Tag: Condor Trail

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

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,

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

Fire Restrictions, Trail work Updates & Volunteer Opportunities

Hello Friends, While the green of Spring certainly has felt short-lived this year, with 100% of the state of CA experiencing drought and 41 (out of 58) counties experiencing a drought emergency, we were glad to get

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

The Los Padres is ALIVE!

Hello Friends, I spent some time earlier today writing an entirely too long paragraph which I was hoping would open this LPFA Newsletter.  It went on and on about how “alive” the Los Padres is

Los Padres Swing the Gates & National Trails Day

Hello Friends, It sure seems like every time we’re ready to call an end to our 2018-19 rainy season, another storm or two pops up on the Doppler.  It’s not often we get any significant

Thomas Fire Closure Update & NTD 2018

Naked Matilija Wilderness THOMAS FIRE CLOSURE LIFTED The Forest Service unexpectedly lifted their Thomas Fire closure last week.  This reopens all of the Los Padres portion of the Thomas Fire burn scar to most of

Late Spring Volunteer Projects

Here Pollywog Pollywog, photo Humphrey LATE SPRING 2018 TRAIL PROJECTS Hi Everyone, Here’s a list of some upcoming LPFA and non-LPFA trail projects and specific contacts in case you’d like to volunteer.  Hope to see

Condor, Sycamore and Baer……. OH MY!

BAER Trail Protection, San Ysidro Trail, photo Carr Hello Friends – We hope you are doing well and finding some time to splash in the puddles! If you’ve been anywhere near a fire over the