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KCET's award-winning environment news project Redefine ran from July 2012 through February 2017. For ongoing environmental coverage please visit our show Earth Focus, or browse Redefine's archives below for historical material.

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Threatened wildlife makes a living where you least expect it.
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The confirmation of White Nose Syndrome in Washington State does not bode well for California's bats.
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They used to be an urban legend. Now, thanks to volunteer turtle counters, they're hard science.
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The facility doesn't have a buyer for its power or any way to get that power to market, but the BLM approved it anyway.
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California's least-loved native species is in trouble in Los Angeles County, and citizen scientists are providing most of the evidence.
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Three days of music and bright lights during bird migration season just shouldn't fly.
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Tracking the long conflict between California's native gray squirrel and interloper fox squirrels is easier than taking a selfie.
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Get out of your car and walk a little, and Joshua Tree NP will fill your desert flower needs just fine.
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Since its launch in 2014, the BioSCAN project has found undocumented biodiversity in SoCal backyards — and the new species just keep coming.
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We're in a drought; is it a good idea to decommission California dams? Often enough, the answer is yes. Here's why.
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We don’t know how it got where it is, how it has survived there, or how long it will last.
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You don't need to be an expert to make scientific discoveries. You just need curiosity and a smartphone.
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