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water
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SoCal Mountains Face Dramatic Loss of Snowfall, Study Finds
Post date:Los Angeles is on track to lose up to 40 percent of its snowfall in nearly four decades, according to a UCLA study released today.
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Summer Evenings In the Desert
Post date:When the sun shines in my eyes, sunset's an hour off, and it's time to walk out into the desert.
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carrizo plain
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Enjoy The Silence: The Inaudible Wonders Of The Carrizo Plain
Post date:I love noise. Or at least, I thought I did. Here, buffered by mountains and distance, the great urban lion has been hushed.
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Wildlife
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Malibu Least Terns Have Flown Back To Venice Beach
Post date:The least terns that had set up shop at the Malibu Lagoon for the first time in 73 years have returned to Venice Beach as of last Saturday.
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commentary
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Seeking Zion -- the National Park, that is...
Post date:Rocks, frogs, and humans find refuge in Zion National Park.
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Wildlife
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A First in 73 Years: Endangered Birds Nesting Again at Malibu Lagoon
Post date:The terns are migratory seabirds that breed primarily along the California coast. Only two other sites have been found in L.A. County.
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wildflowers
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Ode To The Stately California Golden Poppy
Post date:For it has been 110 years after the state legislature made official its status as The Golden State's flower that I had finally been successful at growing them en masse.
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One of the Oddest Flowers: Desert Trumpet
Post date:From the Joshua trees and saguaros to the raggedy chollas, there are a lot of odd-looking plants in the desert. You'll have to get out of your car and look around to really get to know one of the oddest.
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commentary
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A Usable Past: How Norris Hundley, Jr. Schooled California on the Meaning of Water
Post date:The late Norris Hundley, Jr. warned that California's "Great Thirst" would be its undoing -- a warning we must heed.
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Wildlife
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Fox Populi: Near-Extinct Species Makes a Comeback on CA Islands
Post date:The fox population on Santa Cruz Island has recovered in just 10 years. Its story can teach us about nature, conservation, and the future.
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land use
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Proposed Trash Dump Next to Joshua Tree National Park Canceled
Post date:In a bit of long-awaited good news for Joshua Tree National Park and its wild residents, the agency responsible for disposing of L.A. County's trash has abandoned the idea of using the closed Eagle Mountain Mine as a landfill.
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Wildlife
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Drift Nets Threatening Marine Life Off California Coast
Post date:A gruesome secret hides in the waters off the California coast: mile-long nets that sit in the ocean like invisible walls.
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Our Lord's Candle, Spanish Bayonet, or... What Should We Call This Plant?
Post date:It's one of my favorite plants in Southern California, but I'm never sure what to call it in polite company.
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When Baby Animals Go Missing
Post date:Chris Clarke on neighborhood wildlife in Joshua Tree and scientists' attachment to the animals they study.
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la county
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Go Take A Hike: Trekking Griffith Park With The Sierra Club
Post date:Having grown up just a few miles away, the park has been part of my life since I was an infant. I thought I knew Griffith Park, yet there was much more left to discover.
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commentary
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Making California Frack-Free is Smart Politics
Post date:Banning fracking in California will not save the planet. But it's a start.
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Sky Burial: Feeding the Condor
Post date:Though condors are threatened by many factors, the greatest long-term threat would seem to be a lack of large dead mammals for the scavenging birds to eat safely. I have a way we might fix that.
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commentary
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At Fault: When Will California Regulate Fracking?
Post date:With a governor who seems unwilling to step up, and a set of regulatory agencies that have not yet announced a clear-cut set of rules to control the impact of fracking on public health and the environment, the legislature must take the lead.
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commentary
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In Touch With Nature at Augustus F. Hawkins Natural Park
Post date:A place that many deride as "The Hood" or "The Ghetto" can still yield the most pleasant surprises.
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Globemallow Binding the Desert's Wounds
Post date:The khaki West Mojave bore a color I hadn't seen there before: a bright sparse orange scattered across the desert, almost as if someone had planted a few hundred thousand California poppies out among the paper bag bush and creosote.