Native Bumble Bees Are Poised to Be First Pollinators Protected Under California Endangered Species Act
Creating new buzz following National Pollinators Week in June, the California Fish and Game Commission has voted to begin the process of classifying 4 species of bumble bee native to the state as endangered.
Top 8 Reasons to Protect the San Luis Obispo Coast
The entire Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Complex is a unique ecological gem that is critical habitat to hundreds of coastal species and provides protection for 63 federal and state listed species.
California’s coast is disappearing, and the debate over what to do about it is in full swing
Even as quakes, wildfires and drought have taken up most of our focus, the slow-moving disaster of rising seas has paralyzed Californians, and left us with “both too much and not enough time” to act, as environment reporter Rosanna Xia wrote in a special report examining sea level rise and the future of California’s disappearing coastline.
Arriving in Stores: Bee Better Certified Blueberries
Bee Better Certified has grown significantly since its launch during Pollinator Week 2017. Since then, we have certified 9 farms—and now, in summer 2019, we have reached another milestone: the first product licensed to display the Bee Better Certified seal is now arriving in stores.
IT’S RAINING KITTENS! FOSTER A KITTEN WITH KITTEN RESCUE
Los Angeles struggles with an intensive and lengthy kitten season, stretching anywhere from February until November and peaking in June and July.
LARGEST EXPANSE OF PRIVATE LAND IN CALIFORNIA NOW OPEN TO WILDERNESS TRAVELERS
California’s iconic Tejon Ranch is opening the gates to its 270,000 acres for the first time to the public.
The 1,000th California condor chick in a decadeslong restoration program has hatched at Zion National Park
A decadeslong program to bring back the nearly extinct California condor has hit a milestone: The 1,000th condor chick hatched recently at southern Utah’s Zion National Park.
Scripps Study Finds Climate Change Will Cause Wet and Dry Extremes in California
A study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that a new pattern of wet and dry extremes is emerging in California with extreme precipitation caused by streams of moisture in the sky known as atmospheric rivers.
California’s New Budget Takes Aim at Extinction to Protect California Biodiversity
In the wake of May’s alarming United Nations (UN) report on global extinction, California’s new budget provides important funding to protect the state’s biological diversity against loss by extinction. With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, the 2019-20 state budget allocates more than $18 million to advance biodiversity-focused projects like seed-banking rare plants and conservation genomics, effective July 1.
Scientists confirm tree planting is our best solution to climate change
New research suggests that tree planting isn’t just a feel-good volunteer activity — it could actually be the cheapest and most effective tool against global warming that exists.