habitat loss

A Sonoma County Treasure Lost?

From one of our favorite environmentalists in Sonoma County, Moira Sullivan who is working to save Petaluma wetlands for future generations. See previous post and the website: Petaluma Alert: Sid Commons development http://takeactionpetaluma.com/action/ Click on link to take action This is Audubon’s North American Grasslands and Bird Report. It shows that,” Formerly comprised of a wide …

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With Fewer than 2,000 Butterflies Counted So Far, Western Monarch Takes an Astonishing Step Closer to Extinction

Ag groups sued to stop protection…”The monarch isn’t alone in its decline, and Forister said several other California butterfly species are in an even more perilous spot. Between pesticides and rapidly warming temperatures, it’s just been a bad decade for butterflies, with even common species like cabbage whites suffering massive declines.” With Fewer than 2,000 …

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UN report: Countries have failed to meet a single target to protect wildlife in the last decade

“At the global level none of the 20 targets have been fully achieved, though six targets have been partially achieved.” UN report: Countries have failed to meet a single target to protect wildlife in the last decade The Hill by BY TAL AXELROD – 09/15/20 07:03 PM EDT © Getty Images The United Nations said the international community …

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Proposed new vineyard construction at 27800 Seaview Rd.

WE NEED A TREE ORDINANCE NOW! No more logging for vineyards. Grape glut, declining sales, change in drinking habits and failing eonomic model during a megadrought. Seriously Permit Sonoma and Supervisors?  Dear Mr. Aguero: I am very disturbed to learn of the approval of this permit. Why was any meaningful biological survey lacking, despite admission …

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Center for Biological Diversity: NO BORDER WALL

“Now Donald Trump wants a wall across the entire 2,000-mile border. Trump’s wall would harm border communities, perpetuate human suffering, destroy thousands of acres of habitat and halt the cross-border migration of dozens of animal species. In fact, as revealed in the Center’s 2017 report A Wall in the Wild, 93 threatened, endangered and candidate …

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SOURED ON GRAPES, locals speak out on impacts

With 31,000 trees being scheduled for clear cutting in Napa alone, locals ask when does the insanity and greed stop? http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/letters-to-the-editor-june-14-2016/Content?oid=2966561 Soured on Grapes Great article (“Of Water and Wine,” June 15). Thank you for writing it and for publishing it in the Bohemian. I live on a hillside in the Napa Valley about a mile …

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