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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

Waxing Poetic About the Los Padres

VWR TRAINING POSTPONEDAfter consulting with the Forest Service and due to COVID, the Volunteer Wilderness Ranger Training will be postponed until the fall. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available…. — • — •

2021 Los Padres Forest Association Accomplishments & Forest Updates

Hello Friends & Happy Holidays, We love what we do. We absolutely love helping the Los Padres Forest. We love the work we do restoring trails. We love sharing helpful forest information in these newsletters,

LPFA News from Around the Los Padres

Hello Friends, We’ve got lots of news from across the Los Padres down below but first off we wanted to share a couple incredible announcements that the trail users among us will certainly be excited

It’s fall in the Los Padres….

Hello Friends, It is fall in the Los Padres, trail season is once again upon us and we hope you’ve been able to find some trail time! The Los Padres had a terrific early season first

Los Padres Reopening & LPFA Job Openings

FOREST REOPENS Effective tonight (9/22, 11:59pm) the fire related Emergency Closure Order will expire and the Los Padres NF will reopen.  GREAT NEWS! We’re sure many of us will be sprinting out as soon as

Los Padres Closure Extended

Hello Friends, In case you hadn’t heard, the Los Padres Forest has extended its fire-related closure through 11:59pm on September 22. While most of the forests across California have reopened, the LP is one of five forests which

Temporary Forest Closure

LOS PADRES NF: CLOSED Due to extreme fire conditions and thinned fire resources, the Los Padres Forest (yes, all of it) will be closed effective tonight August 31 at 11:59pm. There are currently over 20 wildfires burning across California

August Updates

Hello Friends,  We hope you had a nice weekend and despite the heat and ever increasing lack of water, found some Los Padres exploration time. We always love seeing your photos of shaded trails, higher