The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.
Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF
Tamarisk on the Sespe
Tamarisk eradication along the Sespe
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
Sespe Tamarisk Project
Volunteer crew removes more tamarisk from Sespe watershed
Tamarisk Eradication along Rancho Nuevo Creek
Volunteers Tackle Tamarisk on Edge of Dick Smith Wilderness
ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to “No New Wilderness” Policy
Objection challenges recent decision against establishing any new wilderness areas in our local backcountry
Sespe Shooting Area Clean-up
ForestWatch volunteers haul more trash out of the Sespe watershed
Tamarisk Eradication Along the Sespe
ForestWatch and Keep The Sespe Wild return to Sespe watershed for more tamarisk eradication
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
Taking out the Trash
LPFW, Patagonia, and community volunteers assemble to clean up abandoned marijuana grow site
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16th Annual Ojai Wild!
Sunday, June 2 at 4pm
The Thacher School
Native Plant Hike - Reservoir Canyon
Saturday, May 11 at 9:30am
San Luis Obispo
Guided Nature Walk - SYV Botanic Garden
Sunday, May 19 at 10am
Buellton
Evening Nature Hike - Rattlesnake Canyon
Thursday, May 23 at 5:30pm
Santa Barbara
Guided Nature Hike on Pine Mountain
Saturday, June 15 at 9:30am