Category: News
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Understanding Fire in Our Region
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Learn about natural chaparral fire ecology, how humans are changing it, and what we can do to protect communities.
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Forest Service Receives Overwhelming Opposition to Proposed Commercial Logging Projects
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Over 99% of public comments submitted opposed the project.
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Forest Service Reopens Thomas Fire Area, Some Trails and Campgrounds Remain Closed
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Trails on Santa Barbara city and county land remain closed, and caution is urged in some areas that have reopened.
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ForestWatch Volunteers Give La Cumbre Peak a Spring Cleaning
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Volunteer crew removes over 600 pounds of trash from the coastal peak above Santa Barbara.
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ForestWatch Volunteers Clean Up West Cuesta Ridge
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Volunteers spend morning in the clouds removing over 600 pounds of trash from the ridge near San Luis Obispo.
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ForestWatch and UCSB Adventure Programs Volunteers Clean Up the Playground
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Volunteers remove over 400 pounds of broken glass, cans, and tires from the area in the mountains above Goleta.
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Judge Rules in Favor of Oil Drilling in Santa Paula Canyon Case
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Ruling will allow 19 new oil wells in the scenic and biologically-important canyon.
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Volunteers Remove 400 Pounds of Trash from Upper Sespe Watershed
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The group spent morning cleaning up bullet casings, broken glass, and shot-up targets such as scuba tanks and street signs.
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Appeal Challenges Oil Drilling in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument
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This is the first new oil well approved in the national monument since it was established in 2001.
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Forest Service Plans Commercial Logging Near Mt. Pinos with No Environmental Review
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Projects could impact California condors and spotted owls.
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ForestWatch and Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Team Up for Spring Cleaning on Big Falls Trail
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Volunteers remove over 150 pounds of trash from popular trail in the Santa Lucia Wilderness.
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Ventura County Supervisors Drop Bid to Eliminate Public Challenges to Oil Drilling Projects
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Overwhelming public opposition forces Supervisors Foy and Long to retreat.
