As California enters its second consecutive dry year and braces for what could be another devastating wildfire season, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency on Wednesday, in just two counties. The declaration targets Mendocino and Sonoma counties, known for their wineries and grape growing, and where conditions are desperately dry. Standing in the dry […]
Several black bears appearing “friendly to the public” have been reported across the Sierra Nevada region recently, concerning biologists that a mysterious disease is causing the bears to no longer fear humans and potentially suffer an early death, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wrote in a statement. Over the past 12 months, […]
By Andrea Germanos A public health watchdog on Wednesday praised California’s proposal to add the so-called “forever chemical” PFOA to the state’s list of chemicals known to cause cancer. PFOA, or perfluorooctanoic acid, was formerly used to make DuPont’s Teflon and other products. It’s part of a group of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances […]
Installing solar panels over California’s network of water canals could save the state an estimated 63 billion gallons of water and produce 13 gigawatts of renewable power every year, according to a feasibility study published in Nature Sustainability. California moves more water than any other system in the world, with 75% of the state’s available […]
By Tara Lohan It’s not too hard to find salmon on a menu in the United States, but that seeming abundance — much of it fueled by overseas fish farms — overshadows a grim reality on the ground. Many of our wild salmon, outside Alaska, are on the ropes — and have been for decades. […]
“I AM DONE!!! I DID IT!!!” These were the words that climate activist Edgar McGregor tweeted after 589 consecutive days of picking up trash at a popular Los Angeles hiking spot. I AM DONE!!! I DID IT!!! After **589** days of picking up trash every single day, I can say with confidence that Eaton […]
California faces another “critically dry year” according to state officials, and a destructive wildfire season looms on its horizon. But in a state that welcomes innovation, water efficacy approaches and drought management could replenish California, increasingly threatened by the climate’s new extremes. The Sierra Nevada snowpack supplies the state with 30 percent of its water […]
As the planet warms, mountain snowpack is increasingly melting. But “global warming isn’t affecting everywhere the same,” Climate Scientist Amato Evan told the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. In a recent study, a team of researchers examined if snowpack melted faster in the Western U.S. than in other areas. […]
An Oregon-born wolf named OR-93 has sparked conservation hopes with a historic journey into California. A young male, OR-93 traveled hundreds of miles from an area southeast of Mount Hood, Oregon, to California’s central Sierra Nevada mountain range, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Friday. The agency said he traveled farther south […]
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