Tag: Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center

LPFA Working Vacation Season Ain’t Over Yet!

That quick, cold storm last weekend really brought out all the green across the forest. It’s GO time! We make sure to emphasize the VACATION on our Working Vacations! From our recent project on the

The Wheeler Gorge Open House is May 3rd!

Hi Friends,  For over 20 years the Los Padres Forest Association (LPFA) has hosted annual Open Houses each spring at the Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center. Our Open Houses are family friendly events where we invite the

Summer Trail Update and Volunteering!

Grubbing is easy with twenty volunteers. Rancho Nuevo Trail looking epic as always on National Trails Day…. LPFA SUMMER TRAIL WORK UPDATE LPFA had a successful final push through the end of spring with projects

Winter Volunteer Opportunities

Shades of winter in the Dick Smith… Hello Friends,  We hope you’re off to a Los Padres-filled start to the New Year and taking advantage of the break in the weather to enjoy the green

August Updates

Hello Friends,  We hope you had a nice weekend and despite the heat and ever increasing lack of water, found some Los Padres exploration time. We always love seeing your photos of shaded trails, higher

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 Updates, News, Pine Mountain and Much More…..

The Los Padres Forest Association stands with the collective effort to change the inequalities that persist across our country and the world.  We believe racism has no place in nature, within the forest, on the

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

Finally, Los Padres Spring Season is HERE!

Hello Friends, We hope this email finds you with a little Los Padres dirt under your fingernails, perhaps a very small splotch of poison oak on the back of your leg, sore legs from hammering

Los Padres Storm Damage, Target Shooting, Condor Talk

storm /stôrm/ – noun – a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow. Hello Friends, We certainly had a storm this past weekend, to say the least.