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.
The North American wolverine gets another chance to win Endangered Species Act protection.
California’s salmon can recover on their own, if we let them. And Native people's skills can be an important part of their recovery.
Salmon connect California's most diverse landscapes. Now we may lose them forever.
It's now official state policy in California that mountain forests and meadows are crucial to our water supply.
It's the first successful fledging of a condor chick at the Pinnacles since the 1890s.
The movement to hand federal lands over to the states has a very distasteful history.
The state promised the proposed Delta tunnels would be built without spending tax dollars. They seem to be ready to break that promise.
Ignore the headlines: this iconic Mojave Desert tree is a long way from being protected.
No matter what you learned in fourth grade, California Indians didn't vanish when the '49ers arrived.
The state wants to make sure salmon in the San Joaquin's tributaries have enough water to survive. Farming interests are raising a fuss.
Noise is the pollution nobody talks about, but we can control it as easily as flipping a switch.
Fish and Wildlife keeps the California gnatcatcher protected, proving that money doesn't always win.