Tag: restoration
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LA River restoration connects us back to ‘the life force of our city’
Los Angeles residents at a section of the Los Angeles River cleanup in Los Angeles, CA. Oct. 5, 2024. Evan Lirette/The Occidental For thousands of years before Spanish colonization began in 1769, dozens of tribal villages inhabited and cultivated the LA Basin. Among these tribes were the Tongva, whose land is partially occupied by Occidental College. According to LAist,…
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First sighting of salmon in 100 years marks key milestone for California dam removal
For the first time in more than a century, a salmon was observed swimming through Klamath River waters formerly blocked by Iron Gate Dam. Iron Gate and three other dams were demolished in a massive dam-removal project that recently wrapped up. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle In an early victory for the nation’s largest dam-removal project, the first…
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Migration Matters: Breaking Down Barriers to Migration
Over the past century, humans have constructed major transportation infrastructure like highways, bridges, railroads, and more to streamline travel and the movement of goods. However, much of this development has made it difficult for animals to follow their traditional migration routes. Highways and railroad lines divide habitat, making animal crossings perilous, and bridges constructed over…
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Saving corals requires cutting carbon emissions, study finds
Porites evermanni. (Photo credit: Keoki Stender) The eight most common species of coral around the islands can adapt to ocean warming and acidification but only if efforts to cut carbon emissions are made, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). This was a very surprising result, given…
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Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Padilla Bills to Support Ecological Restoration Across California
Photo: Padilla highlights three California watershed restoration bills at ENR committee hearing. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing on three of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) bipartisan bills to promote ecosystem restoration, water conservation, and drought resiliency across the Colorado, Sacramento, and San Joaquin River watersheds. The…
