This is both fascinating and sad. Our busy and loud noise changed the song of birds. Now, with COVID and more people staying home, busy and noisy aren’t occurring as often. This means the birds can actually vocalize the way they intended–and fancier too. Check out this article in the Marin Independent Journal.
Today we celebrate National Public Lands Day. There are so many wonderful parks around thanks to the hard work and dedication of residents, community groups, various agencies, and legislators (to name a few). Your support of our work, allows us to help protect additional lands and add them into the public land network. Thank you.
Patagonia is releasing the premiere of its film: The Public Trust, in partnership with Executive Producers Robert Redford and Yvon Chouinard. It is TONIGHT (September 25) on YouTube at 5 PM Pacific. This film focuses on the fight to protect our public lands. There is a way to sign up to get involved in and stay informed of the fight for the protection of public lands near you!
This is just sooo sad. These freeway locations (like Liberty Canyon at the 101) need to be retrofitted as quickly as possible or we will continue to have these unnecessary deaths. State laws should change so that any future road/highway project must address the needs of wildlife movement. If you budget for it now, it is cheaper than retrofitting for it later. We must do better.
This solid Los Angeles Times article talks about ways to survive wildfires… it isn’t clearing vegetation per se, it also includes having safe places for people to go during a wildfire (like a community green space) and hardening your home. This is especially important if you cannot escape a firestorm and become trapped, like the residents in Paradise. View the Los Angeles Times article.