“Many species that produce catkins are wind-pollinated and there’s a tremendous advantage to flowering early because leaves block the movement of wind-borne pollen grains when they start emerging. Trees that produce insect-pollinated catkins also benefit from flowering before other plants bloom because they attract all the hungry pollinating insects.” To learn more about catkins at […]
With wolf packs now established to the north and south of the Stanislaus Forest, it is likely they passed through our region undetected. But “there are now more satellite-collared wolves in California than ever before, which is expected to improve understanding and management of the species in the state.” To read the full article at […]
Yosemite National Park is in trouble. Hamstrung by President Donald Trump’s hiring freeze, hundreds of rescinded job offers and the threat of coming layoffs, the park is poised to enter its busiest months of the year severely short-staffed… To read the full article at SFGATE, click here.
For years the Park Service has pointed to traffic jams, crowding, congestion, and insufficient staff as reasons to design a Yosemite Park Visitor Access Plan to manage vehicles and visitors. But based on this article in the San Francisco Chronicle, National Park Service sources have now shared that any decision on the long-awaited Visitor Plan […]
CSERC staff and volunteers spent two workdays at Ackerson Meadow in 2024 planting native vegetation and collecting seeds for future propagation. We were also involved with the long planning process that brought this project to fruition. It’s a wonderful meadow complex with rich cultural resources and extraordinary habitat for wildlife. To read the full […]
CSERC staff has been surveying – and fighting for habitat protection – for the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog for many years. We’re pleased to share some needed good news. To read an informative article about the frog’s challenges and recent success in Yosemite from USA Today, click here.
On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule to list the whitebark pine as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. To read about the efforts the National Park Service is making locally to improve their chances of survival into the future, click here.
Even though the science proves otherwise,“Wildlife Services has very much taken the approach of being buddy-buddy with the ranching community, which means do what the ranching community wants, which is kill stuff.” To read the full article from NPR, click here.
“It’s a redemption story. It’s a renewal story. It’s inspiring,” said Amaroq Weiss, a senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit environmental group. “It has shown that California is wolf country.” To read the full article from The Press Democrat, click here.
For campers in Northern California, especially the Lake Tahoe region, encountering a bear for the first time can be a rite of passage. But even if you’ve done your homework on bear encounters and patiently listen every time to the bear advisories given at the campground check-in, the first time a bear wanders into your […]