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SF Gate reports
‘Never seen anything like this’: Yosemite visitors are waiting 4 hours to enter a packed park
Read article at : With no reservation system in peak season, Yosemite is slammed
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from Theodore Payne Foundation
Horticulture, design, maintenance, botany, nature walks, ethnobotany, art, poetry, and more! Our extensive Education Program offers a range of classes for both beginners and experts with training by TPF staff and guest instructors. Classes are held at TPF in our La Fetra Nature Education Center, on TPF grounds, at various off-site locations, and on Zoom.
See event calendar for all upcoming : Classes & Workshops | Theodore Payne Foundation
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The BBC reports
Chris Jordan’s 2009 photos of dead albatross chicks with plastic in their guts went viral. Anna Turns looks at how it changed our response to the plastics crisisWhen photographer Chris Jordan first stepped onto Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in September 2009 to document “overwhelming” levels of ocean waste, little did he know that his striking image of a dead albatross chick would go viral and change the world’s response to the plastics crisis.
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The New York Times Reports
More than a year after countries pledged to end deforestation by 2030, the world is continuing to lose its tropical forests at a fast pace, according to a report issued on Tuesday.
The annual survey by the World Resources Institute, a research organization, found that the world lost 10.2 million acres of primary rainforest in 2022, a 10 percent increase from the year before. It is the first assessment to cover a full year since November 2021, when 145 countries pledged at a global climate summit in Glasgow to halt forest loss by the end of this decade.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/climate/trees-tropical-forests-deforestation.html
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from Center for Biological Diversity
Statute Is First in State to Protect Species From Climate Threats
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California lawmakers today passed the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act, permanently protecting the iconic and imperiled species.
The new law cleared the Assembly 54-15 and the Senate 31-8 as part of the state budget agreement. It’s expected to be signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week and take effect July 1.
Western Joshua trees have been protected on an interim basis, as a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, since September 2020. Under the new law, they will remain a candidate species, receiving the protections of both statutes.
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Wired reports
The technique may finally be emerging as a way to preserve species at risk of extinction.
Read story at A New Cloned Horse Offers Hope for Endangered Species | WIRED
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from Yosemite National Park
Tioga Road (continuation of Highway 120 through the park) will not be open for the Independence Day holiday.
Posted in Drives, Park | Tags: Glacier Point Road, Tioga Pass Road, Yosemite Road Condtions
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Yahoo News reports
Scientists are using a UC Santa Cruz greenhouse to recreate the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs. They want to learn why some species survived when so many did not.
Read story at The most famous extinction event in the planet’s history is happening again — in Santa Cruz
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The BBC reports
Some experts say climate change is expanding toxic algal blooms, causing distress for marine mammals.
Toxic algal blooms are killing hundreds of sea lions and dolphins along the coast of California’s southern beaches.
More than 1,000 marine animals have become sick or died in the month of June, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Experts say algal blooms pose a seasonal issue, but climate change may be worsening the problem.
Read more at Toxic algae kills hundreds of dolphins and sea lions on California coast – BBC News
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KQED has an article on Best Bay Area Accessible Hiking Trails Recommended by Disability Advocates
These accessible trails around the region are particularly recommended by our experts:
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From Yosemite National Park
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from the the Xerces Society as part of pollinator week
Pesticides used in the nursery can linger in plants, putting foraging pollinators and other insects at risk once in your garden. In fact, a recent study found that milkweeds purchased from retail nursery stores across the U.S. all contained pesticides—yes, every single one of the 235 milkweeds tested from 33 stores.
To really understand if nurseries are avoiding risky pesticides, it takes a conversation, and that can be intimidating. That’s why we’ve created a series of short videos to show you how! If you’d like to be part of the solution but don’t know how, we encourage you to start here.Learn more
Posted in Animals, Wildflowers and Other Plants | Tags: Pollinator-Safe Gardening
from East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plants Society
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Native Bees with Dr. Gordon Frankie
Wednesday, June 28, 7:30 pm
Don Tatzin Community Hall at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
Please join us for this IN-PERSON event!
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The Mono Lake Committee reports
Last winter wild horses overwintered along the south shore of Mono Lake throughout South Tufa and Navy Beach. Record winter snow and poconip fog dramatically reduced public access and between 30 and 200 horses lingered in the area until spring. The impact was significant. Nearly every square meter of trail at South Tufa and Navy Beach was covered in manure, and manure piles blocked handicap access along the boardwalk from the parking lot to the lake. Several horses died at South Tufa over the winter and their scavenged carcasses were draped between tufa towers and along the lakeshore.
Read more Wild horses further impact South Tufa at Mono Lake – Mono Lake
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from the the Xerces Society as part of pollinator week
Residential areas provide important food and shelter for many of our threatened and endangered pollinators, which are in decline around the world. Making your home pollinator-friendly is straightforward and rewarding. By establishing pollinator habitat in your home garden, schools, parks or other community spaces, you become an active part of helping to protect and restore at-risk species.
Read on at Tips for Pollinator-Safe Gardening
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The free Merlin app now provides detailed descriptions, photo and sound examples, and identification resources for any country. Whether you are traveling abroad, or learning new things about birds at home, this powerful pocket guide can now help you to discover and enjoy birds from anywhere on the planet!
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The New York Times reports
An annual spring count instilled hope among biologists that the threatened shorebird may be recovering from recent declines. Crab harvesting bans were partly credited for the rise.
Read more at Uptick in Red Knots on the N.J. Shore Holds Promise
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The July-August Regional in Nature Activity Guide is now available! This issue is packed with seasonal programs and activities in the parks, features on District support of the California 30×30 Initiative and health and water quality of our lakes, stories about bats of the Bay Area and the Big Break Otter Festival, and much more! www.ebparks.org/July-August-2023-RIN
Posted in Walks & Hikes | Tags: East Bay Regional Parks Activity Guide
| eBird, Merlin, and the Macaulay Library are looking for qualified candidates to join our interdisciplinary group of bird enthusiasts, building resources that advance science, conservation, and education. New positions recently added, including Outreach Coordinator and Lead Mobile Software Engineer. More opportunities opening soon. Current staff openings at eBird and job opportunities at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
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from GiantSequoia.com
Sequoiadendrons can be traced to the Triassic Period 200 million years ago when dinosaurs first appeared. Sequoiadendrons were the dominant tree in North America and Europe during the Jurassic Period (180 to 135 million years ago) and the Cretaceous Period (35 to 70 million years ago). Dinosaurs disappeared near the end of the Cretaceous Period but the Sequoiadendrons lived on. The planet was significantly warmer and wetter during dinosaur times and the atmosphere was much richer in carbon dioxide. The earth was more fertile for plant and animal life in those days. The proof is found in the carbon deposits of coal beds and oil fields that formed during those times. Much of the carbon that was once in the atmosphere is now locked up in coal and oil deposits and is now unavailable for plant use. The ancestors of the giant sequoias were fed and watered by a rich and thriving earth.
Read more at About Sequoia Trees | Giant Sequoia Nursery
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Natural History Wanderings 