Smeck currently oversees Santa Monica Mountains Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 5, 2012 Woody Smeck, superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, will be hitting the dusty trails for Yosemite in the springtime. Smeck was promoted to deputy superintendent of Yosemite National Park, a Read more…
The young animal is the first wolf known to be at large in California since 1924. Wildlife authorities in both states have been monitoring the wolf since it set out from the Crater Lake area in September. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2011 By Julie Read more…
A prison realignment program will send low-level offenders to county jails, depriving the state of using them to help clear brush, cut fire lines and stop infernos from spreading. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2011 When Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature shifted responsibility for Read more…
A GPS collar tracks the journey of the male gray wolf known as OR7 as he meanders through Oregon and approaches the California border. The prospect of the species’ reappearance in the Golden State is thrilling to conservationists and chilling to ranchers. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, Read more…
Forest Service received slew of suggestions on how to proceed after twin giant sequoias blocked portion of popular trail. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2011 By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to build a boardwalk near the twin giant Read more…
Woody Smeck, who has been the head of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area for 11 years, is leaving the post on March 30 to take another job in the National Park Service. Smeck, 49, of Moorpark will become the deputy superintendent at Yosemite National Park. He started at Read more…
Many are sold for far less than they originally cost. Some are abandoned to fend for themselves. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2011 By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times Black as night and 18 hands high, Clemente trotted up and down the pen as the Read more…
California’s landmark act on environmental quality is credited with preserving scenic landscapes but is now slowing key projects and spawning a flurry of litigation. Changes are urged. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2011 By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2011 To halt a Read more…
But the problem is still dangerously common and a threat to long-term health. In L.A.County, 42% were overweight or obese last year. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2011 By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times California’s childhood obesity rates remain dangerously high despite a slight drop Read more…
Arctic waters would be open to new oil and gas leases under a proposal that keeps the Pacific and Atlantic coasts off-limits to more drilling. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 9, 2011 Arctic waters would be open to new oil and gas development under an Obama Read more…