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    Is your cat killing the environment?
    Save the Uglies
    • Jul 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Is your cat killing the environment?

    In the East Bay, California officials have been faced with the problem of feral cats in a shoreline habitat of the East Bay Regional Park...
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    Florida Grasshopper Sparrow: America’s Most Wanted Bird
    Joe Sweeney
    • Apr 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Florida Grasshopper Sparrow: America’s Most Wanted Bird

    The most endangered bird in the continental U.S. is one that unfortunately seldom makes headlines. The Florida grasshopper sparrow, found...
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    Massive Kelp Die-Off
    Save the Uglies
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Massive Kelp Die-Off

    Relaxing for the day along one of the West Coast’s many gorgeous beaches, you’re likely to find the green-brown blades of California...
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    Giving away California desert to renewable energy is still destroying public lands
    Save the Uglies
    • Feb 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    Giving away California desert to renewable energy is still destroying public lands

    In a small corner of California, the Biden administration’s climate policies and promise to protect public lands are about to be tested...
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    Bird Bigotry: How the Trump Administration in its Final Days Put Avian Species at Risk
    Save the Uglies
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    Bird Bigotry: How the Trump Administration in its Final Days Put Avian Species at Risk

    It is undeniable that the Trump-Pence administration had a deplorable record when it came to environmental policy throughout their four...
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    The Biden Admin must reimplement EPA "secret science" rule
    Save the Uglies
    • Feb 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Biden Admin must reimplement EPA "secret science" rule

    In the last weeks of his presidency, Trump’s Administration just barely recalled a decades long policy by the EPA despite outcry from the...
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    Following the Western Monarch Decline
    Save the Uglies
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Following the Western Monarch Decline

    While the role bees and hummingbirds play in our ecosystems is well documented and widely renowned; a large amount of pollination across...
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    Point Reyes Seashore is one step closer to national dairy farm
    Save the Uglies
    • Jan 15, 2021
    • 12 min

    Point Reyes Seashore is one step closer to national dairy farm

    The Park Service’s proposed management plan of the Point Reyes Seashore prioritizes agriculture over wildlife in a national park In Marin...
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    Sustainability Spotlight: Pie Ranch
    Save the Uglies
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 5 min

    Sustainability Spotlight: Pie Ranch

    Along scenic Highway 1, colorful hand-made signs direct customers to purchase fresh produce and homemade pie from a roadside stand, which...
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    Renewable Energies Showcase
    Save the Uglies
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Renewable Energies Showcase

    By now everybody has heard of renewable energy: a list of power sources revolving around the use of resources in a way that can be...
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    An Environmentalist's Guide to Biden's Cabinet Appointments
    Save the Uglies
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    An Environmentalist's Guide to Biden's Cabinet Appointments

    President-elect Joe Biden has yet to announce several key environmental positions which will show how seriously he intends to take the...
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    EPA reapproves use of dangerous pesticide
    Save the Uglies
    • Dec 7, 2020
    • 3 min

    EPA reapproves use of dangerous pesticide

    Atrazine, a possible carcinogen and endocrine disruptor, is one of the most commonly used weed killers in the U.S. From recent findings...
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    Environmental voters were crucial to Biden’s victory
    Save the Uglies
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Environmental voters were crucial to Biden’s victory

    Historically, the environment has taken a back seat to many other issues in national politics, but 2020 has not been an ordinary year....
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    Last Wolverine in California denied Federal Protection
    Save the Uglies
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Last Wolverine in California denied Federal Protection

    As one of the rarest mammals in the U.S., the legal status of wolverines has long been contested by the government and environmentalists...
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    How YOU can Help in Wildlife Conservation
    Save the Uglies
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    How YOU can Help in Wildlife Conservation

    Getting involved in environmental conservation can seem daunting at first, especially with the scale of the looming climate crisis....
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    Massive Bird Die Out calls into Question Water Management Balance in California
    Save the Uglies
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Massive Bird Die Out calls into Question Water Management Balance in California

    Nestled in Northern reaches of California, Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge is not always on the forefront of water...
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    Trump Administration tries to raise Shasta Dam...again.
    Save the Uglies
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    Trump Administration tries to raise Shasta Dam...again.

    The Bureau of Reclamation has tried to push through a proposal to raise the Shasta Dam many times over the past decade, despite its...
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    Drilling is bad, actually.
    Save the Uglies
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Drilling is bad, actually.

    Gov. Newsom recently issued an executive order outlining a ban on the sale of fossil fuels by 2035, but is this enough? Newsom’s...
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    Elktivists fight for the rights of Nature at Point Reyes National Seashore
    Save the Uglies
    • Oct 4, 2020
    • 5 min

    Elktivists fight for the rights of Nature at Point Reyes National Seashore

    In our oversaturated, fast paced world, finding those things that are truly wild in life becomes a rare and special experience. Sometimes...
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    Teddy Roosevelt: A Man of His Time
    Save the Uglies
    • Feb 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Teddy Roosevelt: A Man of His Time

    Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington D.C. ©Photograph by the NPS It is very difficult to describe the entire character of any man, let...
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