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Diane Shader Smith
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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.
Why animals are getting their own freeway overpasses in California, the West; more planned
Even butterflies are getting an assist.
Federal Judge Upholds Protections for California Gnatcatcher
A federal court in the District of Columbia upheld federal protections Wednesday for the California gnatcatcher bird by dismissing a lawsuit by a developer group who said the coastal bird was not qualified to receive protections.
Is wildfire management ‘for the birds?’
Spotted owl populations are in decline all along the West Coast, and as climate change increases the risk of large and destructive wildfires in the region, these iconic animals face the real threat of losing even more of their forest habitat.
A quiet victory in defense of three of California’s rare amphibians.
Sometimes a “win” is the fight you don’t have to have. Instead of victories proclaimed from the steps of the courthouse, some wins are the quiet kind which involve not having to go back to court at all.