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Congress Approves Farm Bill Without Controversial National Forest Loopholes

By on December 13, 2018 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Roadless Areas

Earlier versions of the bill would have expanded commercial logging in the Los Padres National Forest.

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ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments in 2018

By on December 3, 2018 in Carrizo Plain, Latino Outreach, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Oil Development, Stewardship, Trails & Public Access, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildfire, Wildlife Protection

From stewardship projects to legal battles, we’ve been busier than ever.

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Forest Service Approves First Commercial Logging Project in Los Padres National Forest in Decades

By on November 28, 2018 in Call to Action, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area

The 1,200-acre commercial logging project is moving ahead without environmental review.

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House Passes Farm Bill That Would Gut Forest Protections

By on June 27, 2018 in Fire, Forest Service, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Roads, Wildfire, Wildlife Protection

H.R. 2 expands environmental exemptions for logging, road construction, and other activities on national forest lands.

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Forest Service Receives Overwhelming Opposition to Proposed Commercial Logging Projects

By on June 1, 2018 in California Condor, Forest Service, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Roadless Areas, Wildlife Protection

Over 99% of public comments submitted opposed the project.

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Forest Service Plans Commercial Logging Near Mt. Pinos with No Environmental Review

By on April 15, 2018 in Call to Action, Forest Service, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Roadless Areas

Projects could impact California condors and spotted owls.

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Industries Put Pressure on Forest Service to Roll Back Environmental Law

By on February 6, 2018 in Forest Service, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Wildlife Protection

Forest Service plans changes that would make it easier to bypass National Environmental Policy Act.

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ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments of 2017

By on December 21, 2017 in Carrizo Plain, Events, Fence Removal, Invasives, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Oil Development, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Santa Paula Canyon, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Join us as we reflect upon some of our biggest accomplishments of 2017 and build our momentum into the New Year.

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ForestWatch Responds: A Better Way to Protect Communities from Wildfire

By on August 13, 2017 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Santa Barbara County, Wildfire

ForestWatch writes op-ed in response to local radio host’s inflamed rhetoric.

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Congress Advances Legislation Attacking National Forest Protections

By on July 5, 2017 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch and other conservation groups around the country oppose the bill.

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