Forest Service issues new concessionaire permit despite substantial public opposition.
52 Los Padres Recreation Sites Now Under Private, For-profit Management
A Controversial Plan to Privatize Campgrounds & Trailheads
Cash-strapped Forest Service to transfer 52 camps, day use areas, and trailheads to a private management company.
Legal Victory Overturns Plan to Open 1 Million Acres of Public Land to Drilling, Fracking
ForestWatch lawsuit protects federal lands near Los Padres National Forest
Forest in the Crosshairs
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.
Groups Oppose Plan to Open Over a Million Acres of Federal Property in CA to Drilling and Fracking
Bureau of Land Management failed to consider threats of fracking to air, water and wildlife
Legislation Announced to Benefit Wilderness, Watersheds, and Recreation in the Los Padres and Carrizo Plain
Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.
Celebrating the End of an Era on the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve
For the first time in decades, commercial livestock grazing will not be allowed anywhere in the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve.
Wilderness Legislation Announced for Los Padres & Carrizo Plain
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
ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to “No New Wilderness” Policy
Objection challenges recent decision against establishing any new wilderness areas in our local backcountry
Recovery Plan Issued for Endangered Steelhead in SLO & Monterey Counties
Fisheries Biologists Present a Roadmap to Restore Historic Steelhead Runs to the Los Padres National Forest
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