LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH Fall 2019 Salinas

Monterey FORESTWATCH ADVOCATES JOIN NATIONWIDE CHORUS AGAINST LOOKING ACROSS Carmel River NATIONAL FOREST ROLLBACKS The Trump administration has proposed drastic changes to environmental protections for national for- THE FOREST Carmel valley ests. These changes would effectively gut the National Environmental Policy Act as it relates to the Los Padres and other forests throughout the country by creating massive loopholes for commercial logging and other activities while eliminating opportunities for public comment. Read more on page 4. An update on how we're protecting your region Big Sur Big Sur River Salinas River King city Table of Contents Arroyo Seco River YOUTH HELP REMOVE TRASH ON LA CUMBRE PEAK Base Camp ...... 1 We teamed up with the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara over the summer Comings and Goings ...... 1 San Antonio River to clean up La Cumbre Peak. These students, ranging from elementary to high school, explored the peak, enjoyed the ocean views, and gave the area Carrizo Victory ...... 2 a makeover! Logging Lawsuits ...... 3 NEPA Rollbacks ...... 4 Ojai WILD! Highlights ...... 5 Connecting Communities to Our Public Lands ...... 6 FOREST SERVICE TO CONVERT STORM-DAMAGED ROAD TO NEW TRAIL Getting the Lead Out ...... 7 We were excited to see the Forest Service select an environmentally-friendly alternative Membership Has Its Benefits ...... 7 to their La Brea Restoration Project that will decommission extremely-damaged roads and convert them to new hiking, biking, and horseback trails. These trails will serve as new ForestWatch Goes to Washington ...... 8 access points to the San Rafael Wilderness. Stellar Support: Rose Foundation ...... 8 Upcoming: Santa Barbara WILD! ...... 9 San Luis Obispo

HALTED! NEW DRILLING & PIPELINE IN THE CARRIZO PLAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT FORESTWATCH TAKES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO COURT OVER LOGGING PROJECTS Cuyama River Carrizo Plain The Bureau of Land Management upheld our appeal of their decision to allow drilling of a This summer, we spearheaded a legal challenge to two commercial logging projects near Mt. Pinos approved by the Forest new oil well and construction of a new pipeline in the Caliente Mountains of the Carrizo Service without proper environmental review or public input. One of the projects threatens California condor roosting sites. Plain National Monument. See page 2 for more details. Read more on page 3.

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Sisquoc River Frazier park FORESTWATCH TEAMS UP WITH SEAVEES TO CLEAN UP SANTA PAULA CANYON VOLUNTEERS AND FORESTWATCH TEAM Piru Creek ForestWatch teamed up with our good friends at SeaVees in Santa Barbara helped clean up Santa Paula Canyon on Earth UP TO CLEAN THE PLAYGROUND Day. They hiked to Big Cone Camp and back, picking up over 100 pounds of trash along the way! Santa Ynez We joined forces with AppFolio to remove trash throughout The Playground, a popular hiking and climbing spot in the Santa Barbara frontcountry. The group made it all the way Santa Ynez River Sespe Creek through the maze of boulders and even explored the famous Narrows—all while removing broken glass and beer cans. Santa Barbara Santa Clara River Ojai

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FALL2019 Cover Photo: Sunset on the Santa Ynez Mountains, by Bryant Baker BASE CAMP We often talk about the work we do in the context of future generations—protecting our national forests today so that future generations can continue to explore and enjoy them tomorrow. This summer, I saw this dynamic play out firsthand while taking our two boys—ages 7 and 9—on their first overnight backpacking trip in the Sierra. FORESTWATCH We hopped across boulders, crossed mountain streams, and BOARD conquered switchbacks. We were rewarded with extraordinary views of snow-capped peaks, wildflower-speckled meadows, starry ALLAN MORTON, President nights, quiet solitude, and a healthy sense of adventure. Santa Barbara Jeff Kuyper Executive Director It was an experience they’ll never forget. Their highlight was making RUSS RADOM, Vice President flavored snow-cones from a patch of snow a short hike from camp. Santa Ynez Valley But for me, the highlight was watching their curiosity unfold around every corner, the “wild” in TERRI LAINE, Secretary CARRIZO VICTORY wilderness freeing their imaginations. Around the lake, one brother carved a stick and stalked Oak View around the shore, hoping to spear a fish, while the other gave the fish names and secretly scared PATRICIA KROUT, Treasurer ForestWatch Halts Plans for New Oil Well and Pipeline them away so that they wouldn’t get caught. This lasted for