ForestWatch Urges Officials to Take Immediate Steps to Protect Bird Nests along Nordhoff Ridge…
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Songbird Nests at Risk from Continued Chaparral Clearing in Los Padres National Forest

ForestWatch Protects Cuyama Valley From Large-Scale Oil Exploration
Project Would Have Used Dynamite, Helicopters & ATVs to Explore For Oil Deposits Across 23 Square Miles Between the Los Padres National Forest & Carrizo Plain…

ForestWatch Issues Warning To Forest Service To Stop Destroying Nests For Migratory Songbirds
Officials Continue to Allow Vegetation Clearing During the Nesting Season of Birds Protected Under Federal Law…

Carrizo Plain Named a National Historic Landmark
Designation Protects More Than 100 Native American Sites…
ForestWatch Volunteers Clean Up Cherry Creek
More than 80 volunteers remove 2.5 tons of trash, marking one of the largest cleanup efforts in Los Padres history…

Agreement Protects Carrizo Plain From Severe Overgrazing
Livestock Will Be Removed from Ecological Reserve; State of California Will Complete Land Management Plan…

Bringing Steelhead Back to the Sisquoc River
State launches study to identify ways to return the endangered fish to pristine spawning grounds in the Los Padres National Forest.

State Cancels Proposed Bear Hunting Season in SLO County
Dept. of Fish & Game withdraws plans for the first-ever black bear hunting season.

Bear Hunting Proposal Shot Down for Second Time in Two Years
Fish & Game indefinitely delays proposal to allow first-ever bear hunting season in SLO County.

Trophy Hunting of Black Bears Proposed for SLO County…Again
The state proposal is riddled with errors; ForestWatch submits detailed legal & scientific comments.
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