iCalNaturalist

The movement to protect Chuckwallas in California

Srihari Yamanoor June 14, 2024

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…

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 July 31, 2020

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…

Fundraising, Government, Locations, Native Californians, Natural History

Help Save San Onofre State Beach!

Srihari Yamanoor July 9, 2020

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…

Government, Petitions

Help Save the LA Marine Mammal Care Center

Srihari Yamanoor February 23, 2020

One of my Google Alerts that help me research and keep up with California Natural History issues alerted me to a Patch article (a bit pleasantly surprised the site is still around) that pointed to the LA Marine Mammal Care Center, which is apparently struggling to survive. So, I appeal you to follow the links…

Fundraising

An anecdote about this pod of Brown Pelicans

Srihari Yamanoor December 25, 2019

The Year End always tend to be slow, and a time of jittery activity on my part, trying to catch up on photography and travel. This was a particularly windy and rainy day, when I ended up in Carmel. I went to the rather famous beach there and found a rather sizable pod of Brown…

Natural History

Site Notes: Lodi Lake, California

Srihari Yamanoor April 1, 2019

For nearly 18 years, I have been roaming up and down California, hiking, photographing and simply soaking in nature and the wonderful people of California who have the capacity to make the smallest of all feel at home, with family. I don’t know what the future holds, but I would like to call California my…

Locations

California might be getting an Office of Outdoor Recreation

Srihari Yamanoor March 29, 2019

California is not always the first, but we do play catch up quickly! Thanks to Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, AB 111, moved out of the first committee, on its way to create California’s own Office of Outdoor Recreation. Let us wish this plan all the success! The creation of this office can increase outreach, education and…

Government

Caltrans is so bad, it has to be forced to do its job – clean up!

Srihari Yamanoor February 15, 2019

Save The Bay, an organization I have long cherished and admired, Today, they brought news of a great victory they had, on behalf of all Californians. They launched a huge campaign, to get the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (yes a mouthful, but no, the campaign was not to shorten said Board’s name….

Government, Pollution