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oceans
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Coastal Commission Coup Could Endanger Your Public Beaches
Post date:Malheur's occupiers tried to take our public lands with a six-gun. The Coastal Commission wants to do the same thing with a fountain pen.
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forests
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It's Up To You to Keep Your Home Fire-Safe. Here's How.
Post date:Since 2005 it's been property owners' legal responsibility to make their homes fire-safe. Here are some ways to get started.
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predators
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New Wolf in California Raises Stakes for Predator Agency Dispute
Post date:The gray wolf is coming back to California. It's time we took a hard look at our predator management practices.
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Bay Delta
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The Bay Delta's Waning Giant: White Sturgeon
Post date:The Bay Delta's white sturgeon was once lauded as a success story. Now it's declining anyway.
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Bay Delta
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Bay Delta Fish You've Never Heard Of: Longfin Smelt
Post date:The Threatened Delta smelt is famous, but there's another smelt in the Bay Delta whose decline is worrying wildlife partisans.
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predators
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County Suspends Contract with Controversial Federal Agency
Post date:Mendocino County has decided to hold off on renewing its contract with the predator-killing agency Wildlife Services.
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Sonoma County
SoCal Wanderer
New Trail Opens in Sonoma County's Jack London State Historic Park
Post date:The park will have two guided hikes to inaugurate the new 13-mile trail of "sweeping panoramas from the top of Sonoma Mountain."
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mammals
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Groups Sue NorCal County Over Work With Federal Wildlife Agency
Post date:A coalition of wildlife protection groups filed a lawsuit against Mendocino County on Tuesday charging that the county's contract with a controversial federal wildlife agency violates state environmental laws.
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mammals
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Good Dog! Sheepdogs Protect Predators as They Protect Sheep
Post date:It's no secret that well-trained sheepdogs do a great job of protecting sheep from wolves, coyotes, mountain lions and other predators. But what you might not realize is that those sheepdogs can help protect the predators as well.
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camilla fox
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Humboldt County Will Reconsider Working With Controversial Wildlife Agency
Post date:A campaign to urge California counties not to work with a controversial federal agency accused of massive cruelty to wildlife is gaining traction, as Humboldt County's Board of Supervisors has agreed to discuss whether to renew the county's annual cont...
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plants
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California Native Orchid is Endangered, Say International Scientists
Post date:A California native orchid once found from the Bay Area and Sierra Nevada northward into Oregon has declined in population so steeply that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has declared the plant globally Endangered.
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birds
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Crash In Tricolored Blackbird Population Has Biologists Worried
Post date:A bird sometimes called "California's passenger pigeon" is in worse trouble than some wildlife advocates suspected. According to a new survey, the population of tricolored blackbirds has dropped by 44 percent since 2011.
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invertebrates
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Dozens Cited at NorCal State Abalone Checkpoint
Post date:State game wardens handed out 31 citations and warned several dozen additional fish harvesters at a wildlife law enforcement checkpoint near Jenner, California on Sunday. The checkpoint was part of a mounting effort by the California Department of Fish...
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invertebrates
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New Monarch Butterfly Count Offers Ray of Hope
Post date:A noted conservation group has released the numbers for 2013's monarch butterfly count in California, and the results are a bit of good news for fans of the showy migrating insect.
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socal spirits
Food
What the Drought Means for California Wine
Post date:A wine shortage? Higher prices? Weaker vines? KCET Food wine writer George Yatchisin talks to winemakers in Santa Barbara County about this year's water shortage.
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endangered species
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Caltrans Agrees to Stop Using Bird-Killing Nets
Post date:The agency will stop using bird netting that ended up killing protected cliff swallows in Sonoma County.
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fisheries
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Widespread Disease Turns Sea Stars Into Goo, Baffling Scientists
Post date:Sea stars are dying horribly along the Pacific Coast, and scientists aren't sure why.
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socal spirits
Food
California Wine: Failla Wines, The Anti-Napa
Post date:"Sitting on the pleasant porch of a venerable old farmhouse along Napa's famed Silverado Trail this May, it seemed a bit of a surprise that the red wine I swirled in my tasting glass wasn't Cabernet Sauvignon."
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Photovoltaic
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Another CA City Bans Construction of Buildings Without Solar Panels
Post date:We've got a conservative Southern California city and a liberal Northern California city both now mandating rooftop solar on new construction. Who's next?
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Agriculture
Food
California Wine: Putting the Variety in Varietals
Post date:This weekend, learn all about some lesser-known wine grapes.