Machesna Mountain Proposed Wilderness Additions
 Size:
Approximately 9,050 acres.
Managing agency: Los Padres National Forest,
Santa Lucia Ranger District.
Location: In San Luis Obispo County, approximately 25 miles east of San Luis Obispo.
Description: Machesna Mountain, with its 4,043’ summit, overlooks these potential additions to the Machesna Mountain Wilderness. Here in the La Panza mountain range, chaparral cloaked slopes are interspersed with oak woodland and meadows. Isolated stands of pine also occur on the upper slopes with riparian vegetation found along the streams. Rocky crags bring a picturesque and scenic quality to the area.
The numerous springs found in these potential additions, feed the streams of the area. Those creeks found in the eastern portions drain into San Juan Creek while those to the west feed the headwaters of the Salinas River.
Columbian blacktail deer inhabit the canyons of the area and increasingly, black bear have also been observed. Raptors of various species are also common and may be observed in the in the skies above these potentialwilderness additions.
Many hiking trails and primitive camps exist in the region and hiking, camping, as well as hunting, are the primary recreational activities.
 For additional information, please contact:
Dave Westman
Sierra Club
827 Broadway, Suite 310
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 622-0290 X220
Email: dave.westman@sierraclub.org
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Just three miles off of Interstate 80, 
