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 Protects Cuyama Valley From Large-Scale Oil Exploration

By on April 3, 2012 in Cuyama Valley, Oil Development, Santa Barbara County

Project Would Have Used Dynamite, Helicopters & ATVs to Explore For Oil Deposits Across 23 Square Miles Between the Los Padres National Forest & Carrizo Plain…

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ForestWatch Issues Warning To Forest Service To Stop Destroying Nests For Migratory Songbirds

By on March 28, 2012 in Santa Barbara County, Wildlife Protection

Officials Continue to Allow Vegetation Clearing During the Nesting Season of Birds Protected Under Federal Law…

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Carrizo Plain Named a National Historic Landmark

By on March 6, 2012 in Carrizo Plain

Designation Protects More Than 100 Native American Sites…

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ForestWatch Volunteers Clean Up Cherry Creek

By on October 29, 2011 in Events, Trash Cleanups, Volunteer Projects

More than 80 volunteers remove 2.5 tons of trash, marking one of the largest cleanup efforts in Los Padres history…

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Agreement Protects Carrizo Plain From Severe Overgrazing

By on January 11, 2011 in Carrizo Plain, Grazing

Livestock Will Be Removed from Ecological Reserve; State of California Will Complete Land Management Plan…

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Bringing Steelhead Back to the Sisquoc River

By on November 17, 2010 in Rivers, Wildlife Protection

State launches study to identify ways to return the endangered fish to pristine spawning grounds in the Los Padres National Forest.

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