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Mt. Shasta mudflow prompts flash-flood watch
Posted by Redding: None Given on September 21st, 2014
Redding: The weather service initially issued a flash-flood warning Saturday night, but downgraded it to a flash-flood watch later Saturday night. The warning is in effect through 5 p.m. Sunday.
The watch, issued out of the agency's Medford, Oregon, office, says a glacier on Mt. Shasta broke, releasing a high volume of volcanic mud, rocks and water. The glacier-induced mudflow already has flooded Mud and Pilgrim creeks to just north of Highway 89 where the water was dammed up Saturday night, the weather...
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Group wants rare Sierra Nevada red fox put on protected list
Posted by Redding: None Given on April 30th, 2011
Redding: Threats to the Sierra Nevada red fox include grazing, logging and shrinking mountain habitat brought on by global warming.
Sierra Nevada red fox caught on camera
A rare fox once thought to be found only close to Lassen Peak could be a candidate for federal protection.
The Center for Biological Diversity -- an environmental group known for its Endangered Species Act filings -- submitted a petition this week, asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider the Sierra Nevada red fox for...