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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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Study: Not Enough Bears in SLO County to Allow Hunt

By on February 12, 2017 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Study finds only 101 black bears in SLO County, much lower than previous estimates.

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52 Los Padres Recreation Sites Now Under Private, For-profit Management

By on November 17, 2016 in Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Forest Service issues new concessionaire permit despite substantial public opposition.

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A Controversial Plan to Privatize Campgrounds & Trailheads

By on October 11, 2016 in Cuyama Valley, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Cash-strapped Forest Service to transfer 52 camps, day use areas, and trailheads to a private management company.

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Legal Victory Overturns Plan to Open 1 Million Acres of Public Land to Drilling, Fracking

By on September 6, 2016 in Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

ForestWatch lawsuit protects federal lands near Los Padres National Forest

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Forest in the Crosshairs

By on March 14, 2016 in Cuyama Valley, Mt. Pinos Area, Publications, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County

A recent report released by Los Padres ForestWatch identifies unregulated target shooting as one of the most serious threats to natural resources and public health and safety in the forest.

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Groups Oppose Plan to Open Over a Million Acres of Federal Property in CA to Drilling and Fracking

By on June 10, 2015 in Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Bureau of Land Management failed to consider threats of fracking to air, water and wildlife

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Legislation Announced to Benefit Wilderness, Watersheds, and Recreation in the Los Padres and Carrizo Plain

By on May 27, 2015 in California Condor, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.

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Celebrating the End of an Era on the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve

By on December 8, 2014 in Carrizo Plain, Grazing, San Luis Obispo County

For the first time in decades, commercial livestock grazing will not be allowed anywhere in the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve.

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Wilderness Legislation Announced for Los Padres & Carrizo Plain

By on May 15, 2014 in California Condor, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch Praises Bill to Protect More Than 300,000 Acres of Public Land and 158 Miles of Wild & Scenic Rivers Along California’s Central Coast

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