Sixteen Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) across the Los Padres National Forest were included in the Forest Service’s recently-released draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement …

What’s at Stake

Protect Los Padres Wilderness!
A coalition of forest users, local business leaders, elected officials, scientists, and other stakeholders are working together to ask the Forest Service to reconsider its “no-new-wilderness” policy …

Public Hearing on Los Padres Forest Plan to be Held in Ventura
Third Hearing Called to Discuss Updated USFS Land Management Plan …

Supreme Court Upholds Protections for Roadless Areas
The U.S. Supreme Court denies industry challenge to 2001 Roadless Rule, leaving intact protections for 600,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest…

Los Padres Legislation Discussed in Congressional Committee
H.R. 4109 is presented to House Natural Resources Committee; ForestWatch submits testimony…

Celebrating 20 Years of Wilderness in the Southern Los Padres
June 19 is the Twentieth Anniversary of the Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act…

Oil Company Seeks Drilling Rights in Upper Lopez Canyon
ForestWatch joins with landowners to protect Lopez Creek and Santa Lucia Wilderness.
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