hours. Santa Barbara Our public lands make moments like these possible. America’s national forests, national parks, RACHAEL BARKLEY This summer, the California Bureau of The oil well would have been drilled Carrizo Plain National Monument is and national monuments give us all hope for the future. They bring families together, create Ojai Land Management (BLM) halted plans on an existing oil pad that hasn’t been a vast expanse of grasslands and stark memories, and remind everyone – younger and older alike—about the truly important things for a new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo productive since the 1950s. Two years ridges known for their springtime CHRIS COLLIER in life. Plain National Monument. The decision ago, the oil company confirmed plans wildflower displays. Often referred to as Camarillo Conservationist Kris Tompkins says it best: “If you want to build an army of people who love nature, was in response to an appeal of the to abandon the pad, remove the old “California’s Serengeti,” it is one of the you have to get them out into it. You can’t protect a place unless you understand it. You can’t love it until ANNA DELASKI project’s approval, filed last year by Los drilling equipment, and restore the area last undeveloped remnants of the vast you know it.” Santa Ynez Valley Padres ForestWatch and the Center for and return it to the monument. The native grasslands that once carpeted ETHAN STONE Biological Diversity. It would have been work was never done. California’s inland valleys. Our public lands are places where we can all go to recharge our shared commitment to the first well approved by the Interior protecting the outdoors. They are places we can take our loved ones, so that they too can know Santa Barbara “We have precious few wild places left,” The Carrizo Plain is critical for Department since the monument was said Jeff Kuyper, Executive Director of the long-term conservation of the it, understand it, love it, and protect it. SAM THOMAS established in 2001. Thousand Oaks Los Padres ForestWatch. “The monument dwindling biodiverse southern San From the Sierra to the Rockies, from the Appalachians to the Cascades, and from the Andes to The agency's deputy director found that is already surrounded by oil development. Joaquin Valley ecosystem. It links the Coast and Transverse Ranges right here in our own backyard, thank you for building our the Bakersfield Field Office approved The line has to be drawn.” other valuable wildlife habitat like the army of people who love our shared public lands. Together we can continue making a difference FORESTWATCH the project without evaluating Los Padres National Forest, Salinas while building the next generation of wilderness stewards. greenhouse gas emissions, and how Valley, Cuyama Valley, and Bitter STAFF the project might impact threatened Creek National Wildlife Refuge in and endangered wildlife, and the western Kern County giving birds COMINGS AND GOINGS JEFF KUYPER climate. The field office was ordered and animals room to roam. As the Executive Director to conduct a new environmental impacts from climate change and Join us in bidding a fond farewell to Nathan Wallace! He served on analysis, including a consultation expanding regional industrialization BRYANT BAKER our Board as our financial advisor for two years, helping set up a Conservation Director with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife pressure our remaining wild places, system to accept donations of stock as a tax savings for our donors, Service. an uncompromising commitment to enacting policies to improve our long-term financial sustainability, REBECCA AUGUST The proposed well site is located Existing oil leases were “grandfathered” in their protection is the only hope that introducing us to new supporters throughout the Ojai Valley, Director of Advocacy at the base of the Caliente Mountains under the monument proclamation signed they will endure for the generations that and providing wise advice on nonprofit board governance. He’ll along the western boundary of Carrizo by President Bill Clinton in 2001, but new follow ours. continue to serve in this role on an informal basis, as he makes GRACIELA CABELLO Director of Youth and Plain National Monument. The area development must comply with more This is not the first time that LPFW and more time for family. Nathan Wallace Community Engagement is home to several protected species, stringent standards. The new well would allies have shut down oil deveopment in including the threatened San Joaquin have been drilled in the Russell Ranch Oil the Carrizo. In 2006, we stopped an oil We are thrilled to welcome Amgen communications executive JODY BROWN antelope squirrel, the endangered Field, which covers approximately 1,500 