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New Wolf Map Show Where California's Packs Are Roaming Now
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (237+ words) New Wolf Map Show Where California’s Packs Are Roaming Now Active NorCal The California Department of Fish and Wildlife posted its newest batch of wolf documents this week, including a quarterly news update covering the spring months, a refreshed map…...
The Yosemite Meadow That Was Vanishing for a Century Is Finally Back
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (224+ words) Active NorCal While everyone was busy arguing about Yosemite's crowds, something remarkable was happening in a quiet corner of the park that most visitors never see Ackerson Meadow, a 230-acre expanse near the park's western boundary off Highway 120, spent more…...
The Return to Wild Part 2: How Wolves Make Northern California's Wild Places Healthier
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (198+ words) The Return to Wild Part 2: How Wolves Make Northern California’s Wild Places Healthier Active NorCal When wolves disappeared from Yellowstone National Park, the ecosystem quietly fell apart Elk and deer, freed from their only true predator, parked themselves in open…...
The Return to Wild Part 1: How Wolves Found Their Way Back to Northern California
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (232+ words) This is a four-part series documenting the return of wolves to Northern California. In the series, we will cover the return, benefits, and controversies of wolves in the state. More than a century ago, gray wolves roamed California by the…...
River Otters Are Drowning Pelicans at Point Reyes, and Researchers Finally Counted
1+ week, 3+ day ago (194+ words) A brown pelican can spread its wings past six feet. At Abbotts Lagoon, that is not enough. What nobody had done was count. Across 19 surveys in 2023, the pair logged 73 pelican carcasses tied to otters. They walked the shoreline every seven…...
Scientists Climbed Yosemite's Most Famous Tree. Here's What They Found.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (261+ words) The Grizzly Giant just got the kind of medical report most 3,000-year-olds could only dream about. Earlier this summer, a team from the Ancient Forest Society became just the second group ever to climb Yosemite’s most famous sequoia, scaling all…...
Shasta County's Only Wolf Pack Is Under State Surveillance After a Livestock Attack
2+ week, 3+ day ago (173+ words) Shasta County’s only known wolf pack now has state wildlife officials watching its every move. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is actively monitoring the Ashpan Pack following a confirmed attack on livestock. The pack roams eastern Shasta County…...
Lake Almanor Boaters Are Being Asked to Give These Nesting Birds Some Room
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (240+ words) One of the strangest facts about Lake Almanor is that some of its most striking birds build their nests directly on the water, and they are doing it right now. The Lake Almanor Watershed Group is asking boaters, kayakers and…...
A Tiny California Wildflower Is Losing Its Race Against Climate Change
3+ week, 1+ day ago (225+ words) Active NorCal The mountain jewelflower grows everywhere from baking foothills to snowy Sierra peaks, but research published in the Journal of Ecology found that high-elevation plants are now struggling to survive both the summers and the winters they once called…...
The Plan to Rewild Point Reyes Starts With Sea Otters and Beavers
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (259+ words) Sea otters paddling the esteros and beavers damming West Marin creeks could soon move from daydream to formal proposal. An environmental group wants to bring both species back to Point Reyes National Seashore, along with five other native mammals, now…...