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ForestWatch Issues Statement on Draft Fracking Regulations

By on November 15, 2013 in Oil Development, Ventura County

Draft Regulations Released Today Will Govern the Controversial Oil Extraction Process in the Los Padres National Forest’s Sespe Oil Field

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Fracking Escalates in Los Padres National Forest

By on October 23, 2013 in Oil Development, Ventura County

Controversial Oil Extraction Technique Recently Used on Six More Wells in the Sespe Oil Field

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Thorn Point Clean-up

By on October 15, 2013 in California Condor, Location, Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Historic Lookout Site Scoured for Microtrash

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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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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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Condor Roost Trees May Be Cut Down

By on October 25, 2012 in California Condor, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch defends old-growth trees where endangered condors rest during long flights across the landscape…

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ForestWatch Investigation Reveals Widespread Fracking in Los Padres

By on October 5, 2012 in Oil Development, Ventura County

The controversial oil extraction technique is making a resurgence in the Sespe Oil Field, threatening downstream water supplies…

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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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Los Padres Legislation Discussed in Congressional Committee

By on July 10, 2012 in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness

H.R. 4109 is presented to House Natural Resources Committee; ForestWatch submits testimony…

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