“Bay area highways connect thousands of vehicles to their destinations daily and thanks to a new partnership between the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service these same roadways will soon provide habitat for monarch butterflies. Caltrans District 4, which services Bay Area counties including Contra Costa, Napa, San Francisco and Sonoma, will be adding milkweed seeds to some roadside landscaping areas.”
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One Scientist’s Hopeful View On How to Repair the Planet
“Ecological crises may be piling up in a seemingly hopeless cascade, but Swedish scientist Johan Rockström says the next few decades offer an unparalleled opportunity to undo the damage.”
TOO WILD TO DRILL
“Some places are simply too special to be drilled. That’s the conclusion that a federal advisory panel recently came to after reviewing a long-suspended drilling lease on land near Montana’s Glacier National Park.”
SHELL ENDS ARCTIC OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION BID FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE
We Can Solve the Ocean Plastic Problem
New report from the Ocean Conservancy brings hope.
Just a photo of a beautiful thing: Rare albino dolphin spotted in Monterey Bay
A beautiful thing.
Gov. Brown closes loophole in ban on ivory sales in California
“The new law, which also outlaws the purchase or sale of rhinoceros horn in California, takes effect Jan. 1 and provides for fines of up to $5,000 for violators.”
Chile Creates Largest Marine Reserve in the Americas
The newly protected waters around the Desventuradas Islands contain many marine species found nowhere else on Earth.
Wildlife Mating Bridge Could Bring More Sexytime To California Cougars
Because who doesn’t love cougar sexytime??
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