Chris Clarke
Chris Clarke was KCET's Environment Editor until July 2017. He is a veteran environmental journalist and natural history writer. He lives in Joshua Tree.
A year after the completion of a controversial restoration project that divided Los Angeles environmentalists, California State Parks says a fish species missing for decades has been spotted in the Malibu Lagoon.
A federal agency has announced that the nation's carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use have started rising again.
The April stats are in for reported bird deaths at the Ivanpah solar power plant in the California desert.
A bill that would have phased out the use of drift gillnets off the California coast died in committee last month in the state Assembly, but a federal agency is taking emergency action.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife wants the public to redouble efforts to bear-proof food and trash, whether backpacking or at home.
A agency that represents 22 irrigation districts and other water providers in the Central Valley is asking a judge to block the U.S. government from releasing water to benefit other water users, including wildlife refuges.
Yet another milestone in California's quest to go solar.
Mono Lake is being seriously affected by the ongoing drought, with water levels dropped so far that any further decline will force LADWP to drastically reduce water exports from the Mono Basin.
Imagine a smartphone battery that reached a full charge in a minute or two.
State game wardens handed out 31 citations and warned several dozen additional fish harvesters at a wildlife law enforcement checkpoint near Jenner, California on Sunday. The checkpoint was part of a mounting effort by the California Department of Fish...
While other websites celebrating Endangered Species Day are concentrating on the big and dramatic, we thought we'd celebrate by mentioning a few species that aren't big and flashy and glamorous. They're beautiful, but they don't flaunt it.
The state and federal agencies responsible for monitoring the health of California's salmon and steelhead runs have announced a new program to help private water rights holders protect fish from the current unprecedented drought.