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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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