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Drought devastates cherry crop, puts some growers out of business
Posted by LA Times: Louis Sahagun on June 19th, 2015
LA Times: A winter heat wave, late frosts and mandatory water restrictions devastated this year's Leona Valley cherry crop.
A winter heat wave, late frosts and mandatory water restrictions devastated this year's Leona Valley cherry crop.
Dave Shields started the engine of his tractor on a recent weekday and began toppling the hundreds of drought-stricken cherry trees he and his wife planted 15 years ago in this north Los Angeles County foothills community.
A winter heat wave, late frosts and marauding...
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Comments Off on Drought devastates cherry crop, puts some growers out of businessThe tortoise and the drought
Posted by LA Times: Louis Sahagun on December 14th, 2013
LA Times: In recent years, California's Agassiz's desert tortoise population has been decimated by shootings, residential and commercial development, vehicle traffic, respiratory disease and predation by ravens, dogs and coyotes.
Now, dwindling populations of the reptiles with scruffy carapaces and skin as tough as rhino hide are facing an even greater threat: longer droughts spurred by climate change in their Sonoran Desert kingdom of arroyos and burrows, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study....
In Rim fire’s aftermath, controversy over recovery effort
Posted by LA Times: Louis Sahagun on October 7th, 2013
LA Times: Calls for massive salvage logging, restoration and reforestation projects in the 257,000 acres of public wilderness scarred by the Rim fire have ignited controversy over how to proceed with the largest recovery effort undertaken in the Sierra Nevada. "We're hoping to negotiate our way through this, but we need the infrastructure and personnel," said Jerry Snyder, a spokesman for the Stanislaus National Forest. "This effort will be huge, so we'll also need additional help from Washington." But time...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on In Rim fire’s aftermath, controversy over recovery effortLatinos, Asians more worried about environment than whites, poll of California voters finds
Posted by LA Times: Louis Sahagun on November 20th, 2010
LA Times: California's Latino and Asian voters are significantly more concerned about core environmental issues, including global warming, air pollution and contamination of soil and water, than white voters, according to the latest Los Angeles Times/USC poll.
For example, 50% of Latinos and 46% of Asians who responded to the poll said they personally worry a great deal about global warming, compared with 27% of whites. Two-thirds of Latinos and 51% of Asians polled said they worry a great deal about air...
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