As thousands of U.S. Forest Service workers get the axe amid mass federal staffing cuts, the Los Padres Forest Association is also feeling the impacts of loss, slowing its capacity to improve trails and preserve local wilderness. Los Padres Forest Association (LPFA) Executive Director Bryan Conant said that the nonprofit’s primary purpose is to assist the U.S. Forest Service, and that LPFA staff is out in the Los Padres National Forest 350 days out of the year maintaining and improving trails…