Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2007. By Pete Thomas, on the Outdoors PONDEROSA, Calif. — Morning in Los Angeles. Snarled traffic. Enraged commuters. An excruciatingly slow escape to the open highway. Polar opposite to an afternoon stroll — on the same early December day — Read more
After 2 months, officials declare it contained. The second-largest fire in state history has burned 375 square miles and injured 44 firefighters. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2007 Firefighters finally declared victory over the Zaca fire Sunday. The blaze was declared fully contained at 6 Read more
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
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
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
The state is helping pay for legal challenges to federal jurisdiction, much of it, critics say, without oversight. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2007 By Julie Cart, Times Staff Writer RECAPTURE CANYON, UTAH — It’s a small gesture of defiance — a narrow metal bridge Read more