Environmental News

A curated set of environmental news stories brought to you by the Gottlieb Native Garden team.

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After Green Group Buys Forest, Logging Remains

One of the largest environmental groups in the United States recently purchased a part of the Appalachian forest.

Celebrate World Firefly Day by Keeping Nights Dark

Summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere, and with it comes longer days, more outdoor adventures, and evenings spent outdoors with friends and family.

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.