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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

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McPherson Peak Clean-up

Clean-up in Condor Country

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Tamarisk Eradication along Rancho Nuevo Creek

Volunteers Tackle Tamarisk on Edge of Dick Smith Wilderness

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ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to “No New Wilderness” Policy

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

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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

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Lizard’s Mouth Clean-up

ForestWatch volunteers clean-up popular climbing area in Santa Ynez Mountains

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Cuyama Peak Clean-up

Clean-up in Condor Country

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

Legislation would expand development throughout the Los Padres…

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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 …

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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 …

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