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.
Sad news for fans of mountain lions in the Santa Monicas and nearby mountain ranges: Three baby mountain lions were killed in two separate incidents in the last half of January. And biologists are saying the unfortunate deaths underscore the need for m...
Want to hike in some of California's most beautiful mountains and make an important contribution to conservation science at the same time? The agencies behind the 35th annual desert bighorn sheep count in the San Gabriel Mountains can use your help the...
A dollar thirty five doesn't buy a whole lot of grub these days. For you, or your domesticated animals. But if you're trying to feed livestock on public lands, there's good news.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's move to strip gray wolves of protection under the Endangered Species Act is based on insufficient science, according to a report by an independent panel of scientists.
The "Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act," would take water from endangered fish and give it to San Joaquin Valley irrigators at bargain prices. And Representative Devin Nunes supported it by calling the threatened delta smelt a ...
The bitter cold that's locked down much of the United States is having an effect even in relatively warm California: demand for natural gas for heating and extra power back east is cutting supplies to Southern California gas-fired power plants.
Should Gray Wolves Be Declared Endangered in California? Agency Says 'No,' But That Might Mean 'Yes'
California's wildlife agency this week recommended to not protect gray wolves under the state's endangered species law. But here's where it gets interesting: It instead suggested that there are other means to protect the species.
California's Fish and Game Commission has closed several major rivers in the state to fishing to protect salmon and steelhead populations from the ravages of the current drought.
An incident of deliberate damage to a California substation may have been more than vandalism, according to a report published Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal.
California's Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to consider a ban on hunting contests such as this weekend's secretive coyote drive in Modoc County, with one Commissioner suggesting such contests are unethical.
There's a problem with the way the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enforces one of the nation's oldest environmental laws, according to a new article in a leading East Coast law review journal.
A noted conservation group has released the numbers for 2013's monarch butterfly count in California, and the results are a bit of good news for fans of the showy migrating insect.