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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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Songbird Nests at Risk from Continued Chaparral Clearing in Los Padres National Forest

By on May 23, 2012 in Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch Urges Officials to Take Immediate Steps to Protect Bird Nests along Nordhoff Ridge…

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Planning Commission Bans Gravel Truck Traffic on Scenic Highway 33 From Diamond Rock Mine

By on May 14, 2008 in Roads, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Move protects Ojai Valley and Los Padres from as many as 138 truck trips per day.

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BLM Announces Another Land Giveaway of 19,600 Acres to Oil Companies

By on May 8, 2006 in Carrizo Plain, Fracking, Kern County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Public lands near Los Padres and Carrizo Plain auctioned for as little as $2 per acre.

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Sand and Gravel Mines to Send Hundreds of Trucks Per Day Through Forest

By on January 15, 2006 in Call to Action, Cuyama Valley, Roads, Ventura County

Proposed mine to add traffic along Highway 33 through heart of Los Padres.

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