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Celebrating the End of an Era on the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve
For the first time in decades, commercial livestock grazing will not be allowed anywhere in the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve.
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Figueroa Mountain Cannabis Grow Site Cleanup
ForestWatch volunteers clean up Cannabis grow site near Figueroa Mountain
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Forest Service Issues Final Decision Rejecting New Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest
None of the viable 421,000 acres will be protected as wilderness
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Small Dam Removed from Lion Creek
Forest Service removes long defunct dam in Lion Creek.
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Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in LPNF
By ForestWatch on October 23, 2014 in Cuyama Valley, Mt. Pinos Area, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Wilderness
The U.S. Forest Service is now reevaluating seven roadless areas to recommend as wilderness.
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West Camino Cielo Target Shooting Site Cleanup
Volunteers remove hundreds of pounds of debris and trash left behind by target shooters.
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