The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said “No Way” to Newhall Ranch developer Lennar Corp that wanted a special exemption to kill California condors during the construction of a 60,000 person development community in the Santa Clara River Valley. According to the LA Times: … the developer will be allowed to capture and relocate one […]
The Butterfly Pavilion is now opened at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont. Check out native SoCal flappers and caterpillars including a pipevine swallotail as pictured.
For years, the Bureau of Land Management has rounded up thousands of wild horses on public lands – including California – offering them at auctions, placing them in short-term corrals or long-term pastures. Last year alone, BLM removed 9,715 horse and 540 burros from the range. Now, that practice is being questioned as the ancestry of these wild horses will be part of a case presented to a federal court in San Francisco.