Los Padres National Forest issues ban on target shooting

Target Shooting Restrictions - Los Padres National Forest - Home

Target Shooting Restrictions. The Firearms Prohibition Forest Order is effective January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024.

Los Padres National Forest Extends Recreational Shooting Ban for ...

Under this Forest Order, discharging a firearm is prohibited except in the designated target ranges at the Winchester Canyon Gun Club and the Ojai Valley Gun ...

Los Padres National Forest issues ban on target shooting

Los Padres National Forest has issued a ban on target shooting outside of permitted gun ranges. Right now, it's a temporary order but is one that could last a ...

Los Padres National Forest - Alerts & Closures

Fire restrictions are still in effect in the Santa Barbara front country. This prohibition will remain in effect through Feb 26, 2026. NOTE: This prohibition ...

Judge Approves Legal Agreement to Extend Ban on Unmanaged ...

“The Forest Service promised to close the Los Padres National Forest to unrestricted target shooting almost fifteen years ago,” said Earthrise Legal Fellow ...

Los Padres National Forest extends ban on target shooting another ...

The ban on recreational shooting in Los Padres National Forest has been extended six months, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said Friday.

Forest Service Extends Target Shooting Ban in Los Padres National ...

—The U.S. Forest Service has announced that it will extend for another six months a ban on unmanaged target shooting throughout the Los Padres ...

Los Padres National Forest extends ban on target shooting

Los Padres National Forest officials said the order prohibiting recreational shooting except in permitted gun ranges has been extended until ...

Recreational Shooting Ban Extended for Six Months - Edhat

A ban on “dispersed” target shooting in the Los Padres National Forest was first announced in 2005, when the Forest Service updated its management plan for the ...

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Target shooting is currently banned in the Los Padres National Forest except for at two approved sites (Winchester Canyon Gun Club and Ojai Valley Gun Club).

Target shooting remains banned in Los Padres National Forest - KEYT

The issue went to court last year as the Forest Service teamed up with a Santa Barbara based conservation group to regulate target shooting.

Target Shooting in the Los Padres National Forest

In 2019, EDC reached an agreement with the Forest Service for a temporary ban on target shooting and requiring the Forest Service to consult with wildlife ...

Tag: Target Shooting - Los Padres Forest Association

The Forest Service announced earlier this week that there will be an extended ban on all target shooting across the Los Padres National Forest for the next year ...

Target shooting banned due to fire danger in Los Padres | Local News

The July 3 restrictions prohibited campfires anywhere on the forest except in designated campgrounds, and as of July 7, all recreational target shooting is ...

Where to Shoot - Los Padres ForestWatch

Due to ongoing resource damage and public health and safety issues, the Forest Service began actively enforcing this closure on January 14, 2019. Citations ...

Recreational shooting ban extended to 2021 in Los Padres National ...

A propane tank riddled with bullet holes from target shooters sits in a field on Los Padres National Forest land near Figueroa Mountain.

Unmanaged Target Shooting Banned in Los Padres

A U.S. District Court judge has approved an agreement, reached on April 17, putting a temporary ban on target shooting in the forest.

Recreational shooting remains banned at Los Padres National ...

National Forest officials said recreational shooting is prohibited due to high fire danger conditions across the forest.

Los Padres National Forest extends shooting ban into January 2022

Under the previously issued forest order, discharging a firearm is prohibited except in the designated target ranges at the Winchester Canyon Gun Club and the ...

Group takes aim at unregulated target shooting in Los Padres ...

"There's a provision in the 2005 plan where we can consider a forest-wide ban on target shooting, however, we do not have the resources ( ...