The Rim of the Valley Preservation Act was reintroduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on March 29. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 28, 2023 A longtime priority of the congressman’s, the Rim of the Valley bill would broaden the Santa Monica Mountains National Read more…
Banning Ranch is home to roughly 167 acres of marshes, mudflats, riparian scrub and coastal sage scrub that provides habitat for sensitive species Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2022 The nonprofit Trust for Public Land on Friday completed the purchase of an oil field that Read more…
The agreement requires Boeing to monitor stormwater runoff for 195 pollutants after the company completes a cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Lab. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2022 Despite the heated objections of neighbors and environmentalists, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Read more…
Forest Service Seeks Controlled Burns and Tree Thinning Across 235,000 Acres Source of this article: The Santa Barbara Independent, August 10, 2022 If the past is anything to go by, out-of-control wildfires are a legacy Santa Barbara and the American West are facing as climate changes dry out the landscape Read more…
Mariano Rancho Preserve is expected to open to the public after a 2 to 3 year review and planning process is complete. Source of this article: The Ventura Land Trust, July 8, 2022 Ventura Land Trust has been awarded $7.2 million from the State of California to complete the acquisition Read more…
Legislation heads off what would have been costly and contentious ballot measure. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2022 SACRAMENTO — Striking a blow against a pernicious form of pollution, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday the nation’s most far-reaching restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging. The Read more…
Industry sends fliers falsely claiming the consumers will bear cost of tighter rules Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2022 Cheryl Auger was stunned this month when one of her Pasadena neighbors and friends received a flier in the mail featuring her state assemblyman, with a Read more…
The Grove of Titans contains some of the largest coast redwoods Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2022 After the once-secret location of a famed grove of ancient redwoods in Northern California was made public, visitors flocking to see the towering trees caused significant damage looking Read more…
A new program that increases protections for wildlife corridors has prevailed after a judge ruled on the side of county leaders and conservationists Source of this article: Los Padres ForesetWatch, April 28, 2022 The rulings, finalized on April 22, uphold Ordinance No. 4537 and Ordinance No. 4539, which were approved Read more…
The data made clear what many have been noting since October: The monarchs are back, even if it’s far from the millions that arrived as recently as the ’80s. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2022 OS OSOS, Calif. — There was the distinctive noise of something falling. Read more…