliminated

By on September 18, 2017 in Carrizo Plain, Grazing, Kern County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Carrizo Plain may be safe from boundary reduction, but monument management plan changes could still occur.

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