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Sespe Dreams Are Made of This & COVID Cancellations

Hello Friends, Unless you’ve been wandering the backcountry since December, you’re no doubt aware of the coronavirus and all the worldwide precautions that are underway. As a partner of the Los Padres Forest, the LPFA

Sespe Trail News & Your Late “Winter” Los Padres Update

Hello Friends, What happened? We got off to such a nice start this season. Do you remember the bomb cyclone around Thanksgiving and all the low elevation snow storms we had for much of December?

VWR Training March 14

Hello Friends – Pardon the interruption….. We’re in the middle of a larger Los Padres Forest email update but wanted to let you know that the Volunteer Wilderness Ranger Training that was scheduled for this

Sespe Wilderness Campaign

The Sespe Wilderness covers over 200,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest within Ventura County and is home to dozens of miles of backcountry trails. One of the most popular trails within the Sespe

Get Your Los Padres Fire, Rain and Snow Report

Hello Friends, I hope this email finds you doing well and perhaps with a little Los Padres mud on your boots.  2019 is coming to an end and it’s been a terrific year for the

Los Padres 2020 Calendar

HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2020 – The LPFA is once again producing a Los Padres wall calendar featuring all of the seasons of the Los Padres Forest.  Waterfalls! Wildlife! Woods! We have some awesome new shots this year. Thank

Los Padres Fire Restrictions & Lots of Good News

Hello Friends, The big forest news this past week was the Forest Service announcing that the Los Padres is going into Extreme Fire Danger restrictions until at least December 31, 2019.  We’ve all seen the

2020 Los Padres Calendar

HAPPY HOLIDAYS – Ready or not, it’s the holidays time of year again. That of course means parties and presents but it also means that 2020 is right around the corner…. In order to help decorate

RIP Madulce and D13 Kick Off

Hello Friends, 20 years ago today (Oct 11, 1999) the Madulce Cabin was tragically burned to the ground as a result of either an accidental burning or arson (click here for more of the history). 

La Brea Decision, Volunteer Projects and is Fall Here?

Howdy Friends, It may not feel like it, especially right now with our recent stack of hot days but there is a subtle change occurring in the forest right now indicating that FALL IS COMING.