In the works since 1999, California’s reserve, meant to protect marine life, is the largest network of undersea parks in the continental United States. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2012 Surviving budget cuts, mobs of angry fishermen and death threats, California officials today completed the Read more…
A federal study shows hundreds of hot spots at the 2,850-acre facility, overlooking the west San Fernando Valley, half a century after a partial nuclear meltdown there. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2012 Half a century after America’s first partial nuclear meltdown, hundreds of radioactive Read more…
Source of this article: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area website, November 29, 2012 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Necropsy results from the mountain lion found dead by hikers last month in the Santa Monica Mountains were inconclusive, but did indicate rodenticide exposure. Because the carcass was partially decomposed, the actual Read more…
Former ranch to be site of gated community Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, November 8, 2012 A 27-acre property once reserved for horses is the center of a dispute between neighbors who want to preserve the open space and developers who plan to build homes there. The Read more…
Carcass found in Sycamore Canyon being studied in lab Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, November 1, 2012 Scientists are still trying to figure out what killed a 1-year-old female mountain lion found last week in the upper portion of Sycamore Canyon. The animal’s cause of death will Read more…
Efforts to save mountain yellow-legged frogs, which had been dwindling, seem to be paying off, with the fist-sized amphibians breeding in numbers not seen in decades. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2012 To reach one of the last wild populations of the mountain yellow-legged frog Read more…
Rat poison, ingested secondhand, threatens already dwindling population Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, August 30, 2012 A doctorate student at UCLA is asking Ventura County homeowners to think twice before using rat poison. Laurel Serieys is in the midst of a six-year research project that’s revealing how Read more…
Remote-controlled cameras first snapped P-22 in Griffith Park in February. Scientists are keeping tabs on him, and experts say he should pose no threat to humans. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2012 Smack in the middle of Los Angeles, feasting on deer and roaming the Read more…
The male cougar shot and killed by Santa Monica police on Tuesday was 3, the age that the big cats go in search of their own territory. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2012 In the end, the mountain lion was probably looking for a place Read more…
Department of Fish and Game wardens and Santa Monica police officers try to tranquilize animal first. Community expresses anger that mountain lion was killed. Source of this article: The Santa Monica Patch, May 22, 2012. A trip to the beach ended badly for a mountain lion that wandered into Santa Read more…