Yosemite National Park is requesting help from visitors to protect newborn animals in the park. During the summer months, many baby birds, fawns, and other young wildlife can be found on the ground. They may appear to be in distress, but are not sick, injured, or abandoned. If moved from …
Read More »Yosemite Anniversary Celebrated with Groundbreaking for Landmark Project to Protect the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias
Under a towering canopy of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, the National Park Service, Yosemite Conservancy and public officials today celebrated the 150th Anniversary of the Yosemite Grant Act, the legislation signed by President Abraham Lincoln to preserve Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove, by breaking ground on a …
Read More »Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Conservancy Launch New Website to Protect Bears with First-Ever Online Bear Tracker
Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Conservancy today announced the launch of KeepBearsWild.org, a new website to protect the park’s iconic black bears. The website features the National Park Service’s first online bear tracker, information on ways for the public to help save bears, and eye-opening photography and videos not before …
Read More »Microsoft Launches Program To Preserve And Protect Local Journalism In Fresno
Microsoft is piloting a new project to increase and support local news in four cities across the country including Fresno. KVPR was among the newsrooms chosen for the collaboration along with the Fresno Bee, Vida en el Valle and Radio Bilingue. To learn more, Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke …
Read More »Navy’s Plan To Protect Marine Mammals Under Scrutiny
The Navy is rolling out its latest plan to manage wildlife in its ocean training grounds from Southern California to Hawaii. But after years of legal battles, environmentalists worry the Navy is backsliding in its efforts to protect marine life. Homeported in San Diego, the Navy destroyer USS Higgins navigates …
Read More »‘The system is broke.’ Decorated teacher says Merced Union fails to protect victims
A highly decorated veteran teacher blasted Merced Union School District officials Wednesday in a fiery public speech, saying when she asked an administrator for protection from a coworker she was … Click to Continue »
Read More »Freezing temps have Merced County farmers on edge as many try to protect crops
An early morning freeze put area farmers on full alert Tuesday, but the damage – if any – may not show up for days or even weeks. Citrus growers are … Click to Continue »
Read More »More women in California prisons are trying to kill themselves. What can the state do to protect them?
California’s corrections department’s failure to prepare when it moved hundreds of high-security female inmates from a Central Valley prison to one in inland Southern California may have contributed to a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Can Mariposa be saved from fire? Here’s what fire crews are doing to protect the town
After hundreds of firefighters from around the state packed the pavilion at the Merced County Fairgrounds Wednesday morning, Calfire officials couldn’t say whether the town of Mariposa would be spared … Click to Continue »
Read More »Environmental group sues after Trump administration scraps effort to protect West Coast sea animals
An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s withdrawal of proposed limits on the number of endangered whales, dolphins and sea turtles that can be killed … Click to Continue »
Read More »Court overturns order to protect elephants at LA Zoo
A court order requiring the Los Angeles Zoo to exercise its elephants on soft ground and barring the use of electric shock was overturned Thursday by the California Supreme Court. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College, city schools will protect undocumented students and their information
Merced County’s two largest educational institutions this week reaffirmed their commitment to educate all students, regardless of immigration status, and to protect student information. The Merced Community College District specifically … Click to Continue »
Read More »Study could help Caribbean protect and restore ‘super reefs’
MIAMI_Not all reefs are created equal, a distinction that fish seem to recognize but until now scientists largely overlooked. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, researchers … Click to Continue »
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