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Forest Service to Enforce Closure of Condor Sanctuary at Tar Creek

By on May 27, 2015 in California Condor, Ventura County

Unlawful entry punishable by $5,000 fine and/or six months of jail time.

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Legislation Announced to Benefit Wilderness, Watersheds, and Recreation in the Los Padres and Carrizo Plain

By on May 27, 2015 in California Condor, Carrizo Plain, Cuyama Valley, Fracking, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, Rivers, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.

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Congress Proposes to Allow Disposal of Federal Lands

By on March 31, 2015 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Oil Development

Resolution could allow for federal lands to be sold to private interests.

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West Cuesta Ridge “Shooters” Cleanup

By on March 19, 2015 in Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

Collaborative efforts in SLO County result in hundreds of pounds of microtrash removed.

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County Approves Oil Wells Along Popular Hiking Trail in Santa Paula Canyon

By on February 27, 2015 in Fracking, Oil Development, Santa Paula Canyon, Ventura County

ForestWatch Files Appeal to Planning Commission, Citing Violations of State Law

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Heavy equipment from a fracking operation in a mountainous area of the Sespe Oil Field

Draft Report Reveals Significant Environmental Impacts of Fracking in Ventura County’s Sespe Oil Field

By on January 14, 2015 in Fracking, Location, Oil Development, Ventura County

State Identifies Significant & Unavoid- able Impacts to Wildlife, Water Quality, & Public Safety in Sespe Oil Field

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Company Proposes 19 New Wells in Santa Paula Canyon

By on January 14, 2015 in Fracking, Oil Development, Rivers, Santa Paula Canyon, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Drilling Planned Next to Popular Hiking Trail Leading to Swimming Holes, Waterfalls, and the Sespe Wilderness

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Lawsuit Filed to Restore Public Access to Matilija Falls

By on January 12, 2015 in Trails & Public Access, Ventura County

Coalition of Trail Users Seek to Reopen a Popular Trail Used by the Public for More Than One Hundred Years

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Victory! Oil Company Cancels Plans to Drill Wells in Remote Canyon Near National Forest

By on December 23, 2014 in California Condor, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch Protects Condors and Forest From Runaway Oil Development

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Pot Grow Cleanup near Figueroa Mountain II

By on December 11, 2014 in Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

ForestWatch volunteers head out to the Figueroa Mountain Pot Grow site for a second time to remove leftover trash.

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