The race to prevent a repeat of the West’s worst salmon-kill.
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Feds opt not to list Mono Basin sage grouse
Conservation efforts persuaded officials that the Nevada-California population will fare well.
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Famous Los Angeles puma holes up in residents’ crawlspace
The mountain lion brings attention to the role of urban wilds.
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Fowl play: California’s drought fingered in bird deaths
Native pigeons and waterfowl fall victim to avian disease.
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Unwanted California tires end up in rivers and beaches
But efforts to use the trash as building materials in Mexico offer new hope.
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California state parks’ blueprint for a more diverse future
Plans to overhaul park system, appeal to communities of color.
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California has one year of water left: Hype or reality?
When a NASA scientist speaks in blunt terms about water supply, other scientists take notice.
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States give Senate an earful on EPA greenhouse gas plan
Wyoming critiques federal coal plant cleanup at Senate hearing.
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Marie’s dictionary
The last fluent speaker of Wukchumni creates a dictionary to document her tribe’s language.
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Keeping the dust down in California’s Owens Valley
A civil engineer battles Los Angeles over its air pollution legacy.
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Latest: California fracking companies inject protected aquifers with wastewater
EPA found that state regulators allowed 2,500 to be contaminated.
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Early start to wildfire season
Blazes in California and Utah have officials on alert, but what they spell for the coming season is unclear.
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Statistical realism
David Hughes crunches unpopular numbers for the shale oil boom.
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California’s water future at a crossroads
A state commission begins deliberations on how to spend $2.7B for water storage.
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Dry January means more drought across West
After a rainy December, many states now have lower-than-normal snowpacks.
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A new film tells the story of the Klamath River agreements
Republican lawmaker-turned-filmmaker, Jason Atkinson on why conservation doesn’t have to be a partisan issue.
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Balanced rocks can tell us about earthquake risk
Seismologists study precarious boulders to determine how hard the ground might shake.
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Love in a post-apocalyptic world
Review of “California” by Edan Lepucki.
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Why are environmentalists mad at Jerry Brown?
The California governor has made bold moves on climate — but greens are disgruntled.
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Regulators dampen hopes for tribal solar project
The Moapa Solar Energy Center would have provided 175 megawatts to Nevada’s largest utility.