Two rattlesnakes were caught on video engaging in a mating combat dance to win over a nearby female snake in Los Padres ...

The Gifford Fire, burning in Los Padres National Forest near California’s Central Coast, had grown to more than 72,000 acres as of Tuesday, Aug. 5.

The Los Padres National Forest warns that smoke may be visible from Highway 154 and that the planned or prescribed burns are part of its front country fuels treatment project.

The Los Padres National Forest reopened to the public Thursday, Sept. 23. The national forest closed on Aug. 31 due to fire concerns across the state. Fire restrictions on wood and charcoal fires ...

The Los Padres National Forest is closed for 60 days following storm damage. Over the last month, Los Padres received more than 100 percent of its annual rainfall along with extremely damaging ...

For those of us who’ve lived under drought conditions for most of our lives, the natural instinct is that all rain is good, especially for the backcountry wildlands like the Los Padres National Forest ...

Heading to Los Padres National Forest this Memorial Day weekend? The U.S. Forest Service has a new series of fire restrictions aimed at reducing the threat of wildfires amid the ongoing drought ...

“Let there be no doubt, we are in a crisis,” said Chris Stubbs, Los Padres National Forest Deputy Forest Supervisor. In 2017, the Thomas Fire was the largest wildfire in California history at ...

SOLVANG, Calif. – Los Padres National Forest has officially issued a 60 day closure order for four ranger districts effective immediately because of storm-related damages.

In 2016, the Forest Service approved a special-use permit for the private company to take over operations at 40% of the sites in Los Padres, including several in Ventura County.

Those objections amounted to a multitude of comments many times greater than any single project in Los Padres National Forest has received. Despite this unprecedented level of community opposition, ...

Los Padres National Forest officials plan to remove and replace two concrete low-water “Arizona” road crossings on Davy Brown and Munch creeks along Sunset Valley Road (Forest Road No. 8N09 ...