The cougar’s death renews calls for a tunnel for wildlife to pass under the busy freeway. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2013 A mountain lion killed last month by a motorist on the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills was a visitor from the north that Read more…
The number treated in one month is more than half of the total seen in a typical year. Use of lead ammunition in hunting is blamed. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, October 31, 2013 A record number of 21 endangered California condors were treated at the Los Read more…
The House votes to curb environmental reviews to accelerate timber cutting in national forests. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 21, 2013 WASHINGTON — In response to fires that have ravaged the West this year, the House on Friday approved a bill that would expand logging in Read more…
The largest birds in North America are closely monitored by local groups working to save the animals from extinction. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 5, 2013 As of July, there were a total of 429 California condors in California, Arizona and Baja, Mexico, according to figures Read more…
Twice in the past week at the request of the State Parks trails maintenance department, a group of about 8 volunteers from the Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council headed into Point Mugu State Park to begin cleanup and repair of the trails after the Springs Fire swept through just over Read more…
Atmospheric reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa tops what some say is a crisis point. Source of this article: The New York Times, May 10, 2014 The level of the most important heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long-feared milestone, scientists reported Friday, reaching a concentration not Read more…
The military is working with environmental groups and local governments to create buffer zones around bases where development threatened to encroach on combat training. It’s been a conservation boon. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2013 Many of the nation’s 440 military bases were established in Read more…
In L.A. County, tests show brush is drying out fast this year because of lack of rain. In Ventura County, firefighters say the parched conditions are more typical of June or July. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2013 Southern California is marching toward its fourth-driest Read more…
Some of Yosemite’s much-loved amenities, including swimming pools, bike rentals and a skating rink, would be jettisoned under a plan to restore the Merced River corridor to a more natural state. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2013 The majestic landscape of Yosemite National Park — Read more…
The plan would improve access and boost security in joint management by the Forest Service and Park Service of the area, which provides 70% of L.A. County’s open space. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2013 Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday recommended designation of the Read more…