It’s Time to Reopen the Forest
Dear Los Padres National Forest, It’s time to reopen the forest. It was the right decision to close the Los Padres Forest on January 13 after the devastating rains earlier that week. There was so
The Latest on the Los Padres Forest Closure?
Hello Friends, As of February 7, the majority of the Los Padres Forest remains closed due to severe storm damage. This includes all of the Monterey, Santa Lucia, Santa Barbara and Ojai Ranger Districts. The
Los Padres Closure Update: JANUARY 23, 2023
Hello Friends, It’s been a busy couple weeks and we’ve been fielding a TON of questions about the current storm related closure that is impacting most of the Los Padres National Forest. Information is changing
Los Padres Forest: CLOSURE ORDER
Hello Friends, Due to the massive amounts of recent rainfall and subsequent forest-wide damage to trails, roads and infrastructure, the Forest Service has issued a forest-wide closure of the Los Padres Forest effective Friday January
LOS PADRES STORM UPDATE: The Good. The Bad & the Ugly
Hello Friends, First off, we hope you are all safe and dried out after all the great rains we’ve had over the past weeks. This is not news but from Big Sur to Piru we’ve
Happy Los Padres Days!
Hello Friends, Happy Holidays and what a nice start to the winter season! We’ve now had multiple storms roll through the Los Padres with rain totals across the forest over 150% of normal to date.
The Passing of a Los Padres Legend
Hello Friends – Some Unfortunate Sad News to Share Today, The Los Padres lost a legend with the recent passing of our dear friend Rik Christensen. Rik, aka Ranger Rik, has been a regular along
LPFA Trail Work GivingTuesday
Hi Everyone – Sorry to inundate you with another #GivingTuesday email but we believe in our goal of restoring the Santa Cruz Trail and we believe that you as trail users should believe in it
Sespe Working Vacation & Exciting Santa Cruz Trail News!
Hello Friends – HAPPY THANKSGIVING! While there is much to be thankful for here in the Los Padres, we are most thankful for the 32 volunteers who helped out last week on our Sespe Working
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
