"My takeaway from this story is that all of us need to rethink using chemical pesticides at our homes and businesses. Even so-called organic pesticides like Bacillus thuringiensis, or BT, are highly toxic to monarchs and other butterflies.”—Pam Marino / @pammarino, #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/monarchs-face-an-uphill-battle-for-their-survival-it-s-up-to-us-to-help/article_cf7fe0b8-e8d8-11ef-b7c8-9f30411eb64b.html#tncms-source=mosaic

#butterflies #MonarchButterflies #XercesSociety #MontereyCounty #MonarchSanctuary #PacificGrove #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #EPA #CaliforniaDepartmentOfFishAndWildlife #CDFW #USGeologicalService #insecticides #fungicides #herbicides #PyrethroidInsecticides

Attorney General backs lawsuit to restore water flow in Kern River
KBAK/FOX58 Bakersfield Now | October 15, 2024
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In a significant legal push to protect California’s waterways, Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined forces with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, filing an amicus brief on an ongoing case.

Attorney general files friend-of-court brief in support of efforts to restore year-round water to the Kern River
KGET TV 17 | October 15, 2024
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There’s been a welcome turn of events for Bring Back the Kern, the group that’s been trying to compel the city of Bakersfield to halt its ongoing, wholesale diversion of water from the Kern River. 

Bonta joins lawsuit against Bakersfield over Kern River drying up
San Joaquin Valley Sun | October 15, 2024
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Thousands of fish died when the Kern River dried up earlier this year. California officials are now getting involved in an environmental lawsuit targeted at Bakersfield.

State backs environmentalists after water shutoff kills thousands of fish in Kern River
Los Angeles Times | October 14, 2024
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California officials have joined a legal effort to restore water to the Kern River after an abrupt shutoff of water dried up the river and killed thousands of fish in Bakersfield.

State Attorney General, Fish and Wildlife join fight to bring flows back to the Kern River
SJV Water | October 14, 2024
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Two powerful California agencies have jumped into the legal fight over flows in the lower Kern River.

#Rewilding #CA: This year marks the launch of a $1.44 million per year California Department of Fish and Wildlife (#CDFW) program to bring #beavers back to #watersheds throughout their #historicrange in the state.

“We agree: time for California to embrace beavers,” CFDW director Chuck Bonham wrote in a January 2023 op-ed in Outdoor California.

#KeystoneSpecies #HealthyLandscapes #FoodSheds #BeaverBelievers #BeaverAnalogues #transformer #monsterslayer #SpiritOfTheEarth

https://mavensnotebook.com/2023/05/03/feature-california-taps-beavers-to-restore-watersheds/

Protecting migration: As #whales begin arriving in large numbers to feed, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (#CDFW) announced a two month early season closure, off Central #California, to prevent whale entanglements in the state’s commercial crab #fisheries nets.

https://usa.oceana.org/press-releases/central-california-dungeness-crab-season-to-close-early-to-prevent-whale-entanglements/

Here's a view of the #LagunaDeSantaRosa in #Sonoma County, #California for #SilentSunday.

The #Llano in between #SantaRosa and #Sebastopol is protected from urbanization with a #greenbelt policy and several thousand acres held in reserve by cities and state agencies like #CDFW.

The thriving #wetland system has a series of pools and #floodplains that connect and flow to the Russian River in the wet season.

#silentsunday #CAwater

Ocean’s problem of anything Commercial: #CrabFishing north of Mendocino has been delayed at least until Dec. 16, and pending meat quality testing. For the rest of the state, the #CDFW anticipates assessing the presence of #whales — which can become entangled in crab fishing gear — on Dec. 7.
https://richmondstandard.com/community/2022/11/22/bay-area-dungeness-crab-fishing-season-delayed-to-protect-whales/