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Groups File Opening Arguments in Santa Paula Canyon Drilling Litigation

By on November 7, 2018 in Oil Development, Santa Paula Canyon, Ventura County

ForestWatch and partners appeal earlier decision allowing new drilling with minimal environmental review.

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Volunteers Remove 1,100 Pounds of Trash From North Fork Matilija Creek Watershed

By on October 15, 2018 in Stewardship, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects

Decades-old trash exposed by the Thomas Fire removed from Cannon Creek area north of Ojai.

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Volunteers Remove 150 Pounds of Trash From Santa Paula Canyon

By on October 12, 2018 in Santa Paula Canyon, Stewardship, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects

ForestWatch volunteers remove old trash revealed by the Thomas Fire.

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BLM Receives Overwhelming Opposition to Proposed Drilling and Fracking Plan

By on October 12, 2018 in Carrizo Plain, Fracking, Kern County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Agency receives over 8,000 comments opposing plans to expand oil drilling and fracking on public lands.

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Volunteers Clean Up Sespe Creek and Piedra Blanca

By on October 4, 2018 in Stewardship, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness

Approximately 40 pounds of trash removed from swimming holes and trail.

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ForestWatch Hosts Bilingual Hikes In Santa Barbara and Ojai

By on September 27, 2018 in Events, Latino Outreach, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Youth Engagement

We invite members from our Spanish-speaking community to get outdoors in Los Padres.

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Land and Water Conservation Fund Set to Expire Unless Congress Acts

By on September 25, 2018 in Call to Action, Kern County, Location, Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Over 125 parks across the Central Coast have received funding through the legislation.

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Trails, Schools, and Conservation Lands to Be Opened for Oil Drilling, Fracking Across Central Coast

By on August 28, 2018 in Call to Action, Fracking, Monterey County, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Proposal could open up over 200,000 acres of public land and mineral estate along Central Coast to drilling and fracking.

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Trump Administration Begins Process to Reopen 1.6 Million Acres in California to Oil Drilling and Fracking

By on August 8, 2018 in Call to Action, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

The public has 30 days to comment on impacts of fracking in central California.

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ForestWatch and Rio School District Lead Students on Educational Field Trip

By on August 1, 2018 in Environmental Education, Events, Stewardship, Ventura County, Wilderness, Youth Engagement

Elementary students from Oxnard experienced the Los Padres in a new way.

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