May 2012 Archives
Golden Green:
Did Honest Abe help railroad the country with the Homestead and Pacific Railroad Acts?
Parks:
California's national parks are the pride of the nation, but this week four of them were awarded a distinction their supporters would just as soon have missed.
Commentary:
The birds are excellent at storing food, but they do lose a significant portion of their acorn caches to germination.
Commentary:
The easiest way to see wildlife in the California desert is also one of the saddest.
Wildlife:
It may seem alarming that there is a Mountain Lion living in Griffith Park, but it's certainly not the first time (remember 2004?) and is likely not the last.
Golden Green:
Rep. Rob Bishop thinks clearcutting forests will solve devastating bark-beetle infestations. It's not that simple.
Wildlife:
Climate change is a serious issue, but a couple of recent studies remind us that it may not be the biggest threat to life on Earth as we know it. What else is there? Loss of biodiversity.
Land Use:
Various environmental groups recently sued the U.S. Forest Service in the hopes of achieving a goal: more potential wilderness area.
Golden Green:
The photographic evidence of Fukushima is so painful it's hard to forget.
Wildlife:
You might find the notion that Southern California's Mojave River has a native fish a bit surprising. After all, for most of its 110-mile run from the San Bernardino Mountains out to Baker the riverbed is dry as a bone, its water flowing underground if at all.
- 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.
