The Fresno Bee reports The project underway could send thousands of Yosemite trees to sawmills. Yosemite National Park has a large logging project underway that a California conservation group is asking a federal judge to stop. The project summary states that trees up to 20 inches in diameter could be cut down in Yosemite across approximately […]
Yosemite sued for logging — Natural History Wanderings
Brazil’s Amazon Suffered Record Rate of Deforestation in April MAY 10, 2022 In Brazil, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest surged to a new record high for the month of April. Last month’s forest loss nearly doubled the amount reported last April which itself set a record. Deforestation has surged under the right-wing presidency of Jair […]
As World Warms, Brazil Destroys Record Rate its Amazon Forrests — Eslkevin’s Blog
The San Francisco Chronicle reports California’s towering redwoods have been around for thousands of years, but the trees are still yielding some surprises about what makes them so resilient. UC Davis scientists recently discovered that redwoods have two different types of leaves — and those leaves play different roles, but work together to help the trees thrive […]
Amazing new fact about California redwood trees — Natural History Wanderings
The Bird Museum’s April Conservation Seminar Series by The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology The Emilie Snethlage Expedition: women studying birds in the Amazon Forest! Date and time Fri, April 29, 2022 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT The online talk will cover the adventures of eight women, bird specialists, in one of the remotest areas of the […]
Women studying birds in the Amazon Forest 4/29/22 — Natural History Wanderings
Chake Conservancy Rangers with wire snares that they find on patrol. Chake Community Conservancy image and copyright. Equatorial Africa! Do any other two words convey such promise of romantic adventure? Maasai Mara, perhaps. Most people know that Kenya’s Maasai Mara is one of the great wonders of the Natural World, but did you know that […]
Chake Community Conservancy Launches Awareness Tours For Reforestation — Wild Open Eye – Natural Vision, News from Wild Open Eye
The BBC reports The number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon in January far exceeded deforestation for the same month last year, according to government satellite data. The area destroyed was five times larger than 2021, the highest January total since records began in 2015. Environmentalists accuse Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro of allowing […]
Amazon deforestation: Record high destruction of trees in January — Natural History Wanderings
The BBC reports Wildlife across the UK is increasingly suffering the impacts of extreme weather events and natural disasters, says the National Trust as it publishes its annual reckoning of UK wildlife “winners and losers”. The conservation charity also warns some of the landscapes it cares for are being altered forever as climate change makes some forms […]
Wildlife’s winners and losers of 2021 – and how extreme weather set the tone — Natural History Wanderings
Anthropocene magazine reports Chernobyl Exclusion Zone now boasts large mammal populations on par with those of other protected areas in the region. Read story at An unlikely wildlife rebound in Chernobyl
An unlikely wildlife rebound in Chernobyl — Natural History Wanderings
NBC Bay Area The descendants of Native American tribes on the Northern California coast are reclaiming a bit of their heritage that includes ancient redwoods that have stood since their ancestors walked the land. Save the Redwoods League planned to announce Tuesday that it is transferring more than 500 acres (202 hectares) on the Lost […]
California Redwood Forest Returned to Native American Tribes — Natural History Wanderings
by William Simpson II Wild horse advocate Staci-lee Sherwood has a new article about wild horses just out at the Pagosa Daily Post in Colorado. Appaloosa stallion ‘Blue Boy’ at Wild Horse Ranch. Photo: William E. Simpson II Sherwood’s new fact-based article is helping to raise the awareness of the damage being levied upon […]
Wild Horse Advocates – Truth Or Consequences — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
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