tycoon from drilling exploratory wells Christopher Collier to our Board of Directors. Chris is an east Membership and Grants San Joaquin kit fox, and a threatened acres of the monument, and has been in the monument. Two years later, we Manager coast transplant who enjoys hiking, fly fishing, photography, flowering plant called the Kern mallow. identified by the US Geological Survey as squashed a plan to explore for oil along and, as an avid surfer, paddling for waves at the mouth of LINDY CARLSON Endangered California condors also a high priority for groundwater testing for a 5-mile stretch of the valley floor. the Santa Clara River, fed by the Sespe. Chris has authored Events Manager visit this area with increasing frequency oil field contamination. In 2016 the field three outdoor recreation guidebooks and published articles in LPFW will continue to lead the charge as the birds continue to expand into produced only 125 barrels of oil per day, against oil development in this treasured prominent national outlets. His other work experience includes their historic range. one of the lowest-producing oilfields in communication campaigns, and corporate digital and social media. landscape. Chris Collier the state.

PAGE 1 PAGE 2 many of its projects. During the existing THE FIGHT NEPA process, these mistakes can often DISMANTLING be caught by an engaged public. Indeed, FOR THE TREES LAWS OF THE LAND the Forest Service’s own data show that projects change substantively in response to public input more than ForestWatch & Partners Challenge Commercial Logging in Court The Trump Administration has This summer, the Administration 63% of the time. This is how NEPA is demonstrated extraordinary efficiency announced another sweeping proposal supposed to work.” In 2018, the Forest Service proposed has provided no protections for the and community engagement in protecting in its effort to wipe out decades of that would make NEPA not apply to two fast-tracked commercial logging roosting sites because it denies that our own homes.” environmental protections on behalf of most projects in National Forests Over 230 scientists signed a letter that commercial interests. Just this summer, across the country. The changes would said, “The existing NEPA review and projects near Mt. Pinos in the Los they exist. Research shows that community- rule changes were announced that normalize loopholes like those used to comment process is the only means Padres National Forest. The projects— “There is simply no place for commercial focused fire-safe measures are more strip the Endangered Species Act of its expedite commercial logging on Tecuya available to ensure that best available, one along Tecuya Ridge and the other logging in California condor country,” successful and cost-effective than enforceability, repeal parts of the Clean Ridge and Cuddy Valley. relevant scientific information is near Cuddy Valley—were approved said Bryant Baker, conservation removing trees and vegetation in the Water Act, weaken the Clean Air Act, considered by the Forest Service before using a loophole to exclude the logging director for Los Padres ForestWatch. backcountry. Those measures include “These rule changes only serve to benefit and revoke California’s 50-year-old right irreversible actions are taken that activities from environmental review. “It’s highly concerning that the Forest creating defensible space around private interests like timber companies,” to set its own emission standards. pose risk of long-term environmental This also limited public input from Service would push this project through properties, retrofitting homes with said Bryant Baker, Conservation local residents, concerned about the harms.” The letter goes on to say that without a full environmental review and fire-safe materials, improving early Even the nation’s oldest and most Director at ForestWatch. litigation against the Forest Service, project’s potential to increase fire in spite of widespread opposition from warning and evacuation systems, fundamental environmental law, the danger in the area, and allowed the If adopted, the Forest Service would one of the ostensible reasons the Trump local communities.” creating fireproof community shelters National Environmental Policy Act administration identifies in explaining agency to forego considering project and curbing new development in fire- (NEPA), is under assault. alternatives. Local opposition to both projects the need for the changes, would was substantial—98 percent of the prone areas. The NEPA process is intended to increase, rather than decrease, under This summer, ForestWatch and our comments submitted to the Forest “Logging old-growth trees in remote help public officials make decisions the proposed rules. partners filed two lawsuits