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Bay Area
San Francisco Officials Are Searching for a Serial Wild Coyote Feeder
Since the beginning of the Covid pandemic lockdown in March 2020, coyotes sightings have been on frequent in areas of…
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Tahoe
‘Tamarack’ the Burned Bear Cub Escapes Wildlife Facility, On the Loose in South Lake Tahoe
It was a touching story when wildlife officials rescued a 6-mont-old bear cub that was badly burned in the Tamarack…
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News
Popular McCloud Falls Campground Closed Due to Bear Activity
Officials in the Shasta Trinity National Forest have temporarily closed the popular campground near McCloud Falls due to an assertive…
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Wildlife
Treatment Underway for Bear Cub Burned in the Tamarack Fire
When devastating wildfires hit the Northern California wilderness, we immediately think of all the humans who could lose their homes…
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Klamath Salmon Now Listed on California Endangered Species List
On June 16, after hours of debate and public testimony, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to approve…
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Wildlife
The Tragic Story of a Bear Cub Hit by a Car in Yosemite
There are speed limits in National Parks and they aren’t just so you won’t miss those stunning views. Bears are…
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News
Wildlife Officials Relocate Over a Million Hatchery Salmon Due to Klamath River Drought Conditions
Juvenile Chinook salmon are herded by CDFW staff in a raceway at the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery, Siskiyou County, Calif.,…
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Tahoe
Bear Beach? Sightings on the Rise at Crowded Lake Tahoe Destination
Pope Beach is a popular place for locals and tourists to take in the summer sun in South Lake Tahoe.…
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Wildlife
How’d That Get There?! Dead Coyote Found Dangling from Tree in Mammoth
There are a lot of things in nature that can be very hard to explain. Finding a a dead coyote…
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Wildlife
Chico Woman Killed by 400-Pound Grizzly Bear During Montana Camping Attack
On the morning of Tuesday July 6, a 400-pound grizzly bear pulled a Chico woman out of her tent in…
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Wildlife
OPINION: Bear Shooting in South Lake Tahoe Should Be an Opportunity for Education, Not Outrage
The recent incident in which a visitor to South Lake Tahoe returned to his vacation rental one evening and shot…
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Tahoe
Lake Tahoe Tourist Shoots Charging Bear in Vacation Rental
Photo by Marion hobbs A man visiting the Lake Tahoe area returned to his vacation rental after dining out to…
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Bay Area
NPS Ordered to Federal Court to Explain Treatment of Tule Elk in Point Reyes
Photo by Y S The National Park Service has been ordered to federal court on Monday to explain their treatment of…
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Tahoe
Celebrity Bear Known for its Tahoe Shenanigans Has Gone Missing
The “Kings Beach Bear’s” GPS tracking collar as biologists found it this spring on the forest floor. CDFW photo by Mark…
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Wildlife
Brand-New Wolf Pack Discovered in Northern California’s Plumas County
Lassen Pack The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that a new wolf pack has established itself in southern Plumas…
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Wildlife
‘Extremely Rare’ Brown Trout Found in Sacramento River Fish Trap in Redding
At the Keswick Dam on the Sacramento River in Redding, wildlife officials at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery use a…
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Wildlife
VIDEO: Bear Hilariously Climbs into Driver Seat of Tahoe UPS Truck
Bear sightings in the communities surrounding Lake Tahoe have grown at an astonishing rate in the past few years. Flocking…
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Wildlife
Point Reyes Installs Water Troughs to Help ‘Thirsty and Dying’ Tule Elk
Photo by Ronan Furuta Following a year where 152 tule elk died in Point Reyes National Seashore, wildlife officials are attempting…
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Wildlife
Amid Devastating Fish Kill, Karuk Tribe Declares a Climate Emergency in the Klamath Basin
Photo: Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative Amid a massive salmon kill on the Klamath River, the Karuk Tribe has officially declared…
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Wildlife
It’s Illegal to Feed Deer in California. The Penalty? Up to 6 Months in Jail.
