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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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Wildlife
Beware of the Shark-Infested Waters of Northern California’s Infamous Red Triangle
On the Northern California coast, starting in Bodega Bay and spanning down through the San Francisco Bay and all the…
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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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Video
Trail Cam Video Shows Mountain Lion Walking Right Next to Unaware People in NorCal
A trail cam near Susanville captured a couple magnificent videos of a mountain lion recently, showing the big cat walking…
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Wildlife
Bald Eagle Rescued After Landing on Interstate 5 in Redding
Officials received a report around 6:15 am Wednesday that a bald eagle was standing in the middle of Interstate 5…
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Video
WATCH: Kayaker Circled by Great White Shark in Monterey Bay
It was just hours after the fatal shark attack on a surfer in Santa Cruz when a kayaker was approached…
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North Coast
A Plan to Remove the Scott Dam on NorCal’s Eel River is Gaining Steam
Scott Dam. Photo: PG&E A group has submitted a plan to remove a Northern California dam which will provide headwaters…
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Wildlife
VIDEO: Stunning Albino Deer Seen Near Mount Shasta
We’ve seen some recent sightings of an albino deer along the Trinity River just east of Redding, but the above…
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Wildlife
Rare Albino Deer Spotted Along the Trinity River
It can be a stunning sight the likes of which many people never get a chance to see. An albino…
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Tahoe
WATCH: Coyote Attacks Small Dog on Tahoe Porch
A dog owner in South Lake Tahoe was surprised when a coyote ran up on his porch and attacked his…
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Sacramento
1.6 Million Fall Run Chinook Salmon Released into the American River
Although fishing season in four California counties has been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the California Department of Fish…
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Tahoe
Largest Restoration Project in Tahoe’s History Begins on Upper Truckee River Marsh
The California Tahoe Conservancy has begun construction on restoring the Upper Truckee River Marsh, the largest wetland restoration project in…
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Wildlife
Sea Lions Spotted Underneath the Tower Bridge on the Sacramento River
As the temperatures begin to heat up in Northern California, seas lions are swimming upstream from the San Francisco Bay…
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Butte
Where the Wildflowers Are: See NorCal’s Super Bloom at Oroville’s Table Mountain
Flickr/Sathish J Spring has arrived and that means wildflowers have begun to embellish many of our favorite trails. Strolling through…
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Wildlife
Iconic Photo of Coyote at Golden Gate Bridge Beautifully Illustrates Quarantine’s Silver Lining
View this post on Instagram shelter-in-place has brought out the wildlife in the bay area. this coyote noticed some whale…
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Wildlife
Yosemite Bear Sightings Have Quadrupled Since Coronavirus Closure
Photo:Â Josh Carter The general human public still isn’t allowed in Yosemite National Park and it seems like the animals are…
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Bay Area
Shocking Video Shows Coyotes Howling on the Empty Streets of San Francisco
As the streets of San Francisco remain relatively empty due to California’s Coronavirus and subsequent shelter-in-place mandate, coyotes have made…
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Wildlife
One of North America’s Rarest Mammals Spotted in Yosemite
The Sierra Nevada red fox is one of the most elusive mammals on the planet, living in solitary and only…
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Wildlife
Mountain Lion Tranquilized, Removed from a Chico Tree After it was Chased by a Dog
A big, bad mountain lion thought it was the king of a Chico neighborhood. That is, until it met a…
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Wildlife
Watch Male Coyotes Fight Over a Female During Mating Season in Point Reyes
Mating season for coyotes in the Point Reyes National Seashore typically runs from December to March, and can be a…
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Video
VIDEO: Wildlife Comes Out to Play in an Empty Yosemite National Park
Photo by Rakshith Hatwar Yosemite National Park has been closed to the human public for over two weeks now, and it…
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Wildlife
Stuck Inside? The Monterey Bay Aquarium is Live Streaming its Exhibits For All To See!
