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County, FWS Deliver Big Gift to Oil Industry

By on December 17, 2015 in California Condor, Fracking, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Ventura County Supervisors miss an opportunity to update World War II-era drilling permits to protect condors.

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Lawsuit Challenges Dangerous Oil Drilling in Santa Paula Canyon

By on November 17, 2015 in California Condor, Fracking, Location, Oil Development, Rivers, Santa Paula Canyon, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Three conservation groups sued Ventura County to halt a plan to drill 19 new oil wells along the Santa Paula Canyon Trail.

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Groups Oppose Plan to Open Over a Million Acres of Federal Property in CA to Drilling and Fracking

By on June 10, 2015 in Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Bureau of Land Management failed to consider threats of fracking to air, water and wildlife

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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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County Approves Oil Wells Along Popular Hiking Trail in Santa Paula Canyon

By on February 27, 2015 in Fracking, Oil Development, Santa Paula Canyon, Ventura County

ForestWatch Files Appeal to Planning Commission, Citing Violations of State Law

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Heavy equipment from a fracking operation in a mountainous area of the Sespe Oil Field

Draft Report Reveals Significant Environmental Impacts of Fracking in Ventura County’s Sespe Oil Field

By on January 14, 2015 in Fracking, Location, Oil Development, Ventura County

State Identifies Significant & Unavoid- able Impacts to Wildlife, Water Quality, & Public Safety in Sespe Oil Field

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Company Proposes 19 New Wells in Santa Paula Canyon

By on January 14, 2015 in Fracking, Oil Development, Rivers, Santa Paula Canyon, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Drilling Planned Next to Popular Hiking Trail Leading to Swimming Holes, Waterfalls, and the Sespe Wilderness

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Oil Industry Proposes Fracking Eight More Wells in Los Padres National Forest

By on May 15, 2014 in California Condor, Fracking, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Forest Officials Accept Public Comments through June 4 — Click Here to Submit Comments

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ForestWatch Halts Three Fracking Operations in Sespe Watershed

By on May 15, 2014 in California Condor, Fracking, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Public Agencies Erroneously Issued Permits for Drilling

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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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