The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.
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Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF
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Tamarisk on the Sespe
Tamarisk eradication along the Sespe
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Wilderness Legislation Announced for Los Padres & Carrizo Plain
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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Sespe Tamarisk Project
Volunteer crew removes more tamarisk from Sespe watershed
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Tamarisk Eradication along Rancho Nuevo Creek
Volunteers Tackle Tamarisk on Edge of Dick Smith Wilderness
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ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to “No New Wilderness” Policy
Objection challenges recent decision against establishing any new wilderness areas in our local backcountry
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Sespe Shooting Area Clean-up
ForestWatch volunteers haul more trash out of the Sespe watershed
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Tamarisk Eradication Along the Sespe
ForestWatch and Keep The Sespe Wild return to Sespe watershed for more tamarisk eradication
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Forest Service Issues Draft Decision Against any New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest
Decision Rejects Wilderness Protection for 16 Pristine Roadless Areas, Leaving Them Vulnerable to Development
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Taking out the Trash
LPFW, Patagonia, and community volunteers assemble to clean up abandoned marijuana grow site
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