Santa Barbara - East Camino Cielo - Glass Factory - Open?

[Cali-Glock]

Stopped off in Santa Barbara last week to visit my parents and discussed going shooting with my dad one of these trips, and my Dad said he thought the shooting area on East Camino Cielo was now closed.

Searching CalGuns it appears the current common name for this area is the glass factory.

Is this the case or can we still shoot there?

If not, where do folks down there shoot these days besides Winchester Gun Club?

In the early-mid 1980s there were a number of semi-established shooting areas in those hills - both sides of Camino Cielo, Gibralter Road... Even after they limited open shooting to that spot on East Camino Cielo, I used to sometimes go to some of the old shooting spots to avoid crowds... but to paraphrase the Sierra Club, I left nothing but my footprints and the occasional miss-placed spent case and some lead buried in some hillsides.

[Captain Bob]

Shut down until further notice by the forest service. Only Winchester is open to public.

[edgerly779]

Local Santa Barbara county shooters trashed it so gone now.

[caver.257]

All target shooting in the LPNF is suspended indefinitely due to litigation by environmental groups. The only two places you can shoot in the forest are Winchester and the Ojai Valley gun club. Hunting is not affected by this, but you do have to use non lead rounds.

[Cali-Glock]

Thank you.

California sucks.

Environuts suck.

[billie_morini]

This government website (https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/lpnf/...stelprd3825115) said on 2/11/19:

The Forest Order prohibiting recreational target shooting that went into effect July 7, 2018, has been extended until January 13, 2020.

In October 2018, Los Padres National Forest requested to reinitiate consultation with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to address new or updated critical habitats and listed species, and to provide for incidental take anticipated with implementation of ongoing activities such as recreational target shooting in the Los Padres Land and Resource Management Plan.

This restriction ensures protection of federally listed wildlife species by preventing impacts caused by recreational target shooting during formal consultation with the USFWS that was initiated in October 2018.

Although allowing recreational target shooting during the consultation period is not anticipated to violate the ESA, out of an abundance of caution the Forest has decided to implement this Forest Order. Until the USFWS issues a revised biological opinion after the consultation period, this Forest Order will remain in place.

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 Club. Persons hunting during the open hunting season as specified in the laws of the State of California and having a valid California hunting license are exempt from this Forest Order.