Photo: Monterey Bay Aquarium As many Northern California residents sit in their homes in self quarantine due to the Coronavirus,…
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Wildlife
Coyotes Are Taking Over the Empty Streets of San Francisco
The Coronavirus outbreak and California’s subsequent “shelter-in-place” mandate have left the typically bustling streets of San Francisco empty. As people…
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Sports
MASSIVE 230-Pound Sturgeon Caught on the Sacramento River
Although massive sturgeon have historically traveled up the Sacramento River to spawn on the Pit River, it’s very rare to…
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Wildlife
Over 200 Migrating Whales Seen at Point Reyes Over the Weekend
Photo: Merrill Gosho/NOAA The annual grey whale migration along the Northern California coast is beginning to peak and onlookers are…
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Wildlife
Photos Show the Ill-Effects of Seals Thriving in Northern California Waterways
Wildlife conservation in Northern California is a tricky subject. With each protection, or lack thereof, ripple effects are felt throughout…
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Wildlife
Check Out this HUMONGOUS Dead Chinook Salmon Found on the Mad River
Facebook user Ishan Steelhead posted a photo of a giant Chinook salmon found dead, floating down the Mad River in…
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News
California Ends Mandate for Striped Bass Populations, Setting Up the Fish’s Decline
The California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to amend its policy regarding striped bass, setting up a potential decline…
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News
California Trout Awarded $4.9 Million for Habitat Restoration, Including Two NorCal Projects
Thanks to the Fisheries Restoration Grant Program from the California Department of Fish and Game, California Trout has received $4,972,486…
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Wildlife
See Point Reyes Officials Attempt to Shoo Massive Elephant Seal Away from Busy Parking Lot
View this post on Instagram Northern Elephant Seal on Drake’s Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore. I couldn’t believe how fast…
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Photography
NorCal Man Wins California Wildlife Photo of the Year with this Incredible Eagle Image
Photo by Randy Robbins Susanville Photographer Randy Robbins goes to great lengths to capture stunning wildlife photography in Northern California.…
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Wildlife
Famed Redding Eagles Welcome New Egg to their Turtle Bay Nest
Liberty and Guardian incubating their brand-new egg in the Turtle Bay nest. Photo: Friends of Redding Eagles The famed eagles…
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Photography
These Backyard Trail Cam Composites Show the Vast Wildlife of Northern California
Randy Robbins is becoming a well-respected photographer in Northern California, recently winning the 2019 California Wildlife Photo of the Year.…
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Video
Watch Two Eagles Fight Over a Salmon Along the Sacramento River in Redding
One of the more well know bald eagle’s nests in Northern California sits along the Sacramento River in Redding, with…
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Outdoors
Resurrecting Hat Creek – A Wild Trout Legacy in Northern California
That magical, terrifying, intense time between the late 1960s and early 1970s saw change sweeping across America in steady waves.…
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News
NorCal Man Fined $20K for Illegally Killing a Trophy Deer on His Property
Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife  In 2017, California Fish and Wildlife game warden Dave Moskat was on his…
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Tahoe
Proposed Gondola Connecting Two Tahoe Ski Resorts Moving Forward Following Environmental Lawsuit
A proposal to build a gondola that connects Tahoe ski resorts Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley has cleared a major…
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Wildlife
Another Endangered Gray Wolf Found Dead in Northern California
OR-54 fitted with a GPS collar. Photo by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Another endangered gray wolf was found…
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Wildlife
CDFW Begins Capturing Elk and Antelope in NorCal for Tagging and Collaring
Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is planning to capture numerous…
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Wildlife
Record Number of Bald Eagles Found at Trinity Lake, Surpassing Shasta Lake
For years, Shasta Lake had been the largest area of nesting bald eagles in California, but that’s no longer the…
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Politics
What’s the Deal with Sites Reservoir? Northern California’s New 13-Mile Lake is Gaining Steam
As water storage has become one of the major issues California faces in the modern age, officials are looking for…
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Wildlife
Rare Video Shows 5 Mountain Lions Together in Northern California
Mountain lions are notoriously solitary big cats, that’s why scientists at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife were perplexed…
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Video
Monterey Bay Aquarium Livestream’s ‘Penis Fish’ Following Viral Point Reyes Story
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write – The public wants more penis fish and a California aquarium is…
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Bay Area
Point Reyes Officials Install Concrete Barriers to Keep 5,000 Pound Elephant Seals Out of the Parking Lot
Flickr/Rick Berg Drake’s Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore is home to some of the most robust marine wildlife…
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Wildlife
