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Fracking Escalates in Los Padres National Forest

By on October 23, 2013 in Oil Development, Ventura County

Controversial Oil Extraction Technique Recently Used on Six More Wells in the Sespe Oil Field

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Thorn Point Clean-up

By on October 15, 2013 in California Condor, Location, Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Historic Lookout Site Scoured for Microtrash

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Capitol Building

House Passes Bill to Open National Forests to Development, Waive Environmental Laws, and Reduce Public Input

By on September 20, 2013 in Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Monterey County, Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Legislation would expand development throughout the Los Padres…

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ForestWatch Volunteers Clear Microtrash from Frazier Mountain

By on August 20, 2013 in California Condor, Location, Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Uncategorized, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

Litter Detrimental to Endangered California Condors Removed from Historic Lookout Site

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Members’ Gathering

By on August 8, 2013 in Events, Uncategorized

Join us for some tasty appetizers, wine and beer, and an opportunity to meet backcountry cartographer Bryan Conant.

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SLO County Bear Count Underway

By on July 31, 2013 in San Luis Obispo County, Wildlife Protection

CDFW undertakes county-wide census of the black bear population in San Luis Obispo County

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Valle Vista Clean-up

By on July 31, 2013 in California Condor, Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

Microtrash removed from Condor Country

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San Clemente Dam Removal Project

By on June 26, 2013 in Dam Removal, Rivers, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Largest-ever Dam Removal Project in California Underway …

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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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