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A much-ballyhooed study on habitat and extinction may mean increased peril for California desert species -- not because of the science, but because of how it's being reported.
Kelso Dunes in the Mojave National Preserve | Chris Clarke photo
You wouldn't think that something like sand would be vulnerable to human activity, but the great system of sand rivers and dunes actually faces significant threats from the way we behave.
Stevens Ditch | Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library of The Claremont Colleges
A historic approach to water-resource management represents the road L.A. once refused to take. It's clear the path to which we must return.
We highlight five locations that are just a few of the popular birding spots along the 52-mile length of the LA. River. More await your discovery
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Councilman Ed Reyes discusses the resilience of the Los Angeles River and the Revitalization Plan for the river's future.
The Kangaroo Rat | Photo © Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles, California Academy of Sciences
Building developments in the Inland Empire and San Diego County are going up in terrain that is prime kangaroo-rat habitat. That puts the endangered rodent in a precarious situation.
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In the West, Republicans have been gunning for the Endangered Species Act since it was enacted in 1968 and targeting the Wilderness Act (1964) even longer.
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It's now been nearly a month since the April 20 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, rig sinking, marine and wildlife catastrophe, and presumed death of eleven men. What does TTLA's Crescent City correspondent say?
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