Photo by Chloe Leis Late spring and early summer is the peak time for California’s deer herds to give birth to…
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Wildlife
YIKES! Rattlesnake Seen Swimming in Whiskeytown Lake
With the coming of summer in Northern California, snakes of many species are through hunkering down, making human encounters with…
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News
30,000 Milkweeds Planted Along NorCal Rivers to Save Critically-Low Monarch Butterfly Population
Photo by Patrick Mayor The population of Western monarch butterflies is in a serious decline in California, mostly attributed to the…
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Wildlife
‘How Does Anyone Expect These Fish to Survive?’ Viral Video Shows Terrible Fish Stocking at Twin Lakes
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife spends millions of dollars every year on raising juvenile fish and stocking local…
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Wildlife
Hot Creek Fish Hatchery Halts Planting Following Disease Outbreak
IG/disnerd_runner The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has suspended all fish planting from the Hot Creek Trout Hatchery…
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Wildlife
OPINION: Battle Over Shasta-Trinity Spotted Owl is a MAJOR Example Why Northern California Suffers from Catastrophic Wildfires
Photo: Bureau of Land Management The U.S. Forest Service has been attempting to thin a 13,162-acre patch of forest in…
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Wildlife
The Redding Eagles Live Nest Webcam is MUST SEE TV!
It was a monumental event for eagles enthusiasts in March when the eagles in Redding’s Turtle Bay nest hatched three…
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Wildlife
Full-Grown ‘Vampire Fish’ Spotted in the American River
Photo of a lamprey fish on the Feather River. Photo taken by the California Department of Water Resources in 2017.…
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Wildlife
Yet Another Oregon Wolf Settles in Northern California
A gray wolf is caught on camera in Northern California Wolf activity in Northern California is reaching unprecedented levels as…
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News
Flock of Critically Endangered Condors ‘Absolutely Trash’ California House
Twitter/@SeanaLyn Following near extinction, different programs have successfully brought critically endangered condors back to California. There are only 160 condors…
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Bay Area
Fifth Dead Whale Washes Ashore in Less than a Month Near San Francisco Bay
Photo: San Francisco Whale Tours Springtime along the Northern California coast is famous for its whale migrations, where gray whales…
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Bay Area
Officials Plan to Drop 2,900 Pounds of Poison on the Farallon Islands. Here’s Why.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife just approved a plan to drop 2,900 pounds of poison-laced bait on the wildlife-rich Farallon…
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Wildlife
You Can Help Name Redding’s Three New Eaglets
It was exciting news when the eagle cam on the Sacramento River in Redding recorded the hatching of three new…
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Tahoe
VIDEO: Bear Falls Through Thin Ice on Frozen Tahoe Pond
The Tahoe region is known for its many bear sightings. From bears breaking into homes, to bears breaking into cars…
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Wildlife
National Park Service Reveals 152 Tule Elk Died in Point Reyes in 2020
Photo by Hari Nandakumar Following the controversial decision to kill Tule Elk in Point Reyes National Seashore in favor of cattle ranchers,…
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Outdoors
Experimental Release of 186,000 Chinook Salmon Performed Downstream from Spawning Grounds on the Sacramento River
Photo: Golden State Salmon Association Officials from the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, in coordination with the Golden State Salmon Association,…
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Wildlife
More Than 500,000 Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Released Into the Feather River
More than a half million spring-run Chinook salmon smolts were released into the Feather River near Yuba City last week.…
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Wildlife
More Bears with Neurological Disorders Turning Up in Northern California
CDFW photo by Kirsten Macintyre The reports out of Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, last month sounded eerily familiar. A…
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North Coast
For the First Time in a Century, Condors Will Take Flight in Northern California
For the first time in 100 years, the endangered California condor will return to the Pacific Northwest. Once on the…
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Wildlife
