This month, Los Padres ForestWatch teamed up with the UCSB Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society to clean up the Tar Creek parking area on the edge of the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, where 165 lbs. of trash — shell casings, nails, beer bottles, and blasted computer monitors — was removed.
November also saw ForestWatch and Patagonia team up and send a small crew of volunteers to an unnamed tributary of the Sespe where target shooting has gone unchecked. The crew collected 315 lbs. of shooters’ debris, including bullet-riddled propane tanks, spent shell casings, and huge amounts of household debris brought into the forest for target shooting. The refuse was later disposed of or recycled as appropriate.
Image courtesy Terri Laine.
Image courtesy Terri Laine.
Since 2007, ForestWatch volunteers have removed more than 8,000 pounds of microtrash and other trash from key sites within the Los Padres National Forest’s condor habitat. For more information about ForestWatch’s volunteer projects or to get involved, visit LPFW.org/volunteer.
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