El Dorado County Animals Digest

An update on the endangered condors released in California three years ago.

Faced with a tight budget. El Dorado County Supervisors approved a portion of the desired funds for improvements to Forebay Park i Pollock Pines.

A huge algae bloom is responsible for the deaths of sea lions, pelicans and whales off the California coast.

While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for sportsfishing in California.

A local backyard poultry flock has been confirmed by San Mateo County health officials to have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. Read on for more information.

Bird flu was detected in a stray cat in San Mateo County. Read on for more information.

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from November to February.

The statewide count of overwintering monarch butterflies shows a sharp drop in number. Read on to learn more.

The number of monarch butterflies overwintering in California are at a near-record low, and the wiping out of the Topanga butterfly habitat by the LA fires has made matters worse. Read on to learn more.

Read on to learn about the study of nonlethal means of protecting livestock from mountain lions underway by a coalition of universities and government agencies and how livestock owners can apply to participate.

Following news of the death of pet cats from eating bird flu infected raw food or raw milk, CapRadio has information about how to protect your feline friends.

The invasive South American housecat-sized semi-aquatic rodent is making the Bay Area a new home, and that's a problem. Read on to learn what wildlife officials are doing about it.

Keith Poulsen's jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack.

As the first serious case of bird flu in a human is reported and more dairy herds across the state are infected, California Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency. Read on to learn what that entails.

Living in an urban/wildland interface, as we do here in the Lake Tahoe Basin, comes with a responsibility to do our best to coexist with native wildlife.

Learn more about the CalTrans plan to replace the Meeks Creek Bridge on State Route 89 and give your feedback during the comment period which closes on December 27.

Learn how health officials and California dairies are responding, or not, to the explosive spread of bird flu through dairy herds across the state.

Most ships discharging ballast water into California waters are inspected, but state officials have tested the water of only 16 ships. Experts say invaders like mussels are inevitable under current rules and enforcement.

Learn more about the history and current status of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, and how it is working to meet California Department of Fish and Wildlife requirements and continue operations.

Bird flu has been spreading among dairy workers in California’s Central Valley, jumping from cows to people. A new suspected case in the Bay Area came from an unknown source.

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.