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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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Fate of the Carrizo Plain Still Unknown

By on August 24, 2017 in Carrizo Plain, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County

Interior Secretary Zinke refuses today to publicly release his recommendation for iconic California landscape.

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Over 130 Local Business Owners Sign Letter Supporting Carrizo Plain National Monument

By on August 15, 2017 in Carrizo Plain, Kern County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Local businesses write letter to Secretary Zinke in support of the Carrizo Plain.

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450 Organizations Oppose Efforts to Remove or Decrease Protections for National Monuments

By on May 2, 2017 in Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County

ForestWatch joins chorus of groups concerned about the fate of the Carrizo Plain and other national monuments.

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