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In preparation for a busy Labor Day Weekend, Yosemite National Park has designated several new Wildlife Protection Zones located on stretches of roadway throughout the Park where bears and other animals have been hit by vehicles. Visitors driving in the park this weekend will see new signs advising motorists that …
Read More »Speeding Drivers Kill Bears And Wildlife In Yosemite
Last week, an unidentified Yosemite park ranger shared on Facebook the heartbreaking account of a mother bear mourning the loss of her cub after it was hit by a speeding vehicle. The post went viral, and drew national headlines, calling attention to the danger posed to wildlife by speeding motorists. …
Read More »Dozens of baby gulls pushed to their deaths in Chicago were attacked by other gulls, not humans, wildlife official says
Wildlife officials say some 70 baby seagulls found on a Chicago sidewalk were attacked and, in most cases, dropped to their death by older birds in their colony. Annette Prince, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Nutria Pose New Threat To Wildlife, Water In Central California
California has a new water problem, but it’s not drought, and it’s not endangered fish. Instead it’s a roughly 20-pound creature that’s described as an “invasive swamp rodent” called the nutria. It’s already causing problems in Merced County wetlands and state officials worry the pesky and prolific rodent could further …
Read More »Want to learn how these geese were saved from extinction? Find out on a wildlife tour
The San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge hosts its first event this month to teach people about the history of geese it was able to save from extinction. Goose Day, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Activists want to build bridge over freeway to provide safe crossing for wildlife
As 101 Freeway traffic streaked past, a dozen conservationists and fundraisers gathered this week just west of Liberty Canyon Road in Agoura Hills, their eyes alternating between maps they carried … Click to Continue »
Read More »Wildlife photo contest spans Sierra and Valley
Wildlife photographers can compete for prizes totaling $ 400 in a contest that stretches across the Sierra Nevada and Central Valley. The Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center in Twain Harte in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Florida wildlife officials encouraged by high manatee count
Florida wildlife officials are encouraged by the results of a recent survey that counted 6,620 manatees in the state. It is the third straight year that the count showed more … Click to Continue »
Read More »San Luis Wildlife Refuge celebrates 50 years
The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a sanctuary for migratory birds and other animals in Merced County. Established in 1967, the 26,800-acre refuge is … Click to Continue »
Read More »San Luis National Wildlife Refuge celebrates 50 years of protecting wildlife and habitats
The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge celebrates 50th anniversary with a birding walk in Los Banos, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. … Click to Continue »
Read More »San Luis wildlife refuge celebrates semicentennial with February events
The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating its 50th birthday with several events in February. Feb. 2 marks 50 years since the formal establishment of the refuge in 1967. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Ranchers show how cattle grazing and wildlife can co-exist
Vibrant green grass awaited visitors to a cattle ranch northeast of Stockton last week. That and a couple of salmon that had spawned and died and started to decay along … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fight over exotic fern threatens future of South Florida wildlife refuge
Old World climbing fern, the monster vine packing 100-foot long tendrils that has infested huge swaths of the Everglades, with a particularly ferocious choke hold on the tree islands of … Click to Continue »
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