The movement to protect Chuckwallas in California

Srihari Yamanoor

Image Source: https://westernpriorities.org/2023/11/proposed-chuckwalla-national-monument-is-a-win-for-conservation-and-renewable-development/ I have to confess, in all my travels across California, especially the Joshua Tree National Park and its surrounding environs, I have never photographed a Chuckwalla. Having learned about these wonderful lizards, I am now yearning to see one, and of course, for personal satisfaction, photograph one. If you are a nature…

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Conservation, Government, Locations, Native Californians, Natural History, Petitions

An arm and a leg for a piece of land – what it takes for Native Americans to win a slice of their land back

Srihari Yamanoor

Yesterday brought some great news about the Esselen tribe, of whom I just learned through the same news, winning back a sliver of land that was once theirs, through the help of the Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC). You can read all about it in the CNN article linked below. I am glad that WRC got…

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Fundraising, Government, Locations, Native Californians, Natural History

Help Save San Onofre State Beach!

Srihari Yamanoor

  The California State Parks Foundation does a great job of promoting the health and benefits of California’s State Properties including Parks, Beaches and related areas. Today, they emailed me with a petition discussing the efforts to try and build a toll road across the San Onofre beach in Southern California, requesting help to stop…

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Government, Petitions