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Category: Environment & Natural Resources
News about the environment and natural resources in Mendocino County and the broader North Coast.
Posted inFire & Emergency
Letter to the Editor: Dead trees in Ukiah’s western hills are a safety issue
Standing dead trees vastly increase a fire’s intensity and impacts.
Posted inCommunity
Catherine Breed will set a record by swimming the length of California’s coast
But as a large crowd in Fort Bragg learned Sunday, the swim delivers a message of conservation and connection between coastal communities.
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
They’re on our flag, but do long-gone grizzly bears belong in modern California?
Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
California can’t replant its forests fast enough to keep up with wildfires
One expert says the crisis is barely known — even though it could reshape half the state’s forests by 2071.