For the first time in decades, commercial livestock grazing will not be allowed anywhere in the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve.
News Items
Celebrating the End of an Era on the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve
Figueroa Mountain Cannabis Grow Site Cleanup
ForestWatch volunteers clean up Cannabis grow site near Figueroa Mountain
Forest Service Issues Final Decision Rejecting New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest
None of the viable 421,000 acres will be protected as wilderness
Small Dam Removed from Lion Creek
Forest Service removes long defunct dam in Lion Creek.
Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF
The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.
West Camino Cielo Target Shooting Site Cleanup
Volunteers remove hundreds of pounds of debris and trash left behind by target shooters.
ForestWatch Appeals 5 Oil Wells in Condor Country
Appeal seeks protection for endangered California Condors near Lake Piru
Conservation Groups File Appeal to Halt Restart of Abandoned Oil Field in Remote Canyon in Ventura County
Three conservation groups file an appeal to stop the reopening of an abandoned oil field
Fall 2014 Newsletter
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Chuchupate Invasives Project
Volunteers clear invasives from USFS Ranger Station grounds and adjacent wetland
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