wildlife

Monterey, CA August 21, 2012 – The US Geologic Survey released the 2012 sea otter spring survey count and the news is surprisingly positive. The total raw number of sea otters counted was 2865, up 5.1 % from the 2010 spring survey count of 2719. The ...

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Aug. 14, 2012 - Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wardens continue to investigate the death of a bear shot and found dead on a Lake Tahoe beach near Homewood on July 30. The investigating warden determined the bear was shot at close range and that the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Aug. 13, 2012 - A final report concluding a controversial, long-running investigation into a 2006 peer-reviewed journal article on drowned polar bears is circulating within the U.S. Department of Interior but is still unavailable to th...

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Editor’s note: There’s much consternation on the normally tranquil West Shore of Lake Tahoe this week after a well-known bear was found shot and killed on a beach in Homewood. Bears can be a nuisance, but a shooting in such a visible place is rare. Most people deal with bears with bear-proof trash cans...

By Phil RobertsonI called and photographed my first bird, a California Quail, at age 13 using a reed quail call and a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye box camera. I’ve been hooked on nature photography ever since! My camera for wildlife photography is a Canon...

The Vanguard has acquired a copy of the contract between Yolo County Cities and the US Department of Agriculture Wildlife services. According to Deputy City Manager Kelly Stachowicz the contract is between West Sacramento and the USDA.  Davis was n...