The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region announces that current closure orders and fire prohibitions in California have been extended. This decision will be evaluated daily, taking fire and weather conditions into account. The fire prohibition includes building, maintaining, attending, or using...

The Angeles National Forest (ANF), Los Padres National Forest (LPNF), and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are excited to announce the next round of funding availability for landscape scale restoration efforts on U.S. Forest Service lands. This partnership between the U.S. Forest Service...

LOS ANGELES – A Trump administration-approved logging project in Los Padres National Forest will destroy habitat for endangered California condors and elevate wildfire risks for local communities, conservation groups say in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. The U.S. Forest Service approved logging...

The Angeles National Forest, Los Padres National Forest and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have announced the next phase of funding availability for landscape-scale restoration efforts on U.S. Forest Service lands. The Southern California Forests and Watersheds – Wildfires Restoration...

A petroleum fire in the hills of Fillmore is contained, a Ventura County Fire Department official said Friday. “There were two petroleum oil tankers that caught on fire,” said Heather Sumagaysay, public information officer for the VCFD. The fire spread to some nearby brush but was a “relatively...