Officials at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center worry that early-season strandings of starving and sick sea lion pups could foreshadow a high number of rescues in coming months.
“To be allowed (so) close to wildlife was an amazing experience,” said Kyla Deocampo, one of 14 students in the Environmental Studies 240 class that received crucial training and safety tips, like how to keep a deer safe while studying it, avoiding getting injured by antlers and staying clear of wildly kicking hooves.
https://www.plumasnews.com/frc-students-collar-deer-to-study-wildlife-up-close-and-personal/
A miniature schnauzer was killed early Thursday by the mountain lion, which had been reported Wednesday night by another family whose dog was also attacked.
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/12/05/mountain-lion-kills-dog-simi-valley/amp/
The picture of sea otters frolicking among kelp beds and rocky shoals has become an iconic image of the California coastline. But it may be drawing attention away from the value of other habitat that could truly help the endangered species in its recovery - estuaries.
Authorities captured a mountain lion Thursday in Simi Valley, where residents and pet owners have been on edge from multiple sightings over the past two weeks.
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/12/12/mountain-lion-captured-simi-valley/amp/
Rescue organizations in southern California are finding sea lion pups sick and emaciated, stranded on beaches without their mothers months earlier than in previous years. This may not bode well for marine mammals in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.
https://www.montereyherald.com/2019/12/14/foreboding-sign-for-monterey-bay-sea-lions/amp/
Humans will have to stay out of Children's Pool in La Jolla for the next five months thanks to a 10-year agreement between city leaders, seal advocates and the California Coastal Commission.
The sighting Tuesday of a gray whale famously known as “Scarback” has helped signal the beginning of the 2019-20 southbound migration off Southern California.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/12/famous-gray-whale-scarback-grabs-spotlight-off-california/amp
There are long-told tales from vineyard growers that they don’t need a refractometer to know when their grapes are ready for harvest, they just wait for the bears to come down from the hills to snack off the vines.
https://www.sonomanews.com/news/10474583-181/group-trying-to-build-sonoma?view=AMP
But they all want to know one thing: where in the world the jolly old man and his sleigh full of gifts are on Christmas Eve.
