Dozens of Californians receive permits to keep exotic species, but the state agency in charge of enforcement says it isn’t able to police violators. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2005. By CHARLES DUHIGO, Times Staff Writer FIFTY-ONE facilities in Los Angeles County — from private Read more…
Conflicts among hikers, bikers and horse riders cause dust-ups on the ground. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2005. By CHARLES DUHIGG, Times Staff Writer THE rain stopped, and scores of day hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders converged on the Mulholland Scenic Overlook trail, one Read more…
Desert Is Teeming With Wildflowers After Record Rainfall Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2005. (photos of Steve’s trip in March 2005) By Louis SAHAGUN, Times Staff Writer DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK — The wettest year on record here has transformed this forbidding wilderness of scruffy Read more…
A letter to the editor Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, Letters to the Editor, February 26, 2005. Re “Lost Coast Finds New Guardians,” Feb. 20: As a mountain bike advocate and environmentalist, I have spent more than 18 years trying to build a coalition between mountain bicyclists Read more…
Natural forces have limited man’s intrusion in the rugged landscape. Now a federal bill aims to keep it untrammeled. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2005. By JULIE CART, Times Staff Writer BLACK SANDS BEACH, Calif. — Pounding waves scour these jutting headlands, dredging rock and Read more…
Battle of wheels Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2005. ByJim Rossi, Special to The Times LOGGERS ravaged the Santa Cruz Mountains in a redwood-slashing frenzy a century ago before a Northern California family acquired a piece of the scarred slopes near Aptos. Intent on healing Read more…
A new state law lets local governments slap stiff bills on people who’ve been rescued as a result of their risky behavior. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2005. Christopher Reynolds and Ashley Powers | Times Staff Writers On the morning of Jan. 9, Ethan Donahue, Read more…
The rider: Mehran Moghtader, a 37-year-old family-practice physician from Hollywood The credentials: Primarily a street rider, he had cranked on a mountain bike about a dozen times. The feat: A run down Mammoth Mountain’s Bullet, a five-diamond chute in winter The hype: “Six-foot drops, huge boulders and tight turns have Read more…
Winding Paths for Roadless Lands – Bush’s push to repeal a Clinton rule protecting 58.5 million acres of forest underlines the differing views of the two administrations. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2004. By BETTINA BOXALL, Times Staff Writer On the shoulder of Southern California, Read more…
Say no to uncontrollable bleeding Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2004. Julie Sheer | Times Staff Writer The Southern Pacific rattlesnake Ralph Prado kept as a pet last year sank its fangs into him and pumped venom into his body for an unheard of 15 Read more…