Reward Increased to $7,500 in Endangered Wolf Shooting Investigation in Northern California
Earlier this week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife offered a $2,500 reward for information int the case of…
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Wildlife
$2,500 Reward Offered in Endangered Wolf Murder Investigation in Northern California
Lassen Pack The issue of wolves migrating back into California has become controversial, as wolf conservationists and cattle ranchers continue…
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Wildlife
Illegal Trout Confiscated by CDFW Fed to Rehabilitating Bears, Raccoons and Bald Eagle
Trout confiscated at Antelope Lake on April 28. Photo: CDFW On April 28, 2019, California Department of Fish and Wildlife…
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Wildlife
Over 100 Wild Horses from Devil’s Garden Have Been Placed into Permanent Homes
Photo: U.S. Forest Service It was a controversial move to begin rounding up the beautiful wild horses of Devil’s Garden…
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Wildlife
Thousands of ‘Penis Fish’ Wash Ashore on Point Reyes Beach
A fat innkeeper worm in Bodega Bay in June 2019. Photo: Kate Montana/iNaturalist Creative Commons Drakes Beach in the Point…
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Wildlife
Tahoe Bear Destroys Car Interior After Breaking In and Getting Stuck Inside
It’s become a story all too familiar for Tahoe locals – a bear breaks into a car looking for human…
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Wildlife
Bear Killed in Tahoe Vista Neighborhood Sparks Outrage
A man living in the north Tahoe neighborhood of Tahoe Vista was fed up with having bears break into his…
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Wildlife
Watch a Bald Eagle Swoop in to Catch its Dinner on NorCal Lake
This incredible video of a bald eagle swooping in to catch its dinner on a lake in Butte County was…
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Wildlife
Greased Bowling Balls and the Circle of Life on the Klamath River
Photo: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington “WHOA,” my teenage son screamed. “Watch out! Those rocks are slippery. I…
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Wildlife
Mr. T-Shirt the 400-Pound Bear Rescued from a Dumpster in King’s Beach
Mr. T-Shirt has become a bit of a celebrity in the Tahoe town of King’s Beach. Known for the white…
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Wildlife
Our Official Response to the People Upset We Showed a Bear Eating a Deer on Our Website
This week, we published an article that included a video of a bear grabbing a hold of a deer on…
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Stories
To Dam or Un-Dam California? Now That’s a Complicated Question.
While some dams are old and nearly useless, major dams like Shasta provide flood control and water storage for millions…
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Eating
Eating Roadkill is Now Legal in California
Flickr/Don DeBold On Sunday October 15th Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 395 which allows people to take home…
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Wildlife
Humpback Whale Tangled in Fishing Net Washes Ashore on Humboldt Beach
Humboldt residents were surprised when they came across a humpback whale washed ashore on Wednesday. The whale was tangled in…
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Outdoors
Watch: Bear Goes for a Morning Swim in Lake Tahoe
https://www.facebook.com/ed.bonilla.9237/videos/199781014387713/ Bear sightings are common throughout the Tahoe area, but it’s usually rare to see them going for a morning…
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Wildlife
Tahoe’s Taylor Creek is Full of Big Kokanee Salmon and the Bears are Loving It
Flickr/Rose Davies The salmon run has returned to the Tahoe area and Taylor Creek is currently up to its gills…
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Tahoe
5,000 Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Reintroduced into their Native Lake Tahoe
Photo: Parker Ulry Nearly a hundred years ago, Lake Tahoe was full of Lahontan cutthroat trout, the only native fish…
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Wildlife
Mountain Lion Breaks into NorCal House, Locks Self in Bathroom
A family in Sonora was terrified when they recently received a late-night intruder into their home – one of the…
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Wildlife
CDFW: Motorists Should Watch Out For Animals on the Road During “Wildlife Week”
Two young mountain lions are seen near Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near where construction will soon begin…
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Wildlife
Forest Service Begins Another Round-Up of Hundreds of Wild Horses in Modoc National Forest
Photo: U.S. Forest Service In the northeast corner of Northern California sits the Modoc National Forest, which is home to…
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Wildlife
Watch: Teens Come Face-to-Face with Hungry Bear in Truckee Cabin
Everybody worries about about a late-night breaking and entering, but when its a hungry 250-pound bear, your heart can pound…
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Wildlife
Buck with Arrow Stuck in Muzzle Found and Treated Near Yreka
On August 23rd, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife received a group of calls reporting sightings of a nearby…
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Video
Watch: Sheriff’s Deputies Rescue Bear Cub Stuck in Tahoe Dumpster
This isn’t a new situation for Placer County Sheriff’s, who sometimes tend to need to deal with bear incidents more…
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Wildlife
CDFW Seeking Public Comment Regarding Northern California Summer Steelhead
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking information relevant to the proposed listing of Northern California Summer…
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North Coast
