Over 100 volunteers remove 1,000 pounds of trash and dozens of graffiti markings.
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Volunteers Clean Up Trash and Graffiti at Lizard’s Mouth
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Groups File Opening Arguments in Santa Paula Canyon Drilling Litigation
ForestWatch and partners appeal earlier decision allowing new drilling with minimal environmental review.
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Volunteers Remove 1,100 Pounds of Trash From North Fork Matilija Creek Watershed
Decades-old trash exposed by the Thomas Fire removed from Cannon Creek area north of Ojai.
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Volunteers Remove 150 Pounds of Trash From Santa Paula Canyon
ForestWatch volunteers remove old trash revealed by the Thomas Fire.
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BLM Receives Overwhelming Opposition to Proposed Drilling and Fracking Plan
Agency receives over 8,000 comments opposing plans to expand oil drilling and fracking on public lands.
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Volunteers Clean Up Sespe Creek and Piedra Blanca
Approximately 40 pounds of trash removed from swimming holes and trail.
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ForestWatch Joins Nationwide Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rollback of Oil Industry Methane Standards
Groups seek to restore pollution controls for drilling and fracking on public lands.
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ForestWatch Hosts Bilingual Hikes In Santa Barbara and Ojai
We invite members from our Spanish-speaking community to get outdoors in Los Padres.
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Land and Water Conservation Fund Set to Expire Unless Congress Acts
Over 125 parks across the Central Coast have received funding through the legislation.
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In Memory of Condor #526
Condor #526 was recently found shot and killed outside of the Los Padres National Forest.
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