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

Wilderness Legislation Announced for Los Padres & Carrizo Plain

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

Carrizo Plain Service
ForestWatch and Sierra Club team up for fence removal project on the Carrizo Plain

Forest Service Issues Draft Decision Against any New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest
Decision Rejects Wilderness Protection for 16 Pristine Roadless Areas, Leaving Them Vulnerable to Development

House Passes Bill to Open National Forests to Development, Waive Environmental Laws, and Reduce Public Input
Legislation would expand development throughout the Los Padres…

SLO County Bear Count Underway
CDFW undertakes county-wide census of the black bear population in San Luis Obispo County

What’s at Stake
Sixteen Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) across the Los Padres National Forest were included in the Forest Service’s recently-released draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement …

Protect Los Padres Wilderness!
A coalition of forest users, local business leaders, elected officials, scientists, and other stakeholders are working together to ask the Forest Service to reconsider its “no-new-wilderness” policy …

National Forest Access Blocked on Huasna Road
ForestWatch launches effort to restore public access to the Los Padres National Forest in SLO County’s Huasna Valley…
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Events

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