national forest

No physical evidence linked any of the defendants to the death of 26-year-old Kauffman, whose fragmented skeleton was found in the Stanislaus National Forest in 2013, 17 months after he vanished.

The Los Padres National Forest spans portions of Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Kern counties; Kuyper said that the Trump administration’s order appears to put at least 80% of the forest’s 1.75 million acres up for grabs.

“Healthy forests require work, and right now, we’re facing a national forest emergency,” Rollins wrote in a statement.

National Forest Service and veterans from different branches of the military dressed in World War II-era uniforms.

In September, the Bridge fire that began in the Angeles National Forest devoured more than 50,000 acres.