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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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Pot Grow Cleanup near Figueroa Mountain II

By on December 11, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

ForestWatch volunteers head out to the Figueroa Mountain Pot Grow site for a second time to remove leftover trash.

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Figueroa Mountain Cannabis Grow Site Cleanup

By on November 22, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

ForestWatch volunteers clean up Cannabis grow site near Figueroa Mountain

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Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF

By on October 23, 2014 in Cuyama Valley, Mt. Pinos Area, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness

The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.

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West Camino Cielo Target Shooting Site Cleanup

By on October 16, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

Volunteers remove hundreds of pounds of debris and trash left behind by target shooters.

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Summer Invasives Projects

By on August 11, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Volunteer Projects

Volunteers tackle noxious weeds across the Los Padres

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Red Rock Clean-up

By on July 25, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

Volunteers brave the heat to clean up popular swimming spot on the Santa Ynez River

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Mission Canyon Cape Ivy

By on July 23, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Volunteer Projects

Volunteers remove invasive Cape Ivy from Santa Barbara’s Mission Canyon

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West Camino Invasives Project

By on July 3, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Volunteer Projects

ForestWatch volunteers remove invasive weeds along West Camino Cielo

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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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