Yurok Tribe Acquires 50,000 Acres of Historic Land Surrounding Blue Creek
Photo of Blue Creek emptying out into the Klamath River. Photo: Yurok Tribe The Yurok Tribe celebrated a landmark victory…
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Sports
Pronghorn Elk Hunting Season Set to Open in Northern California
Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Sagebrush flats, rolling hills, wide-open skies and crisp mornings characterize California’s general pronghorn…
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Outdoors
Catch a Big Sturgeon and Receive a Reward from California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Are you planning to go sturgeon fishing in California this year? Keep an eye out for a white tag on…
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Wildlife
The Battle Between Ranchers and Tule Elk Coming to a Head in Point Reyes
Flickr/DAVID MCSPADDEN Point Reyes National Seashore, sitting north of San Francisco on the California coast, is home to a flourishing…
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Lassen
Trail Cam Footage Shows Lassen Pack Pups Howling in NorCal Wilderness
It was recently announced that the Lassen Pack, California’s only known wolfpack, welcomed a litter of three new pups. While…
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Wildlife
Millions of Butterflies Have Arrived on Lassen Peak for Yearly Migration
Every year in the fall, Lassen Peak is bombarded by millions of California Tortoiseshell Butterflies during their yearly migration. This…
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Wildlife
California Trout Pushes for the Removal of the Klamath River Dams
Support for the removal of four Klamath River hydroelectric dams is gaining steam. In January 2019, the Hoopa Tribe won…
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Wildlife
Meet Mr. T-Shirt: The 400-Pound Bear Who is a Local Celebrity in this Tahoe Town
View this post on Instagram DISCLAIMER: Sgt. Dellinger took this photo from a safe distance in his patrol car, away…
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Wildlife
Cascades Frog Halts the Trout Stocking of Northern California Reservoirs
Photo: CDFW In 2017, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to include the Cascades Frog on the California Endangered…
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Wildlife
Woman Films as Tahoe Bear Attempts to Crawl Through Cabin Window
She began to film as a big black bear approached her Tahoe cabin. It seemed like a once in a…
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Bay Area
Fishermen Land GIANT Great White Shark in San Francisco Bay
Joe Gamez of Golden State Sportfishing has made a living catching sharks in the San Francisco Bay for the past…
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Wildlife
Inside the Controversial Plan to Kill Thousands of Mice on the Farralon Islands
Farralon Islands In the 1800’s, seal hunters would make the 27-mile boat trip west of San Francisco to the waters…
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Wildlife
Lassen’s Famed Wolfpack Grows with a New Litter of Pups
Trail Camera of the Lassen Pack The Lassen Pack, California’s only known wolfpack, has grown recently with the announcement of…
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Wildlife
NorCal Hawklet Adopted by Eagles Goes Missing with the Worst Assumed
It was a story that captured the hearts and minds of Northern California when a family of Redding eagles were…
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Wildlife
Redding Eagles Baffle Scientists by Adopting Baby Hawk
The Friends of Redding Eagles recently noticed an odd situation at the nearby eagle’s nest when baby red-tailed hawk had…
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Wildlife
Heatwave Cooks Thousands of Mussels to Death on NorCal Coast
Photo: NOAA Weather extremes have been palpable in Northern California the past seven years, with wildfires from drought and flooding…
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Wildlife
Northern California Summer Steelhead to be Listed as an Endangered Species
Photo: NOAA The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to begin the process of listing Northern California summer…
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Video
MUST SEE! Bear Casually Breaks Into Car in Heavenly Mountain Parking Lot
https://www.facebook.com/krnvnews4/videos/1631660016965415/UzpfSTEyOTUwOTI1Njk6MjIzMTY5MjcxMDI1MTEyNQ/ Tyler Silvestri was driving through the Heavenly Ski Resort parking lot on Monday when he saw a big bear…
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Outdoors
Hunting and Fishing will be Expanded into NorCal Wildlife Refuges
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife. The federal government announced a major expansion of hunting and…
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Wildlife
Tahoe Bear Gets Trapped in Car, Proceeds to Demolish its Interior
There was another car burglary in Tahoe on June 5th and, like most other car burglaries in the area, the…
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Video
Rare Sight: Watch a Pod of Killer Whales Swim Through Humboldt Bay
A rare sight was gifted to visitors of Humboldt Bay when a pod of killer whales were seen cruising through…
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Video
Video of Baby Deer Being Rescued in Auburn will Melt Your Heart
A group on a boat found a baby deer longing for help in the Lake of the Pines in Auburn…
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Wildlife
Fish and Wildlife Officials Offer $2,500 Reward for Information in Humboldt Elk Poaching Case
Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife In December 2018, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife pleaded with the…
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Video
Watch: Bear Scampers Along Squaw Valley Run During May Storm
For the past month, bears have been awakening from their winter hibernation to return in droves to the Tahoe area…
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