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What’s at Stake

By on April 26, 2013 in California Condor, Cuyama Valley, Grazing, Location, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Oil Development, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Sixteen Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) across the Los Padres National Forest were included in the Forest Service’s recently-released draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement …

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Patagonia Honored

By on April 25, 2013 in Events, Volunteer Projects

Chouinard and LPFW Honored on House Floor At this year’s Ojai Wild! event, Los Padres ForestWatch awarded Patagonia founder and owner Yvon Chouinard with the Wilderness Legacy Award …

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Spring 2013 Newsletter

By on April 25, 2013 in Publications

Spring 2013 Newsletter Now Available You can now click here to download the must-read spring issue of ForestWatch’s membership newsletter …

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Protect Los Padres Wilderness!

By on April 25, 2013 in Cuyama Valley, Location, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Trails & Public Access, Ventura County, Wilderness

A coalition of forest users, local business leaders, elected officials, scientists, and other stakeholders are working together to ask the Forest Service to reconsider its “no-new-wilderness” policy …

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Public Hearing on Los Padres Forest Plan to be Held in Ventura

By on April 25, 2013 in Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Third Hearing Called to Discuss Updated USFS Land Management Plan …

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National Forest Access Blocked on Huasna Road

By on March 7, 2013 in San Luis Obispo County, Trails & Public Access

ForestWatch launches effort to restore public access to the Los Padres National Forest in SLO County’s Huasna Valley…

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Fall/Winter 2012 Newsletter

By on January 8, 2013 in Publications

Our Fall/Winter 2012 membership newsletter is now available for download!

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Condor Roost Trees May Be Cut Down

By on October 25, 2012 in California Condor, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

ForestWatch defends old-growth trees where endangered condors rest during long flights across the landscape…

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ForestWatch Investigation Reveals Widespread Fracking in Los Padres

By on October 5, 2012 in Oil Development, Ventura County

The controversial oil extraction technique is making a resurgence in the Sespe Oil Field, threatening downstream water supplies…

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Supreme Court Upholds Protections for Roadless Areas

By on October 4, 2012 in Cuyama Valley, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness

The U.S. Supreme Court denies industry challenge to 2001 Roadless Rule, leaving intact protections for 600,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest…

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