Natural gas has a key role in our energy future, but it must be handled with care. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, January 3, 2012 (Op-Ed) By Hal Harvey Political leaders from both parties argue that natural gas could save our economy, the environment and promote our 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…
The Encino park is one of 70 targeted for closure as part of California budget cuts. Fans are dismayed. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2011 Its buildings have survived droughts and earthquakes. But now Los Encinos State Historic Park faces another kind of hardship: state 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…
The 10-week-old mountain lions are discovered under a parked car and sent to a wildlife refuge in Calabasas. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2011 By Maria Hsin, Los Angeles Times Burbank animal control officers Tuesday rescued two malnourished mountain lion cubs that were hiding under 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…
Natural gas companies that use hydraulic fracturing disclose the risks, such as leaks, spills and explosions, to shareholders, but property owners aren’t privy, according to a report by the Environmental Working Group. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2011 By Neela Banerjee, Washington Bureau Natural gas 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…