The bill, backed by House Republicans, would retain the zone south of Point Conception until wildlife officials develop a plan ensuring that the threatened marine mammals and endangered abalone recover and that the commercial shellfish harvest stays at current levels. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 27, Read more…
Ethics agency alleges Fish and Game official violated gift limit Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2012 The president of the California Fish and Game Commission broke the law when he accepted a guided cougar hunt in Idaho as a gift, the state ethics agency alleged Thursday. Read more…
Regulators and lawmakers know very little about how and where oil companies employ hydraulic fracturing in the state. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2012 Energy companies across California are injecting a mysterious mix of chemicals into the ground to tap oil deposits while frustrating attempts Read more…
BrightSource Energy has spent $56 million so far to protect the threatened creatures, but calamities have befallen the effort. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2012 Stubborn does not come close to describing the desert tortoise, a species that did its evolving more than 220 million Read more…
The young male, the first wild wolf recorded in California since the 1920s, is believed to have traveled in excess of 2,000 miles since leaving his home pack in northeastern Oregon last fall. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2012 The wandering gray wolf who last Read more…
Foes call for the California regulator’s ouster after his role in a legal hunt in Idaho. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 29, 2012 The head of the California Fish and Game Commission has come under attack for killing a mountain lion during a hunt in Idaho, Read more…
Following a review, the agency will eliminate the unpopular Adventure Pass for most forest areas. In addition, the U.S. 9th Circuit has ruled that the government went too far in charging for access. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 29, 2012 The U.S. Forest Service plans to Read more…
Damage to the visitors center and other structures at Mitchell Caverns in the Mojave Desert has officials working to improve plans to protect as many as 70 other California parks scheduled to close in July because of budget cuts. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2012 Read more…
Environmentalists are torn over the high cost to sensitive desert ecosystems of breaking the United States’ reliance on fossil fuels. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 3, 2012 IVANPAH VALLEY, CALIF. — Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the Read more…
RENO, Nev.—A young gray wolf’s search for a mate apparently won’t take him to the northern Nevada desert where the annual Burning Man festival is staged. Source of this article: The Times-Standard, January 29, 2012 The wolf known as OR-7 came within 15 miles of the Nevada line near Susanville, Read more…