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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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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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