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Six Season Calendar for the California Natural Garden
What’s going on in your backyard this season?
Citizen science monitoring demonstrates dramatic declines of monarch butterflies in western North America
Current trends indicate an extinction risk of 72% in 20 years and 86% in 50 years.
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – September 2019
Select monthly updates from the team of restoration ecologists, entomologists, plant ecologists, and researchers.
More Than 1,600 Scientists Call on Congress to Fully Fund Wildlife Protection
More Than 1,600 Scientists Call on Congress to Fully Fund Wildlife Protection
Artists sought for California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is conducting an art contest to select the design for the state’s 2019-2020 upland game bird stamp, a news release states.
Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Children’s Wildlife Pond
The pond will be a teaching tool for visitors, especially school children.
Connecting fragmented pieces of habitat can help endangered species recover
When farms or roads carve forests or fields into fragments, the isolated survivors are more likely to be wiped out. Now, a new study suggests connecting these patches with corridors of suitable habitat can help save populations and species—far more than scientists ever thought.
Taylor’s Top 5 “New to Us” Pollinator Plants
With the Arboretum Teaching Nursery nearly at plant capacity, we finally have a moment to appreciate many of the new pollinator plants we have been growing for you this fall.
California Native Plant Library
When you visit the Theodore Payne Foundation nursery, you’ll discover that every plant has a placard that provides detailed information on that plant. Let’s explore.
LA Zoo Asks Public to Toss Their Tusks
The Los Angeles Zoo kicks off a campaign that will ask Americans across the nation to get rid of their ivory products by providing a free-drop off.