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Earth Focus
Follow the Money: Cadiz Cash Funds Study in Favor of Plan to Drain Mojave
In draining millions of gallons of groundwater from beneath the Mojave Desert at a site near the Mojave National Preserve, Cadiz would sell this irreplaceable resource at premium prices to Southern California water districts.

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Earth Focus
A Watershed Moment for Southern California’s Unquenchable Thirst
The latest salvo is California’s long-running water wars has the potential to emerge as one of the most important pieces of water regulation in recent years.

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SoCal Connected
How To Be A Nature Lover Without Leaving A Footprint
Leaving no trace is difficult in practice. No matter how careful you are, a single pair of boots will leave an impression of some kind. How do we visit our favorite state parks without leaving a trace?

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The Marbled Murrelet KOs the Logging Industry -- Again
Is attacking the marbled murrelet a losing strategy?

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Why Today's Marine Sanctuary Expansion is Important
It's a very good day when NOAA can expand protections to Pacific marine life.Today is one such day.

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Fracking, Benzene, and Public Health: A California Nightmare
Scary-high levels of benzene are in fracking wastewater sites. Why has California not stopped this from happening?

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Ralph Cornell's Influence on California's Native Landscapes
Ralph Cornell had a great idea a century ago that can help reduce our dependence on imported water: plant a native landscape.

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A Brief History of the Elephant Seals at Piedras Blancas
The recovery of the northern elephant seal population is a welcome sign of nature's resilience and human stewardship.

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The Good and Bad of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Budgets and political lines could trouble the new monument, but they should not stop it from moving forward.

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Go Wild: Celebrating the Gila Wilderness Area's 90th Birthday
What do we mean by wilderness? The Gila Wilderness Area's history provides a complicated definition.