Author: Ari Songer

Sespe, Sierra Madre and more! Come volunteer with us…

https://lpforest.salsalabs.org/oct2022newsletter?wvpId=4e72c95c-a4ad-4df2-a8a2-dcf6b54df2f6 Hello Friends,  You may know that the Los Padres is a very large and diverse forest covering approximately 1.75 million acres of the central California coast from Big Sur to the Los Angeles County

LPFA Hiring & Sespe Working Vacation

https://lpforest.salsalabs.org/sept2022newsletter Hello Friends, We hope this email finds you doing well and perhaps with a little mud on your boots? September is supposed to be one of our drier months but fortunately we’ve had some

Los Padres Hunting Season & ERP

Hello Friends,  Lots going on across the Los Padres at the moment! We’ll cover much of that down below in Forest 411 but first lets talk about deer hunting season. The busiest and geographically largest deer season

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RATTLESNAKES

Hello Friends,  We hope you are having a great summer and still finding some cooler trail time here in the hot Los Padres! LPFA recently asked a group of hikers to list things that scared them

It’s Canine Companion Week!

Written by Dr. Emily Taylor of Central Coast Snake Services Rattlesnake Avoidance Training and Exclusion Fencing It’s Canine Companion Week! We have already advocated leashes on walks. Now let’s explore additional ways to protect your

LOS PADRES FIRE RESTRICTIONS &NATIONAL TRAILS DAY

Hello Friends – we hope this email finds you tired from a long Memorial Day weekend on the trails……The big news across the Los Padres Forest this week is the introduction of our first seasonal

Los Padres Forest Association – NEWS FOR YOU!

Hello Friends, We just wrapped up an incredibly fun and productive 10-day Working Vacation on the Red Reef Trail within the Sespe Wilderness. Over the course of the Working Vacation we accomplished 1.9 miles of

LPFA Updates: Red Reef in our Sights

Hello Friends, Lots of news to share from across the Los Padres, enough for two emails actually but lets start with an update from the LPFA Working Vacations. Thanks to help from over 30 volunteers,

Notice of Opportunity for Public Review OHMVR Grant Program (G22)

The Los Padres Forest Association has applied for funding to complete projects in the Santa Lucia and Mt. Pinos Ranger Districts. All projects support the OHV program within the Los Padres National Forest. The opportunity for public

Working Vacation Season Is NOW!

Hello Friends, It sure seemed impossible that we’d be where we are after the December deluge but sure enough we’re staring directly into another drought year. California just endured our driest January and February in