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

ForestWatch Halts Three Fracking Operations in Sespe Watershed

By on May 15, 2014 in California Condor, Fracking, Oil Development, Ventura County, Wildlife Protection

Public Agencies Erroneously Issued Permits for Drilling

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Frazier Mountain Clean-up

By on May 14, 2014 in California Condor, Mt. Pinos Area, Trash Cleanups, Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

Microtrash clean-up at an historic lookout site

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McPherson Peak Clean-up

By on May 12, 2014 in California Condor, Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects, Wildlife Protection

Clean-up in Condor Country

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Sespe Tamarisk Project

By on April 18, 2014 in Ventura County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Volunteer crew removes more tamarisk from Sespe watershed

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Tamarisk Eradication along Rancho Nuevo Creek

By on April 9, 2014 in Cuyama Valley, Location, Santa Barbara County, Volunteer Projects, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Volunteers Tackle Tamarisk on Edge of Dick Smith Wilderness

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ForestWatch Files Formal Objection to “No New Wilderness” Policy

By on April 4, 2014 in Mt. Pinos Area, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness, Wildlife Protection

Objection challenges recent decision against establishing any new wilderness areas in our local backcountry

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