Trail returned to road to give firefighters access to the Zaca fire Source of this article – Santa Barbara Independent, August 23, 2007 By Ray Ford In an on-again, off-again saga, the Romero Canyon Single Track Trail was finally bulldozed all of the way through yesterday. It seemed as if Read more…
For Ojai residents, rugged beauty and ‘small-town feel’ outweigh the threat of wildfires. As it blazes on, the Zaca fire has earned a place in history as the California’s second-largest inferno. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2007. Romero Canyon Trail plowed for fire access By Read more…
The 200-pound animal was subdued with tranquilizers and released in Los Padres National Forest. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2007 A 200-pound black bear that wandered into a neighborhood near downtown Ventura this week was safely subdued and returned to the Los Padres National Forest, Read more…
Some Bradbury residents say it should be a wake-up call for the city to take a more hands-on approach to dealing with the animals. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2007 Those who live against the San Gabriel Mountains in Bradbury and surrounding foothill neighborhoods are Read more…
He also lifts a $5,000-a-day fine he imposed on Los Angeles in September 2005. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2007 Preceding Article The long legal battle stemming from Los Angeles’ diversion of the Lower Owens River nearly a century ago took a historic turn Wednesday Read more…
The long-dry Owens now teems with birds and fish. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2007. Follow-up Article Independence, Calif. — Healing ailing rivers is Mark Hill’s specialty. So when the tall and lean ecologist visits one of his works in progress, he’s prepared to paddle Read more…
Riders who stray from legal trails damage watersheds, help spread invasive species and contribute to fire hazards, a group says. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 29, 2007 A new group of retired land managers and forest rangers said Thursday that reckless off-road vehicle recreation was the Read more…
After a four-decade effort, the national bird is thought to be adequately rebounding. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2007 The American bald eagle, revered and reviled over more than two centuries, today will be officially declared safe from extinction in the lower 48 states. The Read more…
Source of this article – New York Times, June 15, 2007. By ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN THERE is a spot on the Zippety trail, a sinewy, 10-inch-wide track of hard-packed dirt near Fruita, Colo., where the sides drop away so steeply it’s like biking down the tip of a knife blade. It’s Read more…
MacDonald, who oversaw the endangered species program, gave documents to lobbyists and overruled scientists. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2007 An Interior Department official who was recently rebuked for altering scientific conclusions to reduce protections for endangered species and providing internal documents to lobbyists resigned Read more…