Environmental News

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

Why the California Dream Long Included a Lawn

State Votes to Protect Imperiled Wildflower Threatened by California Gold Mining

Milkweed for monarchs: Local plant giveaways aim to sustain butterfly

Hundreds of Ventura County residents are converging on events to pick up free native milkweed plants that support monarch butterflies and provide an alternative to a recently banned nonnative milkweed harmful to monarchs.

Why Some of Your Annuals Should Be Native Plants

Say the word “annuals” and most gardeners think of subtropical plants like petunias or marigolds. But native annuals do so much more for your garden.

Quebec communities help endangered monarchs with butterfly-friendly plants

Plant it and they will come. That is the way of thinking for a growing community of volunteers behind the Butterflyway Project.

Create a hummingbird habitat in your garden with colorful drought-tolerant California native plants

On a recent morning, a tiny Allen’s hummingbird guarded an entire row of California native plants, chasing off competitors that ventured too close to his blooms.

Getting started with sustainable landscaping

Want to save the butterflies and bees? Start with your own backyard.

Migratory monarch butterfly now Endangered – IUCN Red List

All surviving sturgeon species – also migratory, found across the northern hemisphere – are now at risk of extinction due to dams and poaching, pushing the world’s most Critically Endangered group of animals yet closer to the brink. 

Butterflies take flight in Laguna Beach thanks to habitat gardens

The migratory monarch butterfly was placed on the endangered species list on Thursday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Forests in the American West Need More “Good Fire.” Tribes Can Help.

On May 20, the U.S. Forest Service announced a 90-day “pause” on prescribed fires.