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A Controversial Plan to Privatize Campgrounds & Trailheads
Cash-strapped Forest Service to transfer 52 camps, day use areas, and trailheads to a private management company.
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Agreement Secures Permanent Public Access to Matilija Falls
ForestWatch and other groups sign agreement with landowner, ending years of dispute over the historic trail
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Legal Victory Overturns Plan to Open 1 Million Acres of Public Land to Drilling, Fracking
ForestWatch lawsuit protects federal lands near Los Padres National Forest
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Tar Creek Cleanup
Patagonia volunteers team up with ForestWatch to remove trash from border of Sespe Condor Sanctuary
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Cape Ivy Removal
LogicMonitor employees join forces with ForestWatch to remove invasive cape ivy from Mission Canyon.
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Massive Network of Roads Planned for Protected Area near Figueroa Mountain
ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to Commercial Livestock Grazing Operation in Happy Canyon
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