Los Padres ForestWatch protects wildlife, wilderness, water, and sustainable access throughout the Los Padres National Forest and the Carrizo Plain National Monument. We achieve this through education, advocacy, and when necessary, legal action for the benefit of our communities, climate, and future generations.

News Items

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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