MORE ON: conservation

Spotlight: Environment

It's business vs. wilderness in oyster farm's fight to extend federal lease

June 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
Along the Point Reyes National Seashore, California’s last remaining oyster cannery has attracted powerful allies – and scrutiny from environmentalists over its impact. + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Researchers shed light on cockroaches' vanishing act

June 8, 2012, 12:05 AM
You've seen it and begrudgingly admired it: the speed and swiftness with which a cockroach vanishes as you enter a room. Now, researchers at UC Berkeley have figured out how these indomitable and repugnant little critters disappear so quickly. It’s a feat of gymnastic ability.... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Land agency’s new transparency policy is under scrutiny

June 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
A state conservation agency's new policy on transparency and public disclosure is drawing mixed reviews, from lukewarm approval to condemnation.  The Wildlife Conservation Board's new policy outlines the rules for the public disclosure of appraisals for land... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

New state bird guide highlights climate change risk

March 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
If the climate continues to warm and development doesn’t slow down, the first avian calamities are likely to the California black rail, the California and Yuma clapper rails, and a few species of coastal song sparrows. In the first study of its kind, the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, an... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Study disputes need to conserve farm water

November 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new report suggests that California agriculture already uses water efficiently and disputes the notion that conservation could free up large amounts of water for other uses. Increasing water efficiency would generate only 330,000 acre-feet per year of new water, according to the study [PDF... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

With drought long passed, will voters back pricey water bond?

October 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
Post Peak Pass is a granite notch on the remote southern boundary of Yosemite National Park, altitude 10,700 feet. On Saturday, its north face was partly covered with a 100-yard-long patch of crusted snow – a reminder of just how emphatically California’s three-year drought was... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Is California paying too much to preserve Mendocino forest?

September 26, 2011, 12:05 AM
In a unanimous vote this month, the Wildlife Conservation Board agreed to pay $19 million to a large Virginia-based land trust to purchase a conservation easement on about 14,000 acres of timber land in Mendocino County. It was touted as another victory for preserving California's wildlands... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Long-vilified swordfish industry finds support in environmental group

September 19, 2011, 12:05 AM
The swordfish industry has been vilified for years. They’ve been painted as a fleet of fishermen determined to troll the oceans with their “curtains of death,” or gill nets, in order to capture the magnificent fish at the deathly expense of migrating turtles, dolphins and... + read more
State recommends drinking water limits on hexavalent chromium.
Daily Report: Money and Politics

As $11B water bond looms, book recommends sweeping reform

February 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Policymakers should rethink the way they are approaching California's water crisis, from preserving habitats for endangered wildlife to encouraging urban conservation programs, according to a book released yesterday by a slate of scientists and policy experts from the state's major... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Environmentalists sue feds over woodpecker

February 18, 2011, 12:05 AM
Environmentalists are up in arms about a federal logging project that would destroy almost 75 percent of a rare woodpecker’s habitat near Lake Tahoe. The Earth Island Institute and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in a California federal court last week challenging the... + read more
Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed ending state support for the Williamson Act to protect farmland.
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Fund to protect farmland, open spaces facing end

January 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to end state funding for a program designed to protect farmland and open spaces has reignited a decades-old controversy over the law's effectiveness. The recommendation to cut $10 million from the program has led to an outcry from the state's agricultural... + read more
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