Los Padres ForestWatch
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…
Groups Sound Alarm on Controversial Logging & Clearing Plan for Los Padres National Forest
More than 90 environmental, tribal, and community organizations ask Forest Service to reduce project size, prepare Environmental Impact Statement Groups throughout California’s central coast and beyond are raising concerns about a U.S. Forest Service plan to log trees and clear…
Op-Ed: Trump Administration Declares “Emergency” to Expedite Logging in National Forests
Trees and vegetation could be cut in Los Padres National Forest with minimal oversight By Jeff Kuyper, Executive Director of Los Padres ForestWatch The Trump Administration took steps on Friday to make it easier to expand commercial logging on millions…
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Against the County of San Luis Obispo to Prevent Steelhead and Other Threatened Species from Going Extinct
, San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper, Los Padres ForestWatch, California Coastkeeper Alliance and Ecological Rights Foundation filed a lawsuit for violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in federal district court to prevent the County of San Luis Obispo from operating…