against the Service were opposed to commercial forests will not protect homes from fire. that are based on understanding of The proposed plan would allow: Trump administration for approving logging in the area and the lack of In fact, it’s a dangerous distraction. environmental consequences, and these projects in violation of the • Avoidance of environmental environmental review. In June, local If this commercial logging proposal is take actions that protect, restore, and assessment by vaguely claiming National Environmental Policy Act. We community members submitted a implemented, it would make wildland enhance the environment. were represented by attorneys with "long-term beneficial effects" petition with 275 signatures asking fires burn hotter and faster and put local NEPA gives the public the right to • Commercial logging up to 6.5 square the Center for Biological Diversity and the Forest Service to stop the projects. communities at greater risk,” said Chad Rene Voss of Natural Resources Law, know what projects their government miles without environmental study Hanson of the John Muir Project of not be required to conduct thorough with assistance from Chatten-Brown, Studies have repeatedly shown the is considering, the right to learn how or public input Earth Island Institute, co-plaintiff on environmental analysis or consider Carstens & Minteer LLP. importance of retaining larger, fire- their environment and health will be • 11.5 square mile projects resistant trees to reduce the risk of both lawsuits. “Instead we should focus impacted, and the right to file objections alternatives prior to approving to be conducted without an Both suits were filed in U.S. District high-intensity fire. The Forest Service our resources on helping people make against decisions that are not legally or commercial logging, mining, oil drilling, environmental study and analysis Court in Los Angeles, and state that has approved the removal of trees of their homes fire-safe.” scientifically sound. road building, and other projects in of alternatives the U.S. Forest Service violated federal national forests like the Los Padres. The all sizes throughout both project areas. The cases are expected to go to The President’s first major strike at the • Illegal roads and trails to be law by approving the removal of large- changes would eliminate public input This project represents a major shift court later this year or in early 2020. law came as an Executive Order that legitimized without study of diameter trees along 12 miles of Tecuya entirely for an estimated 93% of these in how the Forest Service proposes ForestWatch and our partners want requires agencies to spend no more than environmental impacts Ridge in the San Emigdio Mountains, to see the projects taken back to the projects. • Construction of 5 miles of road including in the rugged Antimony and approves large vegetation removal one year on NEPA compliance for each drawing board so environmental The 60-day comment period that at a time without public input, Roadless Area which is legally protected projects. Past projects have not only project and confines the length of NEPA impacts and alternatives can be accompanied the proposal ended in environmental study, or analysis of from such logging, and across the base gone through the full environmental documents to 150 pages, regardless of thoroughly analyzed and the public has August. In response to the agency’s alternatives of Mt. Pinos. review and public input process, but the scope and complexity of the project. more opportunity to provide feedback. refusal to consider form-letters, • Impacts on sensitive species to be they imposed limits on the size of trees “We saw the impact immediately as the The Tecuya Ridge logging area includes ForestWatch dispatched a new ignored that could be removed and excluded Bureau of Land Management scrambled prime habitat for endangered California interactive tool that helped over 1,500 • The public and organizations to be the use of commercial logging. to assess the impacts of fracking across one condors. According to U.S. Fish and people easily submit original and unique bared from formally objecting to “As mountain residents, we appreciate million acres of diverse ecosystems, rural Wildlife Service condor tracking data, messages. In total, the Forest Service projects, leaving litigation as the the Forest Service’s intent toward fire and urban environments, and complex the project could harm more than 50 received over 43,000 comments, most in only recourse safety, but the solutions must be long- geology and water systems, within the time condor roost sites. These roost sites opposition to the proposed regulatory • The public’s right to help direct term, done in the proper way with the constraints