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
Lower Manzana 40″ Gray Pine Crosscut Time Lapse
Time lapse photo of a very large gray pine that five LPFA volunteer cut off the trail on May 10, 2022. The pine was measured at 40″ in diameter and took us almost five and
Sunset Valley Road Closure: Cachuma Saddle to NIRA 2021-2022
CLOSED: Sunset Valley Road from Cachuma Saddle to NIRA, both NIRA and Davy Brown Campgrounds and the Old Catway OHV road / trail will be closed from July 30, 2021 through March 30, 2022 The
LP Trivia Night & Wilderness Bill Update
Shall We Play A Game? – Los Padres Trivia Night LP TRIVIA NIGHT – DRAUGHTSMEN – 6PM Hello Friends ! In case you haven’t heard, the LPFA is hosting a Trivia Night tomorrow 10/18 at
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
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
Rain Rain Stay Awhile – Lower Manzana Trail Project
Lower Manzana Sandwich, NIRA on Top and Potrero at Bottom Hi Everyone – Hope you’re staying dry! We’ve had some nice storms the past few days and a bunch more stacking up over the coming