Gray Wolf Continues Historic Trek Further South into California
The wolf that made the astounding trek from Oregon to the Eastern Sierra has continued to travel south. The GPS-collared…
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Wildlife
See the Biggest Steelhead Seen at the Coleman Fish Hatchery This Season
Since steelhead were listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1998, Coleman Fish Hatchery has been dedicated to growing…
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Wildlife
Campground in Plumas National Forest Closed for Bald Eagle Protection
A section of the Wyandotte Campground in the Plumas National Forest is temporarily closed to protect a bald eagle nesting…
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Wildlife
Redding’s Famed Eagles Welcome New Hatch to their Turtle Bay Nest
The famed Redding eagles have welcomed a new hatch into their Turtle Bay nest along the Sacramento River. Liberty and…
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North Coast
Abalone Fishing Banned in Northern California Until 2026
While the spring season typically signals the start of the recreational red abalone season, CDFW reminds anglers that the northern…
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News
5 Million Fall Chinook Salmon Released into the Sacramento River
Officials at the Coleman Fish Hatchery made their annual trip to the Sacramento River this week to release approximately 5…
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Wildlife
Shocking Video Shows Mountain Lion Devouring Cat in the Sierra
We all know that the vicious tendencies of nature are all around us. It’s just a little more shocking when…
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Wildlife
Coyote That Attacked Five People Caught and Removed from Bay Area Community
Photo by Joshua Wilking A multi-agency team of wildlife management professionals and local law enforcement caught and euthanized the coyote that…
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Wildlife
A Wolf Made the Astounding Trek from Oregon to Yosemite. Now Where Does it Go?
A gray wolf made major headlines after it made the long trek across the Oregon border and all the way…
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Wildlife
Gray Wolf Travels from Oregon to Eastern Sierra – The Furthest South Ever Tracked in California
A gray wolf is making major headlines after it made the long trek across the Oregon border and all the…
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Wildlife
Skiing Legend Finds Bear Living Under His Tahoe Hot Tub
The growing bear population in Tahoe has been heavily documented on this website, with bear-human interactions being scary and hilarious,…
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Wildlife
Volunteer Mauled by ‘Critically Endangered’ Leopard at Oroville Wildlife Sanctuary
Photo: Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Sanctuary A volunteer at Oroville’s Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Sanctuary was hospitalized over the weekend…
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Wildlife
Two Brand-New Siskiyou County Wolves Could Create California’s Second Wolfpack
Two Siskiyou County wolves caught on webcam It was a major milestone for wildlife conservationists in California when OR-85, a…
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Wildlife
Record Number of Bald Eagles Spotted on Lake Tahoe
Photo by Richard Lee It’s a banner year for Bald Eagles in Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Institute of Natural Science (TINS)…
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Wildlife
Hiker Encounters Crouching Bobcat Near Lake Tahoe
You never know what you might find when hiking in the wilderness. Beautiful views and exercise are typically on the…
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Wildlife
NorCal Deputy Kills Mountain Lion Stalking Family Near Placerville
Photo: El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office A Northern California family went for a seemingly innocuous stroll on a bike trail…
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Wildlife
Deer Freed from Entangled Hammock After Six Months Wandering Around Sacramento
Reports of a buck with an interesting hairdo wandering around Sacramento have been circulating for the past 6 months. Finally,…
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Wildlife
Young Sea Lion Returned to NorCal Beach Following Shark Attack in San Francisco Bay
The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito has successfully rehabilitated a young sea lion that was attacked by a shark in…
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Wildlife
Activists Defy NPS Orders to Deliver Drinking Water to ‘Thirsty and Dying’ Point Reyes Tule Elk
Photo by Hari Nandakumar There are plenty of people angered at the decision to kill Tule Elk in Point Reyes National…
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NorCal Man Tackles and Punches 350-Pound Bear to Save Dog ‘Buddy’