specified by the new law,” said are typically large dead or live trees changes. what impacts and alternatives are that condors use for resting overnight protection of our forest habitat and Rebecca August, Director of Advocacy at studied to be excluded its species thoroughly studied,” said ForestWatch. “There was no time to conduct An exhaustive technical and legal between long flights. The rules could be finalized next year. Teresa Grow, president of Mountain meaningful analysis, look at any individual analysis signed by ForestWatch and We'll continue to work with our national Federal standards require a minimum Communities for Fire Safety—the lead area, or consider thousands of public over 180 organizations from around the partners to protect the public's right to half-mile buffer from condor roosting plaintiff on the case against the Cuddy comments. The President has made the country states, “Despite good intentions, participate in national forest decisions. sites to protect them from disturbances Valley project. “We want alternatives process a sham and a waste of tax dollars.” the Forest Service makes mistakes in such as logging. The Forest Service

PAGE 3 PAGE 4 roundtables and film screenings, these activities promote conservation efforts in communities from coast to coast, and provide an opportunity for Latinos to show their support for permanently protecting our land, water, and air. ForestWatch held events in Santa Barbara and Oxnard. In Santa Barbara, we partnered with Our Ojai WILD! fundraiser on Sunday, June 2 was a great success! With the support of our sponsors, multiple groups to host the third annual guests, members, volunteers and community, who make this event possible, we welcomed over 325 Trails and Tacos day. It was a fun day filled atendees and raised over $107,000 to protect our region’s majestic landscapes. with hiking, learning about our local Seasons Catering served up a delicious farm-to-table meal and wonderful appetizers, White Sage ecosystem, gathering Latino community Catering tempted us with mouth watering desserts, and Ventura Rental Party & Events provided leaders, and culminating with a taco our stylish tenting. Our production needs were generously provided by Delicate Productions and lunch in the park. DSR Audio. Our auctioneer, Suzanne Krainok, worked her magic and Todd Hannigan with Sleeping "The Trails and Tacos event was one of Chief provided the perfect tunes for the day. Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Topa Mountain the most educational and inspiring family Winery, Ampelos Cellars and Solminer Wine provided tasty libations. We owe a debt of gratitude activities we have attended. The event to Carol Gravelle, for her remarkable graphic designs, and Ashley Lee, for her splendid program, as creates environmental awareness, builds well as contributing photographer Luke Butcher. relationships, cultural embracement, and We are sincerely grateful to our team of volunteers for their enthusiasm, efforts and time that a sense of community. Latino families in made this day possible, as well as our attendees and vendors. With the energy generated at Ojai the area need more opportunities like this Wild! we are geared up to move forward with even more determination to protect the Los Padres to explore and connect with nature. Thank National Forest, the Carrizo Plain National Monument, and other local public lands. you Los Padres ForestWatch,” said Angeles Small—a participant and mom that Many Thanks to Our Sponsors! CONNECTING joined us for the day. SESPE WILDERNESS PINE MOUNTAIN PIEDRA BLANCA COMMUNITIES Dick & Marilyn Mazess Rachael + Griffin Barkley Bluestar Parking Patagonia + Yvon Chouinard Island Packers Clinch Family TO THE FOREST The Thacher School Nicola Bennett Allan S. Morton + Peet Steinmetz TOPATOPA BLUFF Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Doug + Angela Parker Spring and summer included a variety of cascade. At 300 feet, Rose Valley Falls is David + Cindy Garber SC&A Insurance Services, LLC Ampelos Cellars events and initiatives to support youth one of the tallest falls in the Los Padres. Ojai Valley Directory Solminer Wine Co. Broesamle-Vondriska Family and families getting outdoors and visiting Doc + Carol Pierce Delicate Productions, Inc. Olivares & Alexander Insurance - Allstate Agency our public lands. PIP Printing Marketing & Signs DSR Audio MATILIJA FALLS Tiffany Rochelle + Paul Hibler In May, we hosted our first community Carol Gravelle Graphic Design BoKU Superfood campout as a way to introduce local Slaughter, Reagan, & Cole LLP In Oxnard we gathered for Charla En La Seasons Catering Doug + Lee Buckmaster families and youth to the wonders of White Sage Catering Playa which translates to “A Discussion Bill + Jill Shanbrom Luke Butcher - Cinevolve the Los Padres. The weekend included John + Melody Taft on the Beach.” Together with other Sonoma Broadway Farms Earthtrine Farms family camping at Wheeler Gorge, rock- community leaders, we held a discussion Topa Mountain Winery Green Goddess Gardens climbing, and hiking in the Rose Valley to address issues, spread awareness Ventura Rental Party & Events Dennis Hadenfeldt area. Families from Ventura County and explore solutions relating to public Welborn Family Louise Heydt attended the campout, and the Boys and lands, conservation, environmental Terri + Alex Laine Girls Club of Santa Barbara joined us Over the summer we also participated in justice, climate change, worker rights and Ruth Lasell + Robert Bonewitz for the day for what turned out to be an Mark Crane’s Tree, Inc. Latino Conservation Week for the second protections, and the Green New Deal. adventurous time. The American Alpine year in a row. This national initiative Ojai Valley News We routinely lead educational hikes for Club set up ropes for rock-climbing, and was designed to support the Latino Pax Environmental youth and a variety of groups in the Los then we visited Rose Valley Falls, a short community getting into the outdoors Ann & Harry Oppenheimer Padres and other public lands. We believe drive from the climbing area. There we and participating in activities to protect Fred Rothenberg + Jackie Sherman that visiting these places and establishing got a close-up view of the Thomas Fire our natural resources. During this week, Michael Shapiro + Louise Sandhaus meaningful connections are important burn scar and the ecosystem thriving community, non-profit, faith-based, and Ethan + Hilary Stone steps to building a strong conservation there after the fire. We hiked through government organizations and agencies Barbara + Frederic Washburn movement and healthy communities – the riparian zone, and to the base of the hold events throughout the country. especially amongst today’s youth. falls to experience the lower tier of the From hiking and camping to community

PAGE 6 RENEW YOUR FORESTWATCH GOES TO WASHINGTON COMMITMENT This summer Rep. Salud Carbajal’s Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, Make your contribution for 2019 H.R. 2199, had its first hearing in the House Natural Resources Committee. ForestWatch’s Director of Youth and Community Engagement, Graciela There’s no question - our public lands that impact our publie lands. We will Cabello, was one of only three leaders from the conservation and outdoor- are under constant attack. These threats perservere in expanding our volunteer recreation communities invited to testify before the bipartisan subcommittee remind us of what is at stake and what pool to conduct invasive species removal for a trio of California bills. STELLAR is truly important. And ForestWatch is and trash clean-ups. We will continue to A Santa Barbara native, Cabello provided compelling testimony focused on the more committed than ever to protect offer educational events to expand our importance of protecting public lands for youth and low-income communities, INTERNS and preserve these iconic wild places, community's interest and understanding as well as the cultural significance of protected land for Indigenous people: right in our own backyard. of the natural world around us. Over the summer, we were lucky to have “My exposure to these wild places as a child was largely due to geographical access and low economic barriers. This is the case for Robert Heim as our Conservation GIS Intern "Today, I have a renewed sense of Community & Youth Outreach many of the communities up and down the Central Coast….We are all future ancestors, and we have a historic opportunity to protect and Kat Sitnikova as our Conservation Legal hope that people working together ForestWatch will expand our efforts to this special place for all people and leave a legacy for future generations. I strongly encourage the committee to support H.R. 2199.” are a strong force for change," says Intern. Robert is pursuing his Master’s introduce and facilitate access for youth The Central Coast Heritage Protection Act was reintroduced this past April by Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Senator ForestWatch membership and grants degree at the Bren School of Environmental and communities that are traditionally Kamala Harris (D-CA). It would designate nearly 250,000 acres of land within Los Padres National Forest and Carrizo Plain manager Jody Brown. "We need this Science & Management at UCSB. He helped underrepresented in our wild places, help National Monument as protected wilderness areas, create two scenic areas encompassing 34,882 acres, and safeguard 159 strength now more than ever before." document off-road vehicle