“The best part is the people you work with; it becomes a community.” –Bryan Conant, executive director, Los Padres Forest Association
LPFA is the forest’s official non-profit partner. A panorama for info: https://lpforest.org
What’s Up and What’s Open?
See the scope of the damage with photos here and the updated link: https://tinyurl.com/StormDamageLPNF
Latest info Los Padres National Forest: https://tinyurl.com/ForestUpdates2023
Visit Hike Los Padres for shared information on trails, camps and location, including your own. Take a picture and note locations. Together we can better track conditions and figure out what sections, trails and/or locations are safe to use and which need maintenance. https://lpforest.org/trails
Watch Out
ForestWatch - Volunteers of all ages are the backbone of our organization. It’s our way of giving something back to the places we love, while getting our hands dirty and directly improving wildlife habitat and recreation areas in our local backcountry.
More than 900 volunteers are involved with ForestWatch, and our strength in numbers produces big results. https://lpfw.org/get-involved/volunteer
Other Trail Friends
Maintaining, repairing and adding to trails doesn’t just happen. The best way is to donate your time and/or money so we can ‘Get It Done’ and you can Get Out (credit to Mike Gourley). Here’s a short list, if you know of others in our chapter region, email: john@gnusman.com
- Channel Islands Restoration: https://cirweb.org
- CREW: https://www.crewojai.org
- Get It Done: Mikebike45plus@yahoo.com
- Montecito Trails Foundation: https://www.montecitotrailsfoundation.info
- Ojai Valley Land Conservancy: https://ovlc.org
- Runners for Public Lands: https://runnersforpubliclands.org
- Sage Trail Alliance: https://sagetrail.org
- Sierra Club: https://www.sierraclub.org/santa-barbara-ventura
- Ventura Land Trust: https://www.venturalandtrust.org
Ventura Land Trust staff and volunteers assessing a creek crossing at the popular Harmon Canyon. (Photo courtesy of VLT)