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…
Energy Department’s proposal to leave a radioactive pile near the Colorado River in Utah is seen as a threat to drinking water. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2005. By JANET WILSON, Times Staff Writer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told the Department of Energy 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…
Sharpshooters searching for a 425-pound tiger that had prowled the hills of Simi Valley for two weeks shot and killed it Wednesday after a family awoke to fmd it walking past their backyard. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2005. By AMANDA COVARRUBIAS, Times Staff Writer Read more…
Search for a possible lion or tiger continues in the Simi Valley area, but evidence suggests feline has been in western part of Ventura County. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2005. By GREGORY W. GRIGGS, Times Staff Writer Trackers searching for a large cat believed Read more…
Rolling in agony and ecstasy: The path to Shangri-La in the Santa Anas pushes bikes and muscles to the thigh-burning limit. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2005. By ROY M. WALLACK, Special to The Times THE Santiago Truck Trail is no longer passable by trucks Read more…
Search continues for a 400- to 600-pound cat in the hills between Simi Valley and Moorpark. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2005. By PAUL PRINGLE, Times Staff Writer Pistol on his hip, Chris Long .ramped along a muddy trail Saturday following the saucer-sized paw prints of what 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…
The animal believed to be a lion may weigh as much as 600 pounds, too big to be a mountain cat. Search centers in area near Reagan library. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2005. By GREGORY W. GRIGGS, Times Staff Writer Sheriff’s deputies have been Read more…
Dead cougars were found in Simi Hills Source of this article – Thousand Oaks Acorn, February 10, 2005. By Daniel Wolowicz, Special to The Acorn Within the past three months, two mountain lions were found dead in the Simi Hills. The two carnivores—a female known as P4 and a male Read more…