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Songbird Nests at Risk from Continued Chaparral Clearing in Los Padres National Forest

By on May 23, 2012 in Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch Urges Officials to Take Immediate Steps to Protect Bird Nests along Nordhoff Ridge…

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ForestWatch Issues Warning To Forest Service To Stop Destroying Nests For Migratory Songbirds

By on March 28, 2012 in Santa Barbara County, Wildlife Protection

Officials Continue to Allow Vegetation Clearing During the Nesting Season of Birds Protected Under Federal Law…

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Bringing Steelhead Back to the Sisquoc River

By on November 17, 2010 in Rivers, Wildlife Protection

State launches study to identify ways to return the endangered fish to pristine spawning grounds in the Los Padres National Forest.

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State Cancels Proposed Bear Hunting Season in SLO County

By on September 16, 2010 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Dept. of Fish & Game withdraws plans for the first-ever black bear hunting season.

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Bear Hunting Proposal Shot Down for Second Time in Two Years

By on April 21, 2010 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Fish & Game indefinitely delays proposal to allow first-ever bear hunting season in SLO County.

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Trophy Hunting of Black Bears Proposed for SLO County…Again

By on March 29, 2010 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

The state proposal is riddled with errors; ForestWatch submits detailed legal & scientific comments.

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Voice Your Support for Black Bears in SLO County

By on November 23, 2009 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Fish & Game Dept. will revisit proposal to allow bear hunting in SLO County.

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County Bear Hunting Proposal Shot Down!

By on April 21, 2009 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Bears get a reprieve as Commission decides to postpone vote in response to public concern.

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Trophy Hunting of Black Bears May Be Allowed in SLO County

By on March 6, 2009 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Fifty bears could be killed in the county each year; many questions unanswered.

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ForestWatch, Rural Landowners Protect Land from Oil Drilling

By on September 7, 2006 in Carrizo Plain, Oil Development, Wildlife Protection

U.S. Bureau of Land Management withdraws 10,088 acres from recent oil lease sale after groups and eight landowners file formal protests.

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