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ForestWatch and Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Team Up for Spring Cleaning on Big Falls Trail

By on April 15, 2018 in San Luis Obispo County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness

Volunteers remove over 150 pounds of trash from popular trail in the Santa Lucia Wilderness.

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San Rafael Wilderness: 50 Years of Preserving Santa Barbara’s Backcountry

By on April 3, 2018 in Santa Barbara County, Wilderness

ForestWatch celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the San Rafael Wilderness.

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ForestWatch Volunteers Clean Up Santa Paula Canyon

By on December 4, 2017 in Santa Paula Canyon, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Wilderness

Over 125 pounds of trash was removed from along the trail and near popular swimming holes.

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Volunteers Clean Up Sespe Creek and Piedra Blanca

By on November 8, 2017 in Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness

Volunteers remove over 100 pounds of trash from Piedra Blanca area.

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Congress Advances Legislation Attacking National Forest Protections

By on July 5, 2017 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch and other conservation groups around the country oppose the bill.

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New Trail Plan Near Lake Piru Approved, Access Fees to Remain

By on January 10, 2017 in Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness

Federal agency overseeing Santa Felicia Dam approves plan to facilitate forest trail access that includes steep fees.

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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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An oil well with the mountains of the Sespe Condor Sanctuary in the background.

VICTORY: Oil Drilling and Fracking Plan Halted Indefinitely

By on December 9, 2016 in California Condor, Fracking, Oil Development, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Forest Service indefinitely halts plan to lease 52,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest to the oil industry.

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Massive Network of Roads Planned for Protected Area near Figueroa Mountain

By on April 27, 2016 in Grazing, Santa Barbara County, Wilderness

ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to Commercial Livestock Grazing Operation in Happy Canyon

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LUSH Cosmetics Volunteers Clean Up Shooting Site

By on March 17, 2016 in California Condor, Location, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

28 volunteers removed over 400 pounds of trash and debris from site.

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