trespass, conduct engender appreciation of our public lands, miles of wild and scenic rivers. The bill also creates a 400-mile long Condor National Recreation trail that will stretch the mountain lion data analysis, and collect Individual donors provide 1/3 of our and nurture the will to protect them. length of the Los Padres National Forest, from Los Angeles to Monterey County. data on home development in fire hazard operating revenue in the form of Staying Wild! severity zones. Kat just finished her B.S. unrestricted support so we can leverage degree in environmental studies at UCSB. it where it matters most. Please renew And of course we will host our annual She worked on legal projects, including your membership today with a gift of Ojai WILD! and Santa Barbara WILD! regulatory memos, Freedom of Information $50, $100, $250, or more. events, as well as other membership gatherings throughout the year. STELLAR SUPPORT Act requests, one of our logging lawsuits, Your help in 2019 will support our many Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment and more. We could not have accomplished campaigns including: Donations of $50 or more entitle you so much without their great work! to an annual membership. Members Fighting the Escalation of Oil The Rose Foundation provides grants emergency funding to protect the Carrizo Why are public lands important to you? receive our newsletter three times per to grassroots initiatives that help Plain National Monument from the VALIANT Development and Commercial year, invitations to our WILD! events in The Lorax spoke for the trees “because the trees Logging on Public Land build a world in which individuals, Trump administration’s efforts to slash have no tongue,” and I think all of us at the Rose VOLUNTEERS Ojai and Santa Barbara, and admission organizations, and communities are its protections, and to stop drilling and ForestWatch will continue to spearhead to our annual Member & Volunteer Foundation channel our inner Lorax every day. empowered to promote stewardship of logging on Central Coast public lands. Forests are the lungs of our planet – without If it weren’t for our volunteers, the Los efforts to stop new oil drilling and Appreciation Party, along with our nature, inspire people to take action, Altogether, the Rose Foundation has fracking on public lands, as well as monthly emails updating you on our them we would not have enough oxygen to Padres National Forest would have a lot and hold government and corporations awarded ForestWatch more than $94,000 breathe. Forests form the headwaters of most more trash and invasive plants. Luckily, there commercial logging and mining in the work and ways to get involved. accountable. to protect local public lands. major river systems – without them we would are amazing people dedicated to reducing Los Padres National Forest, the Carrizo Donations of $1,000 or more will The Rose Foundation has supported We recently chatted with the Rose not have enough water to drink. But so many of the human impact on our local wild places. Plain National Monument, and other enroll you in our Condor Circle with ForestWatch since our very beginnings Foundation’s founder and Executive the special places of the earth are under threat Just this summer, a group of ForestWatch public lands along the central coast. an exclusive lunch or hike with our with two general support grants through Director, Tim Little to learn more about from people who put personal short-term profit volunteers painstakingly removed over 30 Blocking Trump’s Environmental Executive Director, and invitations to their Northern California Environmental their strategic funding initiatives. ahead of general public good and long-term pounds of lead ammunition from an old target Rollbacks our annual Condor Circle field trip and Grassroots Fund. Over the years, its sustainability. National forests and other public shooting site along West Fork Cold Spring Tell us about Rose Foundation. ForestWatch will vigorously fight to stop Condor Circle holiday party. At whatever California Watershed Protection Fund lands are commons that belong to us all, and Trail in the Santa Barbara frontcountry. This the Trump Administration's efforts to level you join, we deeply appreciate your provided three grants to monitor oil I helped start the Rose Foundation 25 years we all have a duty of stewardship to protect lead was embedded in the soil, causing local gut the National Environmental Policy support! pollution discharge from in the Sespe ago on the belief that people need to be them and make sure they are there for all the and downstream contamination. Thanks to Act, and other bedrock environmental Your membership ensures the protection Creek watershed. 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