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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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ForestWatch Urges State Officials to Protect Forest from Fracking

By on January 29, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Officials Accept Public Input on the Controversial Oil Extraction Process

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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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Report: Oil Industry Trashing Public Lands and Endangering Wildlife in Los Padres National Forest

By on November 18, 2013 in California Condor, Oil Development, Publications, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch Investigation Reveals Widespread Trash Contamination, Toxic Chemicals, and Other Hazards to Endangered California Condors in Ventura County’s Sespe Oil Field

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ForestWatch Issues Statement on Draft Fracking Regulations

By on November 15, 2013 in Oil Development, Ventura County

Draft Regulations Released Today Will Govern the Controversial Oil Extraction Process in the Los Padres National Forest’s Sespe Oil Field

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Fracking Escalates in Los Padres National Forest

By on October 23, 2013 in Oil Development, Ventura County

Controversial Oil Extraction Technique Recently Used on Six More Wells in the Sespe Oil Field

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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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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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ForestWatch Protects Cuyama Valley From Large-Scale Oil Exploration

By on April 3, 2012 in Cuyama Valley, Oil Development, Santa Barbara County

Project Would Have Used Dynamite, Helicopters & ATVs to Explore For Oil Deposits Across 23 Square Miles Between the Los Padres National Forest & Carrizo Plain…

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Agency Requires a Full Environmental Study of Company’s Plans to Explore for Oil on the Carrizo Plain National Monument

By on July 1, 2008 in Carrizo Plain, Oil Development

The Bureau of Land Management requires a full Environmental Impact Statement due to potential significant impacts.

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