Category: News
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Wild California Condor Chick Fledges in Santa Barbara County for First Time Since 1982
3 min read
Condor 933 took its first successful flight last month in the Santa Barbara backcountry.
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ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments in 2018
4 min read
From stewardship projects to legal battles, we’ve been busier than ever.
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Forest Service Approves First Commercial Logging Project in Los Padres National Forest in Decades
4 min read
The 1,200-acre commercial logging project is moving ahead without environmental review.
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ForestWatch Recognizes Volunteers and Supporters at Appreciation Party
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Volunteers and supporters enjoy food, drinks, and special awards at this annual event.
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Volunteers Clean Up Trash and Graffiti at Lizard’s Mouth
3 min read
Over 100 volunteers remove 1,000 pounds of trash and dozens of graffiti markings.
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Groups File Opening Arguments in Santa Paula Canyon Drilling Litigation
3 min read
ForestWatch and partners appeal earlier decision allowing new drilling with minimal environmental review.
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Volunteers Remove 1,100 Pounds of Trash From North Fork Matilija Creek Watershed
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Decades-old trash exposed by the Thomas Fire removed from Cannon Creek area north of Ojai.
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Volunteers Remove 150 Pounds of Trash From Santa Paula Canyon
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ForestWatch volunteers remove old trash revealed by the Thomas Fire.
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BLM Receives Overwhelming Opposition to Proposed Drilling and Fracking Plan
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Agency receives over 8,000 comments opposing plans to expand oil drilling and fracking on public lands.
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Volunteers Clean Up Sespe Creek and Piedra Blanca
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Approximately 40 pounds of trash removed from swimming holes and trail.
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ForestWatch Joins Nationwide Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rollback of Oil Industry Methane Standards
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Groups seek to restore pollution controls for drilling and fracking on public lands.
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ForestWatch Hosts Bilingual Hikes In Santa Barbara and Ojai
2 min read
We invite members from our Spanish-speaking community to get outdoors in Los Padres.










