Clean-up in Condor Country
McPherson Peak Clean-up
Tamarisk Eradication along Rancho Nuevo Creek
Volunteers Tackle Tamarisk on Edge of Dick Smith Wilderness
ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to “No New Wilderness” Policy
Objection challenges recent decision against establishing any new wilderness areas in our local backcountry
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
Lizard’s Mouth Clean-up
ForestWatch volunteers clean-up popular climbing area in Santa Ynez Mountains
Cuyama Peak Clean-up
Clean-up in Condor Country
House Passes Bill to Open National Forests to Development, Waive Environmental Laws, and Reduce Public Input
Legislation would expand development throughout the Los Padres…
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 …
Supreme Court Upholds Protections for Roadless Areas
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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