Los Padres ForestWatch
Bipartisan Opposition Halts Effort to Weaken Endangered Species Act, Safeguarding Wildlife Along California’s Central Coast
After widespread opposition from constituents and conservation groups, House leaders have indefinitely postponed a vote on the “ESA Amendments Act” (H.R. 1897), a proposal that would have gutted the Endangered Species Act. The bill was pulled from consideration on April…
California Oil and Gas Health Protection Law Survives First-Round Trump Administration Attack
Buffer Zones Between Drilling Sites, Communities to Remain in Effect During Legal Battle A federal court denied the Trump administration’s request to pause enforcement of Senate Bill 1137 (SB 1137), California’s landmark oil and gas health buffer law, during its…
Los Padres ForestWatch Launches Community Science Project to Protect Central Coast Wildlife
Los Padres ForestWatch is launching a new community science project, empowering residents to help protect wildlife across the Central Coast by documenting wildlife sightings and roadkill along local roads and highways. Participants download a free mobile survey and upload observations…
ForestWatch Calls For Public Support as Roadless Protections Enter Critical Review
Los Padres ForestWatch is urging Central Coast residents to speak up in support of the Roadless Area Conservation Act (S. 2042)—legislation that would safeguard long-standing protections for some of the wildest public lands in our region. On December 2, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will review the bill aimed…
Final Days for Public to Comment on Rollback of Protections for Millions of Acres of Public Land: Deadline September 19 at Noon
Elected leaders and environmental groups urge public to oppose rollback Time is running out for the public to weigh in on the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle popular, longstanding forest protections. The 21-day comment period on a proposal to rescind…
Op-Ed: Trump Administration Opens Comment Period to Eliminate Roadless Rule, Threatening Los Padres National Forest
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins took the next formal step in the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle longstanding forest protections by announcing the official opening of a 21-day public comment period on a proposal to rescind the Roadless Area…
Trump Administration Resurrects Oil Drilling Threat to 400,000 Acres of Central Coast Public Lands
In a move that threatens some of California’s most cherished wildlands, the Trump administration has revived plans to expand oil drilling and fracking across 850,000 acres throughout the Central Coast and Central Valley. On June 23, the Bureau of Land…
Trump Administration Moves To Eliminate Roadless Rule, Putting Los Padres National Forest at Risk
Environmental groups urge lawmakers to support permanent protections through Roadless Area Conservation Act In a sweeping rollback of longstanding forest protections, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the agency’s intent to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a federal…