El Dorado County Animals Digest

The invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitos have been detected in more areas of Santa Clara County, prompting officials to hold meetings to discuss their response to the threat posed by the species. 

Sixty years ago, I was a reporter for the Klamath Falls (Oregon) Herald and News and with my family lived in a small house on the Link River, which flows out of Upper Klamath Lake, draining a large portion of the Cascade mountain range.

Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn around.

A strain of bird flu that imperiled California poultry and cattle has jumped to people. In humans, the symptoms are mild and the virus has not been transmitted among people.

Growers support a federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could harm more salmon and other endangered fish.

The salmon have begun their migration up Taylor Creek in South Lake Tahoe.

The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe is putting out the call for volunteers to help at its Lake Tahoe Boulevard facility in South Lake Tahoe.

H5N1 bird flu has been reported in three California dairy herds.

Efforts to bring back the native Lahontan cutthroat trout to Lake Tahoe are making progress.

Enrollment is open for youth ages 5-18 to join the El Dorado County 4-H.

On July 25, a team from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife arrived to relocate a family of beavers who were causing damage to the Cameron Park lake dam.

A plague of grasshoppers have descended upon a 20-acre Latrobe property, part of a growing problem in other parts of the state.

Based on an investigation by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the El Dorado County District Attorney has declined to press charges in the shooting of a bear in a South Lake Tahoe residence on May 27.

Funding of over $3 million was awarded for efforts to protect the lake from aquatic invasive species.

Advice for local gardeners now that winter is over and rattlesnakes are out and about.

Expert advice on staying safe during rattlesnake season.

Several bills making their way through the California Legislature seek to address overcrowded animal shelters and streamline how animals receive care.

California has released 500,000 salmon into the Klamath River. As dams are removed, the fish will be some of the first to return to a free-flowing river.

Local county residents recount recent sightings of mountain lions near schools in populated areas.

Obstacles are mounting for officials who are attempting to rescue a young gray whale that was discovered entangled in a gillnet off Laguna Beach was recently sighted off the coast of Thornton State Beach in Daly City .

Captains of fishing boats on the California coast are bracing for salmon fishing to be severely restricted — or possibly canceled for a second year.

The Bureau of Land Management and the El Dorado Chapter of the California Native Plant Society are leading free guided bird and plant tours April 13 through May 26 at the Pine Hill Preserve.

The annual migration of Sandhill Cranes is taking place, and more are choosing to nest in the Lake Tahoe region after nearly vanishing from the area.

The goal is to eliminate habitat competition between "invasive" owls and native owls.

A man was fatally attacked and his brother injured by a mountain lion in a remote area near Georgetown.

There was a time not so long ago when trained observers were overwhelmed by the number of whales migrating through Monterey Bay.

The Wildlife Conservation Board voted to award $10.3 million to the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County to preserve the 27,000-acre Camatta Ranch in Santa Margarita.

While temperatures aren’t warm enough for mosquitoes to run rampant, now’s the time to prevent breeding grounds.

Ten conservation groups filed an intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for its failure to list western wolves under the Endangered Species Act.

South County Large Animal Rescue volunteers and representatives from El Dorado County came together Jan. 27 for a hands-on wildfire evacuation simulation training.

An extinct species of walrus was unearthed in Santa Cruz County, evoking a time when California was teeming with odd creatures that feel closer to fantasy than reality, researchers said.

Each fall, millions of hunters across North America bag deer. Over the winter, people chow down on the venison steaks, sausage, and burgers made from the animals.