California to Begin Ranking Heat Waves
California will become the first state in the nation to start ranking heat waves. According to a report in USA Today, California... Read More
CA Barely Avoids Rolling Blackouts During Record Breaking Heatwave
California has avoided rolling blackouts as a scorching heat wave passes through the state, but it’s been a very close call. As... Read More
California Wildfires: People Overage, Water Shortage
Massive Wildfires Engulf Santa Barbara, Ventura Typically, the Southern California wildfire season is in the early fall when temperatures are highest and... Read More
Enforcement Gives Jeopardized Habitat a Helping Hand
A trash-filled wash located below Arizona’s scenic Diablito Mountain, 21 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales. Among the many positives... Read More
Our Plastic Future is Now
“I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.” "Plastics" scene from The Graduate. “Yes sir?” “Are... Read More
Not Hell OR High Water, But Hell AND High Water: Acknowledging and Adapting to the Anthropocene
Oroville Dam in Northern California during last winter’s flooding; its main spillway had been damaged and water was pouring across and eroding... Read More
On Turtle Independence Day, No Fireworks, but Lots of Love
On the 4th of July, the annual Turtle Independence Day will be celebrated at Hawaii’s Mauna Lani Resort, a tradition that began... Read More
Nature’s Peace, Quiet Shattered by Noise
Some years ago, when I lived in New Mexico, I had the privilege of backpacking in the Gila Wilderness of the Gila... Read More
In An Otherwise Divisive Election Year, Last November American Voters United to Approve more than $6 Billion for Local Parks, Natural Areas
And Californians Did Their Part Last November, in spite of one of the most heated, contentious campaigns in American history, conservatives and... Read More
Today is Endangered Species Day
Let’s Not Forget the Main Driver of Species Disappearance: Too Many Humans One of the most flagrant and far-reaching impacts of human... Read More