Jane Braxton Little

May 10, 2019 — Last summer ended in calamity for a nesting colony at PG&E's Lake Almanor. Now an Audubon chapter is fighting back to ensure that birds and locals get all the hydration they need.

June 19, 2018 — Cleaning up poisons killing Northern Spotted Owls is just one challenge the state faces. A conservation fund built from cannabis taxes could help.

May 18, 2018 — Can the lessons learned from restoring California's Owens Lake help save other saline lakes?

July 19, 2017 — California's cap-and-trade extension, passed by lawmakers this week, ensures continued study of whether Sierra Nevada meadow restoration can capture carbon pollution and help birds at once.

May 12, 2017 — Home to a diversity of wildlife and half of the state's eelgrass beds, Humboldt is a vital stopover site for migratory birds.

December 07, 2016 — An electric fence might provide a quick fix, but what the lake really needs is water.

January 11, 2016 — New research shows that the California Spotted Owl may actually benefit from the forest fires the land managers have spent years avoiding.

August 31, 2015 — Open pipes kill thousands of birds out West every year.

August 28, 2015 — With climate change turning up the temperature and the state in a four-year drought, wildfires are scorching California like never before. In the “nuke zone” scientists are looking for clues to how forests cope.

December 10, 2014 — As Los Angeles officials reconsider how to settle the Owens Lake dust, conservationists are concerned about how wildlife might fare.