Inspired by wildfires, Grass Valley plant sale features native plants for healing the land
The 2018 Redbud Native Plant Sale will be Saturday, Oct. 13 at North Star House in Grass Valley. Visitors will find native plants that can help heal the land in many ways, not only with post-fire recovery but also preventing erosion, retaining moisture, increasing the richness and workability of the soil, improving wildlife habitat and more.
Good News For Big Cats
Research shows well-managed logging concessions can benefit jaguar populations
California wild horses to be captured, activists fear slaughter
One thousand wild horses are to be rounded up in California by the U.S. Forest Service and animal rights activists fear hundreds of them could be sold for slaughter.
Teaching wild birds to sing a new tune
- Like toddlers learning to speak, young birds learn to sing by listening to the voices of adults. Now, researchers have shown for the first time that they could teach young sparrows in the wild how to sing a new tune. The wild birds then passed the new songs on to the next generation.
Governor’s Biodiversity Actions Mark Unprecedented Call for Native Plant Protection
California Native Plant Society says actions are among the first to unambiguously emphasize the critical importance of saving California’s globally-important native plants.
Scientists urge greater protection of Brazil’s secondary forests
New research indicates that even after 40 years of recovery, fast-growing tropical forests in Brazil house far fewer species and sequester less carbon than their primary counterparts.
‘Terror being waged on wildlife’, leaders warn
National and conservation leaders say the annihilation of nature is a dangerous ‘blight on humanity’, ahead of major summit
Livestock’s impact on wilderness
Livestock grazing occurs on some 260 million acres of federal lands, including lands administered by the Forest Service (FS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service Refuges (FWS) and even some national parks (NPS) and continues in many designated wilderness areas. For perspective, this is equal to the collective acreage of the entire East Coast states from Florida to Maine with Missouri thrown in.
The $8.9 Billion California Water Bond That Has Environmentalists Divided
California voters in November will decide whether or not to approve a controversial $8.9 billion bond measure for water-related projects like groundwater storage, water treatment and restoring protected habitats.
OCTOBER 2018 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE CALENDAR
CDFW events for October 2018