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Unfettered by Fences, Cattle Are Running Roughshod Over Toro Park

The 2020 River Fire, which was sparked by a dry lightning storm near Mt. Toro, burned over 40,000 acres and destroyed 30 structures. But it also burned a lot of infrastructure—including cattle fences.

(Oct. 22, 2021) → Read the full Monterey County Weekly report
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Wolf Spotted in Ventura County

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating reports of a gray wolf in northern Ventura County. As yet there is no forensic evidence to confirm the sightings were of OR-93, the wolf that traveled over 900 miles, including through San Benito and Monterey counties, between January and April.

(Oct. 6, 2021) → Read the full Benito Link report

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Image caption: RCDs look after the land, whether it’s used for grazing, growing, or getting out into nature.
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California Dirt
What do resource conservation districts protect? Pretty much everything that’s worth saving.

Image caption: Northern pintails and many other species of waterfowl depend on marshland in the Klamath Basin during migration.
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Dying for Fresh Water
This year, an estimated 60,000 birds have been poisoned by botulism in one of the oldest waterfowl conservation reserves in the state.

Image caption: In its Aug. 19 issue, Monterey County Weekly explores the four-legged vandals who are wreaking havoc in parks, fields and forests.
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Hogs Wild
Monterey County Weekly’s Christopher Neely writes about the havoc wrought by feral pigs, whose success is due to “factors ranging from natural to political.”

Image caption: Noise pollution and climate change threaten the orca species.
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Feds Expand Killer Whale Protection Zone in Monterey Bay
Noise pollution and a drought-driven shortage of salmon have led the federal government to expand the Monterey Bay protected habitat zone for killer whales.

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