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Judge Allows Conservation Groups to Defend Ventura County Wildlife Connectivity from Industry Legal Challenge

By on September 3, 2020 in Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch and partners now head to court.

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Conservation Groups File Motions to Defend Ventura County Wildlife Connectivity

By on June 16, 2020 in Mountain Lion, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

First-of-their-kind Ordinances Help Safeguard Local Wildlife

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Forest Service to Expedite Logging and Habitat Clearance in Proposed Wilderness on Pine Mountain

By on June 9, 2020 in Call to Action, Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Roadless Areas, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Old-growth forest and chaparral threatened.

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Trump Administration Again OKs Oil Drilling in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument

By on May 26, 2020 in California Condor, Carrizo Plain, Oil Development

The Trump administration approves new oil well and pipeline within monument boundary.

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Legal Update: Bringing Steelhead Back to the Sisquoc River

By on May 6, 2020 in Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Wildlife Protection

New developments in legal case against dam operator.

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Nearly 20 Square Miles of Land in San Luis Obispo County Designated as North Carrizo Ecological Reserve

By on May 5, 2020 in Carrizo Plain, Public Lands, San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

Designation expands conservation land network in Carrizo Plain region.

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State Commission Votes Unanimously to Grant Temporary Protection to Central Coast and Southern California Mountain Lions

By on April 16, 2020 in Mountain Lion, Wildlife Protection

Local lions given endangered species candidate status.

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An Update on Our Lawsuits Against Two Commercial Logging Projects

By on April 2, 2020 in California Condor, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Wildlife Protection

Lawsuits against projects near Mt. Pinos moving ahead.

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Environmental Groups Seek Protections for Endangered Steelhead in the Santa Maria River

By on October 24, 2019 in Rivers, Santa Barbara County, Wildlife Protection

New lawsuit seeks water releases from Twitchell Dam to allow steelhead movement.

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Bobcats Now Safe From Trophy Hunting in California

By on October 12, 2019 in Wildlife Protection

New law bans bobcat trophy hunting in California and mandates a management plan to maintain healthy bobcat populations.

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