Posted in Greece, Job Openings | Tags: Mendocino Botanical Garden, UC Davis
Photos from a visit to the UC-Berkeley Botanical Garden on January 28, 2022.
The garden is currently open daily to the public from ten to five by reservation . Garden members can enter at nine. There is an entrance fee (free for garden members) and paid parking. Reservations are required except for garden members. For more information and to make reservations go to UC-Botanical Garden.
Posted in Garden, Photos (Sandy's) | Tags: UC-Berkeley Botanical Garden
L.A. Taco reports
Last August, we watched some jackass in a Prius pull over to the side of the street in Highland Park to jack a large succulent from the Los Angeles Police Museum. Today, we learned of a more sophisticated plot seeking to devoid our landscape of these thick gray-green beauties.
A South Korean national named Byungsu Kim has just been sentenced to two years of federal after getting busted in 2019 with more than $150,000 worth of succulents ripped out of Northern California’s state parks. He’ll also need to pay nearly $4,000 to pay for their replanting.
Read more at Massive Succulent Theft Scheme Nets Man Two Years of Federal Time – L.A. TACO
Posted in Wildflowers and Other Plants | Tags: Succulent theft
NPR reports
Late last year, just days after pledging to cut fossil fuels at international climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, the Biden administration held the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history.
On Thursday, a federal judge invalidated that sale in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the administration didn’t adequately consider the costs to the world’s climate.
Read more at A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change : NPR
Posted in Environment | Tags: Fossil Fuels and Climate Chjange
Last year, we piloted our first entirely virtual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, a fundraiser for the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center (OEC) and it was a smashing success. More than 600 people from across the country tuned in and helped raise nearly $12,000 for the OEC, which supported exciting OEC renovations and allowed more groups to visit the Mono Basin with transportation grants.
For 2022, we are going virtual again, and you can join us for our eleventh annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival from anywhere with an internet connection and tickets are now on sale through our partner Qudio! We will be featuring a series of short, inspiring, and engaging films that showcase amazing people, beautiful places, and unique perspectives. Get your tickets early and save 20% using promo code MONOLAKE20.
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Watch live on March 10, or stream the recorded event March 11–18
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Wild & Scenic Film Festival
A list of new job openings from the CNPS Job Site
Click on each for information and apply
California Conservation Corps.
Vegetation Management Watershed Aide position
Habitat Restoration Field & Office Fellow @ Save The Bay in San Francisco Bay Area
Seed Conservation Internship – California Botanic Garden, Claremont CA
Posted in Job Openings | Tags: Job Openings
BayNature
As temperatures rise and ecosystems change, spider scientists still lack basic information about California arachnids
Read more Changing Climate Means Risks for California Spiders – Bay Nature
BayNature reports
On January 25, the Xerces Society reported a final monarch count of 247,237, a more than 100-fold increase over 2020 and the largest number since 2016.
Read story at Western Monarchs Are Having a Boom Year – Bay Nature
Posted in Uncategorized
The Mono Lake Committee is ramping up for a big summer season in 2022, and we’re excited to announce that we’re hiring seasonal staff to help with our programming!
Weekend canoe tours on Mono Lake will be back for 2022, as will our morning bird walks. Our Information Center & Bookstore will continue to be open every day, with extended hours in the summer, and we’ll again offer daily sunset walking tours at South Tufa. Our Outdoor Education Center will be back in full swing, too. To support these programs, we’re hiring Mono Lake Interns, a Birding Intern, a Canoe Program Coordinator, and Outdoor Education Instructors.
Find all the job postings online here. We’ll begin accepting applications on January 1, 2022.
Posted in Job Openings | Tags: Mono Lake Committee
NBC Bay Area
The descendants of Native American tribes on the Northern California coast are reclaiming a bit of their heritage that includes ancient redwoods that have stood since their ancestors walked the land.
Save the Redwoods League planned to announce Tuesday that it is transferring more than 500 acres (202 hectares) on the Lost Coast to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council.
Read more at California Redwood Forest Returned to Native American Tribes – NBC Bay Area
Posted in Park | Tags: California Redwood Forest Returned to Native American Tribes
Anthropocene magazine reports
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone now boasts large mammal populations on par with those of other protected areas in the region.
Read story at An unlikely wildlife rebound in Chernobyl
Posted in Animals, Environment
from Audubon California
The annual herring spawning event in Richardson Bay is on! Hundreds of birds are in a feeding frenzy within Pacific herring spawning areas and large eelgrass beds. Through the spotting scope, watch Double-crested Cormorants, Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, and Western Gulls enjoying the nutritious feast.
