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Amid Widespread Community Opposition to Logging Project, Forest Service Extends Comment Deadline

By on June 26, 2020 in Forest Service, Logging & Vegetation Clearing

Public comment period deadline extended from June 30 to August 14.

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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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Environmental Protection Is Impossible Without Social Justice

By on June 4, 2020 in Call to Action, Social Justice

Protecting wild places, plants, and animals is inseparable from the fight for human rights.

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Protecting Yourself and Others on Public Lands During the COVID-19 Crisis

By on June 1, 2020 in Call to Action, Outdoor Connection, Public Lands, Recreation

Seven guidelines for getting out on the trails safely.

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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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Trump Administration Seeks to Open Public Lands to Uranium Mining

By on May 5, 2020 in Mining, Public Lands, San Luis Obispo County, Ventura County

Report could revive historic uranium claims in Los Padres National Forest.

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Join Us for Virtual Earth Day Events

By on April 18, 2020 in Events, Oil Development, Outdoor Connection, Public Lands, Stewardship, Uncategorized, Wildfire

Online activities include happy hour, fire ecology webinar, and trivia night.

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