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Los Padres Volunteer Season!
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Non-profit partner of the Los Padres National Forest focused on providing education, trail work and sharing the stoke of the Los Padres.

WHEELER GORGE SUMMER PROGRAMS Summer Programs at

WHEELER GORGE SUMMER PROGRAMS

Summer Programs at Wheeler Gorge are back! LPFA has 4 events lined up on Saturdays at the Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center this summer. Learn from local experts on a variety of topics in family-friendly presentations and activities.

And best of all, these event are FREE for the public to enjoy (though donations are appreciated). Check out the details in the photo above or on our events page at LPForest.org (🔗 in bio). Bring your friends and family and we’ll see you at the Gorge soon!

#wheelergorge #outreachandeducation #venturacounty #highway33 #ojai

You can’t park there…. Los Padres style Any good

You can’t park there…. Los Padres style

Any good captions?

#theresgottabemore
#ifykyk
#youcantparkthere
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WHEELER NATURE TRAIL DAY, JUNE 27 LPFA will be ho

WHEELER NATURE TRAIL DAY, JUNE 27

LPFA will be hosting a volunteer day on the Wheeler Gorge Nature Trail THIS SATURDAY, June 27th! We’ll be doing some light brushing and touching up our interpretive signs.

This trail is just up Highway 33 from Ojai and on the beautiful North Fork Matilija Creek. Come on out! Event sign up in our bio or at LPForest.org.

#lpfa_trailvolunteers #ojai #wheelergorge #trailstewardship #venturacounty

LADYBUG SEASON The cold, higher elevation canyons

LADYBUG SEASON

The cold, higher elevation canyons of the Los Padres are known (among other reasons) as the overwinter home for millions of Ladybug Beetles (Hippodamia convergens). If you know where to look, you can find them hibernating on rocks, leaf litter, and trees in masses called “lovelinesses”. But, have you ever seen the next generation hatch and fly away in the springtime?

LPFA volunteers were lucky to witness the massive exodus of the 2026 class of ladybugs on our recent Working Vacation on the Piedra Blanca Trail. Eggs hatch and go through a larval stage earlier in spring, and when the temperatures warm, they finish their pupal stage and molt into adults over the course of about one week. This makes for quite the show as the new adults take flight. Ever seen clouds of ladybugs like this?

#lospadresnationalforest #sespewilderness #ladybug #lpfa_trailvolunteers #springseason

FIRE RESTRICTIONS We’re a little late to the gam

FIRE RESTRICTIONS

We’re a little late to the game this year, but seasonal fire restrictions for the Los Padres began last week (6/4). You can read the full order below or in our bio, but this means NO OPEN FIRES, CAMPFIRES, SMOKING OR CHARCOAL FIRES outside of developed recreation sites or designated campfire use sites. Sites where campfires are allowed are listed in photo 3 and in the link below. Camp stoves are still allowed with a valid California Campfire Permit (link in bio).

Campfires are great, but so is enjoying the starry sky, warm nights, and avoiding any accidental wildfires. Let’s all do our part to have a safe and uneventful fire season!

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/lospadres/alerts/los-padres-fire-use-and-firearm-restrictions

#lospadresnationalforest #firerestrictions #recreateresponsibly #summerishere #backcountry

Sometimes you just gotta put the tool down and tak

Sometimes you just gotta put the tool down and take it in.

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