It was a seemingly normal day for Kaleb Bentham and his pitbull “Buddy” at their rural Grass Valley home when…
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Wildlife
Rare Videos Show the Lassen Pack in Action in Northern California
California’s only known wolf pack, the Lassen Pack, more than doubled in size in 2020 with a brand-new litter of…
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Wildlife
WATCH: Adorable Bear Cubs Play on Busy Yosemite Road
It’s never rare for visitors to Yosemite National Park to see bears. In fact, there have been 36 reported bear…
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Outdoors
Fisherman Battles with Sea Lions for Salmon on NorCal River
Facebook: Tim Bonuccelli When salmon are on the move through the rivers of Northern California to find their spawning grounds,…
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Bay Area
Dungeness Crab Season Delayed in California to Protect Whale Populations
Dungeness crab season in California has seen its fair share of disruptions in recent years as growing whale populations continue…
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Wildlife
Family of Coyotes STILL Living in Downtown Sacramento After 6 Months
Although San Francisco has received much of the attention regarding its increased coyote activity during the Covid-19 quarantine, Sacramento has quietly seen…
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Wildlife
Trail Cam Footage Shows Wildlife Fleeing the Flames of the Glass Fire
The flames of the Glass Fire burned through the Wine Country in the months of September and October, blazing 67,000…
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North Coast
Elusive ‘Humboldt Flying Squirrel’ Seen on Trail Cam in Northern California
Humboldt Flying Squirrel. Photo by Nick Kerhoulas. For over 200 years, scientists believed there were only 2 types of flying…
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Wildlife
700 Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Return to Battle Creek for Spawning
At least 700 sub-adult and adult winter-run Chinook salmon (winter Chinook) returned this year to Battle Creek. Although monitoring efforts…
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Yosemite-Mammoth
Yosemite Conservancy Provides $14 Million to Yosemite National Park in 2020
Photo by James Donovan Yosemite Conservancy is providing $14 million to Yosemite National Park in 2020 for restoration, research, preservation and…
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Wildlife
The Fall Spawning of Millions of Salmon on the Feather River is in Full Swing
Alan Sheckter Photography The annual process of spawning millions of salmon is in full swing in Oroville as the Feather…
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Wildlife
Salmon Viewing Kayak Tours Being Offered on the Feather River
Alan Sheckter Photography *Note: The salmon tours have now been sold out, with no announcement of additional tours being offered…
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Uncategorized
Park Service Announces Plan to Kill Tule Elk to Appease Ranchers in Point Reyes
The National Park Service has unveiled its plan to extend the leases of ranchers in Point Reyes National Seashore, which…
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Wildlife
Wildlife Officials Release Black Bear Burned in the Bear Fire Back into the Wild
Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife While the human tragedy caused by the devastating wildfires of Northern California can’t…
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Wildlife
Bear Activity Closes Popular Tahoe Salmon Viewing Destination
Flickr/Rose Davies The yearly migration of Kokanee Salmon at Tahoe’s Taylor Creek has become a popular destination for visitors to…
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Video
Giant Bear Returns to Tahoe Safeway to Grab a Meal for the 2nd Time in Just Over a Week
WATCH: For the second time in just over a week, a Safeway grocery store in Lake Tahoe got an unexpected…
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Wildlife
VIDEO: Giant Tahoe Bear Wanders into Grocery Store to Score a Bag of Tostitos
Tahoe’s King Beach community is used to having run ins with bears. During the summer months, bears emerge from hibernation…
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Video
Trail Cam Video Shows 8 Healthy Lassen Pack Pups in the Northern California Wilderness
California’s only known wolfpack, the Lassen Pack, more than doubled in size recently with a brand-new litter of eight pups.…
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Tahoe
Bears Hilariously Wander Around a Tahoe Golf Course During PGA Tour Tournament
Photo: PGA Tour If you’re a golf fan, you may have seen videos of golfers coming across alligators in the…
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Wildlife
Four Bears Were Hit by Speeding Cars in Yosemite National Park in July
Photo: National Park Service The bear activity in Yosemite National Park has surged since the park has enacted limited visitation…
