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…
Native flora planted at an urban L.A. school draws insects, birds — and students’ interest. Also growing: science test scores. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2012 Biological diversity does not come easily near the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Hoover Street. The neighborhood just west 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…
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…
The corporation, which illegally killed at least 11 cats to keep them away from game wanted by high-paying trophy hunters, must pay $136,500, according to a settlement with the state fish and game agency. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2012 The Tejon Ranch has agreed 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…
Suspension is likely to be lifted by the fall hunting season, after ranch officials investigate operations. Kern County prosecutors are weighing charges in illegal hunting of the mountain lions. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2012 Tejon Ranch announced Friday that it plans to suspend its Read more…