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VICTORY: Controversial Gaviota Fuel Break Canceled After ForestWatch Lawsuit

By on April 3, 2017 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Santa Barbara County, Wildlife Protection

Forest Service cancels planned massive fuel break in remote area of Los Padres National Forest after our lawsuit.

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Lawsuit Challenges Unnecessary Fuel Break that Threatens Rare Plant

By on December 7, 2016 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Santa Barbara County, Wildlife Protection

Lawsuit filed to protect the Refugio manzanita from a massive, unnecessary fuel break planned by the Forest Service.

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Legislation Announced to Benefit Wilderness, Watersheds, and Recreation in the Los Padres and Carrizo Plain

By on May 27, 2015 in California Condor, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.

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Congress Proposes to Allow Disposal of Federal Lands

By on March 31, 2015 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Oil Development

Resolution could allow for federal lands to be sold to private interests.

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Forest Service Issues Draft Decision Against any New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest

By on January 17, 2014 in California Condor, Cuyama Valley, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Decision Rejects Wilderness Protection for 16 Pristine Roadless Areas, Leaving Them Vulnerable to Development

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Repeat Offender Landowner Under Investigation for Damaging Sespe Creek

By on December 11, 2013 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Multiple Agencies Respond to Citizen Complaints About Unpermitted Bulldozing, Road Construction, and Vegetation Removal in Critical Habitat for Endangered Steelhead

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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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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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Forest Service Agrees to Prepare Environmental Assessment for Logging Projects

By on October 17, 2005 in Forest Service, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County

Studies could protect old-growth forests on Figueroa Mountain, Frazier Mountain, and Mt. Pinos.

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