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.
Whatever parochial differences once seemed to divide NorCal and SoCal are increasingly trivial. It's time we all got over them.
Despite legislative attempts to block full protection, most Californians favor preserving huge swaths of the California Desert.
The League of Conservation Voters just issued its earliest Presidential endorsement ever, and grassroots environmentalists are angry.
The newest version of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan is better, but it still needs work.
Even "catastrophic" wildfires leave ecological treasures in their wake.
The imperiled Pacific fisher is faring worse than expected due to pot growers' use of rat poisons, according to a new study.
It's National Bat Week, so here's an appreciation of the flying mammals of the Golden State.
Manufacturers are going to find it a lot harder labeling their products as biodegradable, after a recent move by the Federal Trade Commission.
Despite alarming reports that California's forests are threatened by intense wildfire, our forest ecosystems actually need more fire.
The Shasta Pack, California's first wild wolf pack in a century, is closely related to wolves in Oregon.
Letting the Salton Sea die would be an environmental and public health disaster. So why don't Californians care?
That stuff you're thinking of draping your trees and shrubs in for Halloween might cause unlucky wild animals some serious harm.