August 2011 Archives
Golden Green:
Rep. Joe Baca doesn't understand that the Endangered Species Act actually saves humans from their worst impulses--that's a good thing.
Fire:
As temperatures rose this past weekend, so did the wildfire activity. State agency CAL FIRE today reported that over 2,200 firefighters from various agencies are battling major blazes across the Golden State.
Land Use:
Park rangers discovered 1,016 plants, some reaching over 10 feet in height, earlier this month in Sequoia National Park.
Commentary:
It's been called California's Serengeti, is home to the densest concentration of Endangered Species in the state and has an abundance of sunshine.
Archaeology:
A man who barraged a culturally sensitive area of Lake Mead National Recreation Area with a spattering of red and green paint was sentenced to prison today.
Commentary:
It's no secret that wild things live in California's cities, but our non-human neighbors will reflect the landscape that was there before they were built.
Golden Green:
A reflection on recent deaths at Yosemite National Park through the lens of John Muir's writings.
Commentary:
Of all days an Interior Secretary could choose to green-light a controversial, 4,000-acre industrial solar "farm" that would be surrounded on three sides by the park, yesterday -- Joshua Tree's 75th Birthday -- is the day Ken Salazar picked.
Commentary:
Fuel-treatment projects around Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead, and Idyllwild, Mt. Baldy Village and Wrightwood, have been completed but it's not enough.
Weather:
This month's breaking news from the Central Mojave: The Pisgah Crater, a cinder cone two miles south of Interstate 40 near Ludlow, California that has likely been dormant for at least 20,000 years, is not erupting.
- Ballot Brief
The latest about elections in Southern California and across the state. - Rewire
Tracking renewable energy in California. - The Back Forty
News and views on land use, wildlife, and environmental issues in California. - Confluence
The latest in stories related to the revitalization of the Los Angeles River.
