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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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Forest Service Issues Final Decision Rejecting New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest

By on November 20, 2014 in Wilderness

None of the viable 421,000 acres will be protected as wilderness

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Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF

By on October 23, 2014 in Cuyama Valley, Mt. Pinos Area, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness

The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.

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Tamarisk on the Sespe

By on July 3, 2014 in Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Tamarisk eradication along the Sespe

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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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Sespe Tamarisk Project

By on April 18, 2014 in Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Volunteer crew removes more tamarisk from Sespe watershed

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Tamarisk Eradication along Rancho Nuevo Creek

By on April 9, 2014 in Cuyama Valley, Location, Santa Barbara County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Volunteers Tackle Tamarisk on Edge of Dick Smith Wilderness

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ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to “No New Wilderness” Policy

By on April 4, 2014 in Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Objection challenges recent decision against establishing any new wilderness areas in our local backcountry

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Sespe Shooting Area Clean-up

By on February 21, 2014 in Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch volunteers haul more trash out of the Sespe watershed

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Tamarisk Eradication Along the Sespe

By on February 4, 2014 in Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch and Keep The Sespe Wild return to Sespe watershed for more tamarisk eradication

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