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Wildlife
Lassen Pack Welcomes New Litter of Pups, Growing California’s Only Known Wolfpack to 14
California’s only known wolfpack more than doubled in size recently with a brand-new litter of eight pups. It’s the fourth…
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News
Lassen Expands Camping Closure Due to Bear Activity
The areas surrounding Cinder Cone are part of the camping closures on the east side of Lassen Volcanic National Park.…
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Wildlife
Conservation Collaborative Releases 115 Zoo-Reared Frogs into the Plumas National Forest
Photo: Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS By Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS Recently, 115 Foothill yellow-legged frogs, hailing from the Oakland Zoo, called the Plumas National…
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Wildlife
VIDEO: Brash Bear Attempts to Climb Through House Window in Eastern Sierra
View this post on Instagram We got a visit from one of our neighbors, apparently he is not fond of…
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Wildlife
Mama Duck Follows Animal Control Officer Carrying Ducklings for a Quarter Mile to be Reunited in Newark Lake
An animal control officer was called to a home in Newark, California this week after reports of a mama duck…
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Wildlife
Mountain Lion that Wreaked Havoc in San Francisco Found Dead Along Highway 101
It was a tumultuous few weeks for a young mountain lion that found itself in the throngs of the San…
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Tahoe
Tahoe Bear Seen Breaking into Six Cars in One Neighborhood
The bears in the area surrounding Lake Tahoe are known to be brash, hungry and adept at breaking into cars…
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Wildlife
Lassen Pack Female Captured and Recollared, Confirming Five Pups in Pack
The alpha female of the famed Lassen Pack, California’s only known wolfpack, was captured and equipped with a new tracking…
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Wildlife
River Otter Severely Injures Visitor to Lassen’s Manzanita Lake
Following an incident where a visitor to Lassen Volcanic National Park’s Manzanita Lake was “severely injured” by a river otter,…
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Wildlife
A ‘Possible Record’ Number of Blue Whales Spotted Off the Northern California Coast
It was a normal foggy morning for the five biologists stationed on the Farallon Islands last Saturday, until they looked…
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Bay Area
Mountain Lion Captured Outside San Francisco’s Oracle Park
Earlier this week, a video surfaced on the internet of a mountain lion walking through San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood,…
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Bay Area
Caught on Camera: Mountain Lion Takes a Stroll on the Streets of San Francisco
During the Covid-19 quarantine, packs of coyotes have been seen in volume for the first time in years on the…
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North Coast
VIDEO: Pod of Killer Whales Approaches Fishing Boat Off the Humboldt Coast
It’s typical to see plenty of marine wildlife off the Humboldt coast like sea lions, urchin and gray whales. But…
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Sacramento
Family of Coyotes Settles in Sacramento’s Busy Midtown Neighborhood
Although San Francisco has received much of the attention regarding its increased coyote activity during the Covid-19 quarantine, Sacramento has…
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Wildlife
Spawning of Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Begins at the Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery
It’s that time of year again, when the workers of Northern California’s hatcheries prepare for the winter-run Chinook salmon to…
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Tahoe
More Than 4,600 Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Released into Native Lake Tahoe
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has conducted its second stocking of Lahontan cutthroat trout into Lake Tahoe, releasing 4,645 of…
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Outdoors
PG&E’s Draining of Lower Bucks Lake Presents Grim Fate for the Fish
Photo: Bucks Lake Fire Department Inc. Sitting deep in the wilderness of the Plumas National Forest is Lower Bucks Lake,…
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Tahoe
Keep Tahoe Bears Wild!
By Lisa Herron, U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Spring is in full swing in the Tahoe Basin…
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Wildlife
Bald Eagle Rescued from Interstate 5 in Redding has Died
It was an uplifting story of a group of officials who rushed to the scene on Interstate 5 in Redding…
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