Latest News and Updates from Audubon in California
California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS
For the last several decades the story of the Threatened Western Snowy Plover along the California coast has been of the loss of one nesting beach aftern another. But today come news of the birds nesting on Los Angeles County beaches for the first time in 70 years. That's big news.
Audubon California's Samantha Arthurs gives a quick update on this seasons Tricolored Blackbird breeding.
Audubon California field technician Bill Abbott shows a colony of Tricolored Blackbirds in Sacramento County.
Not long ago, we talked about the bigger climate bills being considered by the California State Legislature. Well, add another one to the list. Senate Bill 775, authored by Sen. Bob Wieckowski, will go beyond simply re-authorizing California's cap-and-trade system. This bill will re-imagine key parts of the cap-and-trade program, and offer financial "dividends" to residents. One of the main goals is to do something for communities that have long suffered the burden of air pollution. The entirety of the legislations is well-explained in this piece by Vox.
KQED public radio in the Bay Area just did a great piece about the semi-annual Pacific Brown Pelican Survey, for which Audubon California is a major partner. Here's more information about the survey.
Audubon California's Samantha Arthur took this photo of Tricolored Blackbird chicks in a nest in Tulare County. With a declinging species like this, every chick is incredibly valuable. Learn how we're working to protect this rare species, and how you can help.
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