Tag: streams
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Baby beaver sighting brings hopes of comeback for California’s little climate superheroes
Two beavers swim in Napa Creek, in Napa, in July. (Godofredo A. Vasquez / Associated Press) Bill Leikam was reviewing footage from a wildlife camera he placed along a Palo Alto creekbed recently when something unfamiliar scampered across the screen. “I have enough experience with the wildlife out there to be able to identify every…
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ACWA Releases New Policy Document on Headwaters Health
A new policy document developed by ACWA encapsulates the association’s advocacy and recommendations for improving headwaters health. “Recommendations for Resilient Headwaters” can be accessed for downloading and sharing by visiting the Resources page at www.acwa.com. Produced through ACWA’s Headwaters Workgroup, the two-page document can be used in a variety of settings as an educational and advocacy…
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Bringing back beavers: Ecologists on mission to save species that once ruled in California
Photo: Bringing back beavers: Ecologists on mission to save species that once ruled in California © Provided by Local News Matters California agencies are taking a new approach to beaver management in the state to prioritize conservation of the ecologically important species as they call upon Californians to be “beaver believers.” To support beaver conservation and…
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A Patchwork of Differing State Laws to Protect Wetlands
Ray Stewart is ambassador for the Ohio Wetlands Association. He stands on a preserve with two wetland areas. Both of them were federally protected, but a Supreme Court ruling removed protections from one of the wetland areas through a decision named Sackett v. EPA. Stewart wants Congress to pass better wetland protection laws. Photo: Lester…
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Fire retardant kills fish. Is it worth the risk?
Photo: Firefighters drop retardant over Aliso Canyon during the Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, California, on May 11, 2022. Jeff Gritchen/Orange County Register via Getty Images A lawsuit could change how the Forest Service fights fires. On a hot, dry August day in 2002, air tankers swooped over a small wildfire south of Bend, Oregon.…
