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National Trails Day 2017: HOWARD CREEK TRAIL, Ojai Ranger District

Project: National Trails Day, Ojai First Saturday, Howard Creek Trail Maintenance Leader: Jasonn Beckstrand Dates: June 3, 2017   Description: Meet at the Ojai Ranger Station at 8:00am sign ups, safety talk and at 8:30am

Santa Barbara Canyon Oak Clearing

The LPFA scouted Santa Barbara Canyon Trail in March and found this rather large and complicated oak tree blocking the trail.  There was a passable reroute around the tree that both hikers and equestrians were using

MAY the FOREST be with you

Hi Everyone – Good Afternoon, Quite a week for celebrations we’ve had……  Monday was May Day: a celebration of Spring and the giving of flowers. Tuesday was Teachers Day: even to this day we all

Ojai Edition: Wheeler Gorge, Sisar and More

Good Morning Los Padres – We hope you are doing well and have some adventurous plans lined up for this coming weekend.  The weather will be turning a little hotter starting this weekend with most

FIRST SATURDAY OJAI: Pratt Trail, May 6

Join us Saturday May 6 as we continue the long-standing First Saturday tradition of maintaining the local trails around Ojai………. Trail: Upper Pratt Trail Leader: Jasonn Beckstrand Dates: May 6, 2017 Description: Meet at the

THE SUPER LOS PADRES

Aaron, before and after, sizing up a complex oak on Cold Spring Trail TRAIL REPORTING Hi Everyone – we hope you’re having a great Good Friday and an even better Good Friday evening, We’ve got

Marching Towards April Working Vacations

Los Padres Greenery! SAINT PATRICK’S DAY Happy St. Patricks’s Day everyone!  While March 17 was originally set aside as a religious celebration of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland, the date has morphed

And ERFO Was Its Name-O!

Trail Erased, Central Hurricane Deck; photo Blakley Hello Los Padres! Spring in here and while the winter weather has pretty much come and gone, its left behind no shortage of damaged roads and trails across

LP STORMS 2017: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

That’s not the Mississippi!  Santa Ynez River at Sage Hill, February 17, photo Chris Orr Good Morning Everyone and Happy Presidents Day! We are in the midst of what is clearly going to be remembered

Grizzly Bears, Condors and Chaparral – February 16

LPFA TRAIL TALK IV Grizzly Bears, Condors and Chaparral Presented by: Rick HalseyOnce home to the California grizzly bear and the California condor’s last refuge, the chaparral remains one of the most misunderstood and under-appreciated