Additional Links to [Local Trails Info] & [Local Site Index]

Los Padres National Forest (LPNF) links
Posted 1/2014 / Partial Update 11/2015

LPNF Home Page: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/lpnf/home

LPNF District Links: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/lpnf/about-forest/districts

• Road and Gate Status:
  • All of Los Padres
    • http://www.hikelospadres.com/district-gates.html (can filter district of interest)
  • Ojai District Road Status:
    • http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/lpnf/about-forest/districts/?cid=stelprdb5309152
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[Nordhoff Ridge Road Winter Closure Policy notes]

Ojai District Office:
1190 E. Ojai Ave.
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 646-4348 Front Desk
Sue Exline - Ojai District Ranger, ext 307

[Ojai Valley News Interview with Sue Exline 12/9/2010]
Sue Exline is Married to John Exline
Deputy Forest Supervisor of the San Bernardino National Forest
[San Bernardino County Sentinel Article about John Exline 3/25/2013]

James Wapotich is a volunteer wilderness ranger with the Los Padres National Forest and is working on a book about the Santa Barbara backcountry.
jwapotich@yahoo.com.

LPNF Land Management Plan:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/lpnf/landmanagement/planning
Plan files in PDF
[Part 1, Vision]  [Part 2, LPNF Strategy]  [Part 3, Design Criteria]

Fall 2020 Notes regarding
encounter with the LPNF initiated by development activity at Western Skies and maintenance activity at West La Cumbre