Blog Profile / Greenspace
| URL : | http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Issues & Causes / Environmentalism | |
| Posts on Regator: | 856 | |
| Posts / Week: | 5.8 | |
| Archived Since: | July 25, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Cattle grazing can promote cheatgrass dominance, study finds
Ranchers often argue that cattle grazing is the best way to combat cheatgrass, an aggressive invader that has taken over vast areas of the Great Basin, destroying the native sagebrush ecosystem and fueling huge wildfires.
What do we spend to preserve nature? $40 billion
Some say that you can’t put a price on precious natural resources. As of this week, you can.
U.S. to protect endangered loggerhead sea turtle habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has two months to identify suitable in-water nesting and migratory habitat for endangered loggerhead sea turtles, according to a legal settlement filed this week.
Pesticides, parasites and poor forage hurting bee pollinators
Although honeybee loss slowed last year, it remains at dangerously high levels, according to a new federal report that concluded there was no single remedy for the colony collapse that has hit America’s hard-working crop pollinators...
Hours reduced at Mojave National Preserve's Kelso Depot
The Kelso Depot Visitor Center in Mojave National Preserve, the park’s popular historic site, is about to be affected by federal spending cuts.
The consensus seems to be: Let somebody else fix the delta
Confidential surveys of water officials, water users and others involved with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta offer some telling insight on why the delta is stuck in a perpetual quagmire.
Hybrid cars to join U.S. government's fleet under new program
The U.S. Department of the Interior will become the first federal agency to take advantage of a new program to update its fleet of vehicles with gas-sipping hybrids.
Yosemite's Tioga Road to reopen May 11
Officials at Yosemite National Park say snow plows will begin clearing Tioga Road next week and hope to reopen the highway by May 11.
Feral cats killing endangered Hawaiian birds, study finds
Academic researchers and federal scientists have for the first time come up with direct evidence of feral cats killing endangered Hawaiian petrels. The study, by scientists from the University of Hawaii, the National Park Service and the U.S. Show More Summary
Freeway air pollution travels farther in early morning
Two years ago researchers outfitted an electric Toyota RAV4 with a set of test instruments and drove back and forth near four Los Angeles County freeways between 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., sampling the air.
Western gray wolf numbers fall
The number of gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountain region declined about 7% last year, the first significant population drop in the region since wolves were reintroduced in 1995.
Constructing the Whole Earth Building was a dirty job
It took a lot of muscle to build the Whole Earth Building in Claremont, not to mention mud balls, sandbags and dirty hands.
Free for all at national parks next week: No entrance fees
What better way to celebrate National Park Week than to visit a national park?
California should tighten fracking regulations, report says
California needs to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing, according to a UC Berkeley report that identified a number of shortcomings in state oversight of the controversial practice.
Federal fisheries administrative merger could cost California
Federal budget cutters are merging the two West Coast administrative regions of the National Marine Fisheries Service, a move that could leave California at a disadvantage.
Feds file legal brief in Marin County oyster farm case
Developments continue apace in the saga of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. and its legal battle with the federal government.
Vandalism forces closure of Rattlesnake Canyon at Joshua Tree park
Recent vandalism to rocks and walls at Rattlesnake Canyon has prompted officials at Joshua Tree National Park to close the popular trail temporarily to protect it from further damage.
NOAA expanding dolphin-safe tuna certification requirements
When the World Trade Organization found last year that U.S. labeling requirements for dolphin-safe tuna put Mexican tuna fishermen at a trade disadvantage, marine advocates worried that the federal government would weaken its dolphin-safe standards.
Climate change will increase extreme precipitation levels
Rainfall or snowfall dumped by the most intense storms could grow significantly heavier in most of the United States by the final decades of the century, according to a new climate change study.