El Dorado County Local News: Animals

06/12/2023
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has implemented a new policy recognizing the ecological benefits of beavers while mitigating conflict over damage to land and property (depredation).

06/05/2023
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed that multiple sightings of what is believed to be the same wolverine occurred in the eastern Sierra Nevada. Wolverines are classified as fully protected and listed as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act.

05/23/2023
As temperatures start to warm, bear cubs and yearlings are emerging from winter dens.

05/22/2023
South Lake Tahoe's 77-year-old trout farm was "well and truly dedicated" to be preserved by the Native Sons of the Golden West.

05/12/2023
Photographs have been flowing into the Tahoe Tribune email featuring bobcats that have been spotted around the region, leading the newspaper to explore whether there are more of the felines in the area.

05/03/2023
A familiar frog has found a favorable foothold in foothill freshwater thanks to efforts by the U.S. Forest Service in the Georgetown Ranger District of the Eldorado National Forest.

05/01/2023
The California Tahoe Conservancy is closing the Upper Truckee Marsh to dogs—a seasonal closure that protects birds and other wildlife during the breeding season.

04/27/2023
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been detected for the first time in free-ranging California wildlife. One hunter-harvested mule deer, a buck from El Dorado County, was confirmed to be infected. The deer was harvested in 2021 and sampled for chronic wasting disease surveillance.

04/24/2023
Ducks Unlimited’s mission is to conserve, restore, and manage wetlands and associated habitats for North America’s waterfowl. A new partnership will allow Watchable Wildlife to continue its mission of helping Californians experience nature.

02/28/2023
Wildlife Ecology Institute was awarded $236,000 to assist in the recovery of the endangered canine in concert with state and federal agencies and Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks .

02/23/2023
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and many wildlife rehabilitation centers have received reports of sick and dead band-tailed pigeons from locations along California’s Central Coast, the San Francisco Bay Area and Sierra Nevada foothill communities.

02/22/2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the California spotted owl population in the Sierra Nevada as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

02/13/2023
A young, orphaned black bear is on the loose in South Lake Tahoe and officials are seeking help in locating it after it escaped last week from a wildlife shelter.

02/04/2023
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Nevada Department of Wildlife are supporting BearWise, a program that helps people live more responsibly with bears.

01/30/2023
New research shows feeding mountain chickadees has no negative impact on the species as long as a few simple rules are followed.

01/24/2023
The group is expanding its “Pet Pantry” program, which helps owners keep their pets despite financial hardships or other barriers.

01/23/2023
The species, which once inhabited the upper elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges, has been detected near Taboose Pass, on the eastern... The Sierra Nevada red fox, which historically inhabited the upper elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades in California and Oregon, has been detected near the eastern boundary of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.

01/16/2023
Climate change models indicate that California’s Central Valley will experience conditions that could threaten the reproductive success of songbirds, according to a study from UC Davis.

01/11/2023
Cal Orey, a South Lake Tahoe resident for the past 24 years, has produced about a dozen books—the latest titled “Soulmates With Paws.”