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This Skunk Does Handstands. Yes, Handstands.
The island spotted skunk is difficult to observe. But a monitoring program on California’s Channel Islands offers a glimpse at this creature’s amazing habits.
Fisheries Trusts Can Advance Sustainability and Resilience Goals
The first national review of community fisheries trusts in the U.S. shows they can achieve positive outcomes for fishing communities and marine ecosystems.
The Amargosa Vole is the World’s Cutest Litmus Test of the Human-Water Relationship
The Amargosa vole is a story of loss and rediscovery, peril and surprise.
What It’s Like to Document California’s Disappearing Kelp Forests
Documentary filmmaker Tyler Schiffman turns his camera onto the people rushing to save a marine ecosystem on the verge of collapse.
It’s a Trap: Managing Cowbirds to Save Songbirds
Trapping cowbirds may be necessary to protect some songbird species. But when is trapping too much?
Wildfire Resilience Treatments Work
With the western United States facing increasingly severe fires and a megadrought, active forest management offers a more resilient future.
Rebalancing Water and Land Use for Nature and People in California
Examining how ecological restoration efforts – rewilding – could recover the San Joaquin’s natural diversity and ensure the long-term health and productivity of farms and the local communities they support.
A Biodiversity Analysis in Los Angeles
Rich biodiversity can exist in the biggest of cities, as a new report finds for Los Angeles.
Collective Fishing Agreements Benefit Both Groundfish and Fishermen
Collective management charts a new path for California groundfish.
Bumper-Crop Birds: Pop-Up Wetlands Are a Success in California
By partnering with rice farmers in California, the Conservancy is transforming fields into pop-up wetlands for migrant shorebirds, yielding the largest average shorebird densities ever reported for agriculture in the region.
Nature Doesn’t Hurt Farmers, It Helps
If removing habitat from farms doesn’t improve food safety, are other practices equally as ineffective, or worse, potentially damaging to farmers? A new study says yes.
Recovery: Mending Point Reyes, a Park Impaired by Invasive Mammals
Point Reyes National Seashore is recovering from an unusual invasive threat: non-native deer. Ted Williams reports.
