Environmental News

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

Calscape: California Native Plant Society

With more than 7,980 native plants to California, Calscape works to provide Californians restore nature and conserve water “one garden at a time.” They do this by showing people which plants are truly native to any location in California, where to buy them and how to grow them.

Six Season Calendar for the California Natural Garden

What’s going on in your backyard this season?

Citizen science monitoring demonstrates dramatic declines of monarch butterflies in western North America

Current trends indicate an extinction risk of 72% in 20 years and 86% in 50 years.

Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – September 2019

Select monthly updates from the team of restoration ecologists, entomologists, plant ecologists, and researchers.

More Than 1,600 Scientists Call on Congress to Fully Fund Wildlife Protection

More Than 1,600 Scientists Call on Congress to Fully Fund Wildlife Protection

Artists sought for California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is conducting an art contest to select the design for the state’s 2019-2020 upland game bird stamp, a news release states.

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Children’s Wildlife Pond

The pond will be a teaching tool for visitors, especially school children.

Connecting fragmented pieces of habitat can help endangered species recover

When farms or roads carve forests or fields into fragments, the isolated survivors are more likely to be wiped out. Now, a new study suggests connecting these patches with corridors of suitable habitat can help save populations and species—far more than scientists ever thought.

Taylor’s Top 5 “New to Us” Pollinator Plants

With the Arboretum Teaching Nursery nearly at plant capacity, we finally have a moment to appreciate many of the new pollinator plants we have been growing for you this fall. 

California Native Plant Library

When you visit the Theodore Payne Foundation nursery, you’ll discover that every plant has a placard that provides detailed information on that plant. Let’s explore.