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endangered species
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PCH Project Would Hurt Rare Frog and Snake, Say Groups
Post date:A project to widen Highway 1 has prompted a lawsuit from conservationists, who say the project would harm local endangered species.
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legislation
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New Wildlife Laws Taking Effect on New Years' Day
Post date:Come New Year's Day, new wildlife laws going into effect include a number of procedural matters, refinements and clarifications of earlier laws, and a few important new wildlife protection measures. We've described the most important here.
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invasive species
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Invasive Species Week: The Bullfrog
Post date:One of the most damaging invasive exotic species in California was first imported to the state to replace a native animal settlers had nearly eaten out of existence. And despite obvious evidence of the damage it causes to threatened Native wildlife, we...
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Amphibians
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Hundreds of Threatened Frogs Released in Santa Monica Mountains
Post date:The Santa Monica Mountains are once again home to California's official state amphibian. After a release of ready and willing tadpoles earlier this week, the mountain range that separates Los Angeles from the San Fernando Valley has a population of the...
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Amphibians
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California Doesn't Have an Official Amphibian, But It Might Soon
Post date:Unlike more forward-thinking states such as Oklahoma and Arizona, we don't have a state amphibian. And that's an omission Coachella Valley Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez wants to remedy: he's introduced a bill that would give the red-legged frog that ...
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Amphibians
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Frogs May Be Making Comeback to Santa Monica Mountains
Post date:They haven't been seen in the Santa Monica Mountains in four decades, but a population of California red-legged frogs in the Simi Hills is raising biologists' hopes that the threatened species might be able to be replanted in the rugged Southern Califo...