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ForestWatch’s 2016 Top Accomplishments

By on January 5, 2017 in Events, Fracking, Oil Development, Publications, Roads, Santa Paula Canyon, Trails & Public Access, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness

A look back at some of the big things that happened in 2016!

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52 Los Padres Recreation Sites Now Under Private, For-profit Management

By on November 17, 2016 in Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Forest Service issues new concessionaire permit despite substantial public opposition.

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A Controversial Plan to Privatize Campgrounds & Trailheads

By on October 11, 2016 in Cuyama Valley, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Cash-strapped Forest Service to transfer 52 camps, day use areas, and trailheads to a private management company.

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Agreement Secures Permanent Public Access to Matilija Falls

By on September 21, 2016 in Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

ForestWatch and other groups sign agreement with landowner, ending years of dispute over the historic trail

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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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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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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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Lawsuit Filed to Restore Public Access to Matilija Falls

By on January 12, 2015 in Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Coalition of Trail Users Seek to Reopen a Popular Trail Used by the Public for More Than One Hundred Years

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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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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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