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ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to “No New Wilderness” Policy

By on April 4, 2014 in Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Objection challenges recent decision against establishing any new wilderness areas in our local backcountry

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Recovery Plan Issued for Endangered Steelhead in SLO & Monterey Counties

By on February 18, 2014 in Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Fisheries Biologists Present a Roadmap to Restore Historic Steelhead Runs to the Los Padres National Forest

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Carrizo Plain Service

By on February 11, 2014 in Carrizo Plain, Fence Removal, San Luis Obispo County, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

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

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Forest Service Issues Draft Decision Against any New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest

By on January 17, 2014 in California Condor, Cuyama Valley, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Decision Rejects Wilderness Protection for 16 Pristine Roadless Areas, Leaving Them Vulnerable to Development

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House Passes Bill to Open National Forests to Development, Waive Environmental Laws, and Reduce Public Input

By on September 20, 2013 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Legislation would expand development throughout the Los Padres…

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SLO County Bear Count Underway

By on July 31, 2013 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

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

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What’s at Stake

By on April 26, 2013 in California Condor, Cuyama Valley, Grazing, Location, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

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 …

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Protect Los Padres Wilderness!

By on April 25, 2013 in Cuyama Valley, Location, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, 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 …

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National Forest Access Blocked on Huasna Road

By on March 7, 2013 in San Luis Obispo County, Trails & Public Access

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

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Supreme Court Upholds Protections for Roadless Areas

By on October 4, 2012 in Cuyama Valley, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness

The U.S. Supreme Court denies industry challenge to 2001 Roadless Rule, leaving intact protections for 600,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest…

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