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Appeal Challenges Oil Drilling in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument
This is the first new oil well approved in the national monument since it was established in 2001.
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Forest Service Plans Commercial Logging Near Mt. Pinos with No Environmental Review
By Bryant Baker on April 15, 2018 in Call to Action, Forest Service, Kern County, Logging & Vegetation Clearing, Mt. Pinos Area, Roadless Areas
Projects could impact California condors and spotted owls.
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ForestWatch and Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Team Up for Spring Cleaning on Big Falls Trail
By Bryant Baker on April 15, 2018 in San Luis Obispo County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness
Volunteers remove over 150 pounds of trash from popular trail in the Santa Lucia Wilderness.
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Ventura County Supervisors Drop Bid to Eliminate Public Challenges to Oil Drilling Projects
Overwhelming public opposition forces Supervisors Foy and Long to retreat.
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Supervisors to Consider Eliminating Public’s Right to Challenge Oil Drilling Projects in Ventura County
By ForestWatch on April 10, 2018 in Call to Action, Fracking, Oil Development, Santa Paula Canyon, Ventura County
Move by Supervisors Foy and Long would hand a free pass to the oil industry.
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San Rafael Wilderness: 50 Years of Preserving Santa Barbara’s Backcountry
ForestWatch celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the San Rafael Wilderness.
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