What makes Richardson Bay such a rich ecosystem for waterbirds? Learn more about Audubon’s waterfowl sanctuary and the eelgrass beds that create the perfect habitat for herring spawning events in the stories and videos below.
Keep an eye out for these extraordinary herring runs between now and late March. If you are in the Bay Area, great places to watch are the shorelines of Richardson Bay in Sausalito and Tiburon as well as Richardson and Point Pinole. Please note that the Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary is closed to boaters until March 31st. We encourage viewing from shore!
Posted in Birding Reports, Birds | Tags: Birding Feeding Frenzy, Herring Spawn, Richardson Bay Audubon
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Science Daily reports
Just like humans, New Caledonian crows are particularly careful when handling their most valuable tools, according to a new study. The research reveals that crows are more likely to store relatively complex and efficient foraging tools for future use than more basic tools.
Posted in Birds | Tags: Crows Tool Usage
We went looking for Fetid Adder’s Tongue or Slinkpod/Scoliopus bigelovii in Marin Redwood Forests yesterday. It is one of my favorite plants to photography. Here are some examples of why. I also included photos of Milkmaids/Cardamine californica and Warrior’s Plume/Pedicularis densiflora, two other early bloomers.
from the Nature Conservancy
| VIDEO: What Are Salmon Canons, Again? |
| Dams create energy, but they also disrupt ecosystems and alter the natural patterns that fish and wildlife have coevolved with. Seeker’s digital education team and TNC California’s Senior Environmental Flows Project Director, Monty Schmitt, dive into the process of protecting wildlife like salmon in freshwater systems with and without dams. |
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Posted in Animals | Tags: Salmon Canons
The Guardian reports
How Exxon is using an unusual law to intimidate critics over its climate denia. America’s largest oil firm claims its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by the first amendment Exxon, headquartered in Houston, argues that lawsuits filed by out-of-state politicians infringe on the sovereignty of Texas.
ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech.
Read article at How Exxon is using an unusual law to intimidate critics over its climate denial | Environment | The Guardian
Posted in Environment | Tags: Climate Denial, Exxon Mobile
Posted in Talks | Tags: Janisse Ray
See the current schedule of ABDNHA Anza Borrego nature programs and activities – calendar for hikes, walks, desert flowers, tours, lectures, in Anza-Borrego and Borrego Springs at Borrego Springs Anza Borrego Desert Activities, Hikes, tours, classes, lectures
Posted in Job Openings, Park | Tags: Antelope Valley, Job Openings
Each year people from around the world come together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. Join us in February!
Learn how to participate at Great Backyard Bird Count – Join us February 12-15, 2021. When the world comes together for the love of birds
Posted in Birds, Uncategorized | Tags: Great Backyard Bird Count
The BBC reports
Wildlife across the UK is increasingly suffering the impacts of extreme weather events and natural disasters, says the National Trust as it publishes its annual reckoning of UK wildlife “winners and losers”.
The conservation charity also warns some of the landscapes it cares for are being altered forever as climate change makes some forms of extreme weather the new normal.
Read more at Wildlife’s winners and losers of 2021 – and how extreme weather set the tone – BBC News
Posted in Animals, Environment | Tags: Climate Impact on UK Wildlife
3 postings from the CNPS Botany and Wildlife Job Announcements
Posted in Job Openings | Tags: Job Openings
The British Big Garden Birdwatch is 28-30 January 2022. Learn how to participate at Big Garden Birdwatch | The RSPB
Posted in Birds | Tags: The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
European WILDLIFE repost
In the past five years, the number of butterflies in the large herbivore reserve in the former military training area of Milovice near Prague has grown significantly. While carrying out regular monitoring, scientists have found out that the number of butterflies has increased from 4,592 in 2016 to 12,506 in 2021. That means an increase by 172 percent. The numbers of the rarest butterfly, the mountain Alcon blue, have even grown by 1,700 percent.
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Anthropocene
A million additional whales defecating close to the surface would be like having massive ocean fertilizer machines—absorbing as much carbon as forests covering a continent
Read more at Poo from the world’s largest animals have a stunning effect on ocean ecosystems—and even carbon capture
Posted in Animals, Environment | Tags: Whales
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We’re Hiring! Become our next Director of Development and help raise support for the protection of our region’s public lands. Primary responsibilities include managing our major donor program; engaging our supporters through strategic communications and storytelling; preparing and executing an annual membership renewal and recruitment plan; growing our planned giving and corporate partnership programs, and securing and tracking foundation grants.
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Posted in Job Openings | Tags: Los Padres ForestWatch
from Alt National Park Service
Posted in Environment | Tags: Nature isn't just a Tourist Destination
from Channel Islands National Park
Posted in Environment | Tags: Leave No Trace
Natural History Wanderings 