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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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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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Victory! Oil Company Cancels Plans to Drill Wells in Remote Canyon Near National Forest

By on December 23, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch Protects Condors and Forest From Runaway Oil Development

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ForestWatch Appeals 5 Oil Wells in Condor Country

By on October 7, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Appeal seeks protection for endangered California Condors near Lake Piru

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Conservation Groups File Appeal to Halt Restart of Abandoned Oil Field in Remote Canyon in Ventura County

By on October 6, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Uncategorized, Ventura County

Three conservation groups file an appeal to stop the reopening of an abandoned oil field

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ForestWatch Challenges Approval of Two New Oil Wells Near Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge

By on August 12, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Appeal Seeks Protection for Endangered California Condors and Hopper Creek

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ForestWatch Appeals Approval of Oil Wells Near Piru

By on July 30, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch and CFROG file joint appeal challenging the approval of two oil and gas test wells

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Wilderness Legislation Announced for Los Padres & Carrizo Plain

By on May 15, 2014 in California Condor, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch Praises Bill to Protect More Than 300,000 Acres of Public Land and 158 Miles of Wild & Scenic Rivers Along California’s Central Coast

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