SWIPE LEADS TO BEAR KILLING
On August 21, beloved local black bear, Victor, was killed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) after he injured a tourist at the Lake Mary campground. The[…]
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THE COMEBACK KID
“We live in a world of unintended consequences,” says Roland Knapp, PhD—renowned research biologist, and, as it turns out, articulate historian. For nearly three decades, the focus of Knapp’s career[…]
THE GREATER SAGE-GROUSE
It was in the early 19th century that a familiar American surveyor along Montana’s Marinas River, called Lewis, first observed the Greater Sage-Grouse. A private on the expedition, John Shields[…]
WHERE ARE THE FISH?
Dave Carranza’s bay boat zips across Crowley Lake. It’s early morning. We’re headed north, toward the bite. Cows graze on shore grasses that flow into water. Sunlight blankets the lake’s[…]
ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, DEAD FISH
A recent bacterial outbreak at fish hatcheries in the Eastern Sierra and Southern California has the potential to devastate fish populations around the state. The bacteria, identified as lactococcus garvieae,[…]
Squirrel Invasion!
Local gardeners channel Carl Spackler in battle vs. spiking squirrel population By Trefry Many people in Mono County like to grow a garden, connecting with nature and getting food while[…]
