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[aside postID=news_11962399 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/NPSPhoto_GavinEmmons_CACO-692-726-High-Peaks-1020x680.jpg']American bald eagles teetered on the brink of extinction until the pesticide DDT was banned in the 1970s and other protections were established, leading the species to rebound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We love keeping track of nesting pairs like this,” he said Wednesday. “They show that conservation works and that the habitat is intact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackie has been using the nest, built by other eagles, since 2017. Last year, she laid eggs in January and spent weeks incubating them. The eagle pair then began leaving them unattended. In March, ravens breached the eggs, revealing no obvious development, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Hatch watch is underway in the Southern California mountains. Three bald eagle chicks could emerge this week from eggs laid in a nest monitored by nature lovers via a popular online camera feed.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1709253651,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":8,"wordCount":391},"headData":{"title":"Watch 3 Bald Eagle Chicks in Southern California Hatch Live This Week | KQED","description":"Hatch watch is underway in the Southern California mountains. Three bald eagle chicks could emerge this week from eggs laid in a nest monitored by nature lovers via a popular online camera feed.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/\">AP News\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11977629/watch-3-bald-eagle-chicks-in-southern-california-hatch-live-this-week","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hatch watch is underway in the Southern California mountains. Three bald eagle chicks could emerge this week from eggs laid in a nest monitored by nature lovers via \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L2nfGcuE\">a popular online camera feed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mother, Jackie, laid the eggs in late January atop a tree overlooking Big Bear Lake high in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. She diligently sat on the eggs for more than two and a half days straight when a recent winter storm blanketed the nest with snow. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘This is the longest time she has ever stayed on the nest incubating her eggs without a break! Sixty-one hours 58 minutes!’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Friends of Big Bear Valley","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This is the longest time she has ever stayed on the nest incubating her eggs without a break! Sixty-one hours 58 minutes!” said the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.friendsofbigbearvalley.org/\">Friends of Big Bear Valley\u003c/a>, which installed the nest camera in 2015 and documents the successes and failures of each breeding season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the storm, Jackie has shared incubating duties with the watchful father, Shadow. Biologists expect the eaglets to begin to hatch on Thursday or Friday. The process of chicks breaking out of their shells is also known as pipping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those monitoring the eggs’ progress from afar is biologist Kelly Sorenson, executive director of the Ventana Wildlife Society in central California. While his group is not involved with the Big Bear eagles, he sees their breeding as emblematic of the comeback the species has made in the state over the past decades. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11962399","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/NPSPhoto_GavinEmmons_CACO-692-726-High-Peaks-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>American bald eagles teetered on the brink of extinction until the pesticide DDT was banned in the 1970s and other protections were established, leading the species to rebound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We love keeping track of nesting pairs like this,” he said Wednesday. “They show that conservation works and that the habitat is intact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackie has been using the nest, built by other eagles, since 2017. Last year, she laid eggs in January and spent weeks incubating them. The eagle pair then began leaving them unattended. In March, ravens breached the eggs, revealing no obvious development, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11977629/watch-3-bald-eagle-chicks-in-southern-california-hatch-live-this-week","authors":["byline_news_11977629"],"categories":["news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_18132","news_31359","news_18538","news_3187","news_18355","news_1421"],"featImg":"news_11977640","label":"news"},"news_11962399":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11962399","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11962399","score":null,"sort":[1695682446000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-condor-flock-soars-over-contra-costa-county-for-first-time-in-100-years","title":"California Condor Flock Soars Over Contra Costa County for First Time in 100 Years","publishDate":1695682446,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Condor Flock Soars Over Contra Costa County for First Time in 100 Years | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Winged visitors alien to the area have been casting their large shadows over Contra Costa and Stanislaus counties recently. Preservation group Save Mount Diablo said in a statement Monday they’ve tracked the paths of six California condors soaring through the skies above Round Valley and Morgan Territory regional preserves, with one even flying a mile or two west of Mount Diablo’s summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alacia Welch, condor program manager, Pinnacles National Park\"]‘We are excited to see more California condors from Pinnacles National Park continue to expand their range as they explore Mount Diablo and surrounding mountains.’[/pullquote]“This is amazing news,” said Seth Adams, Save Mount Diablo’s land conservation director. “This is the first flock of California condors to visit Contra Costa in 100 years, and the first record of one flying west of Diablo’s peaks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adams said he’s been “chasing condors” for 40 years, since the recovery program began. In the 1970s, biologists found only a few dozen condors remained in the wild, thanks to human activity. Lead poisoning in dead animals shot with human-made bullets has been a major factor in the condors’ decline. Condors are scavengers and may accidentally ingest lead bullets in carrion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A major conservation project was started to save the California condor from extinction in 1980. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife website, wild eggs were collected and hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park to help increase the population. A few condors were taken to the zoos for captive breeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the efforts didn’t stop the decline in the wild bird population, so the strategy turned to capturing the rest of the wild population. The population was down to 22 birds at one point. The last wild condor was captured in 1987.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Captive breeding worked and the program began releasing condors back to the wild in 1992, mostly in the state’s central and southern coastal areas. The population grew from 27 birds in 1987 to 446 by 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962402\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-800x1035.jpg\" alt=\"A map that shows the locations of condors in California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1035\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-800x1035.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-1020x1320.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-160x207.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-1920x2485.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of 6 California condors’ locations on Sept. 6 and 7, 2023 as tracked by GPS units. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy of National Park Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been hoping the birds would reclaim Mount Diablo,” Adams said, “Now they are. This kind of good news is happening again and again. But what it really highlights is the importance of the giant Diablo Range as habitat for the birds — 200 miles north-south and 3.5 million acres of high-quality intact habitat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Save Mount Diablo said in recent years condors have explored the northern Diablo Range, lengthening their flights northward as they fly closer and closer to Mount Diablo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11956021,science_1982698\" label=\"Related Stories\"]In 2021, a California condor flew into Contra Costa County for the first time in more than 100 years, taking an exploratory flight into new territory in the Round Valley-Morgan Territory area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, another condor was tracked soaring over Brushy Peak Regional Preserve in June, making it the second known California condor in the Mount Diablo area in more than 100 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Save Mount Diablo said radio tags or GPS transmitters are placed on all condors, because there are so few, and each one is important to the overall population. The GPS transmitters and subscription service were partially funded by grants from Save Mount Diablo’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officially, condors 692, 726, 943 and 1021 have flown close to Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, spending several hours over Round Valley and Morgan Territory regional preserves. Condor 692 flew the closest to Mount Diablo, passing a mile or two west of its summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Condor 692 (a 10-year-old male originally released at Pinnacles National Park) and condor 726 (a 9-year-old female originally released in Big Sur) are regularly seen at Pinnacles National Park and have nested there since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the six condors that flew near Mount Diablo, three have been treated for lead poisoning at some point in their lives. In 2021, Condor 943 was seen with a beer can stuck over his lower beak that he could not get off and made it impossible for him to eat. Biologists were able to trap him after more than two weeks and remove the can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Save Mount Diablo said the incident reinforced the importance of the “Leave No Trace” ethic in wild places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are excited to see more California condors from Pinnacles National Park continue to expand their range as they explore Mount Diablo and surrounding mountains. A number of condors are outfitted with GPS trackers and that is how we know when they fly great distances from Pinnacles,” said Alacia Welch, the condor program manager for Pinnacles National Park, in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, new laws took effect in California banning lead ammunition when hunting wildlife throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These flights could be the first step towards the condors expanding their range further north, though Save Mount Diablo said it might be years before condors nest in Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Condors need cavities for nesting, so they look for cliffs, large rocky areas or mature redwood trees with large hollows. They also require good foraging habitat (relatively undeveloped areas, including rangelands) and water to thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Save Mount Diablo said the six condors ended their day by flying back down south to roost on a communications tower at Mount Oso, north of Del Puerto Canyon in Stanislaus County, where several of the other juvenile condors were flying around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Preservation group Save Mount Diablo said on Monday they've tracked the paths of 6 California condors soaring through the skies above Round Valley and Morgan Territory regional preserves.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1695750353,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":959},"headData":{"title":"California Condor Flock Soars Over Contra Costa County for First Time in 100 Years | KQED","description":"Preservation group Save Mount Diablo said on Monday they've tracked the paths of 6 California condors soaring through the skies above Round Valley and Morgan Territory regional preserves.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"nprByline":"Tony Hicks, Bay City News","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11962399/california-condor-flock-soars-over-contra-costa-county-for-first-time-in-100-years","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Winged visitors alien to the area have been casting their large shadows over Contra Costa and Stanislaus counties recently. Preservation group Save Mount Diablo said in a statement Monday they’ve tracked the paths of six California condors soaring through the skies above Round Valley and Morgan Territory regional preserves, with one even flying a mile or two west of Mount Diablo’s summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We are excited to see more California condors from Pinnacles National Park continue to expand their range as they explore Mount Diablo and surrounding mountains.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Alacia Welch, condor program manager, Pinnacles National Park","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This is amazing news,” said Seth Adams, Save Mount Diablo’s land conservation director. “This is the first flock of California condors to visit Contra Costa in 100 years, and the first record of one flying west of Diablo’s peaks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adams said he’s been “chasing condors” for 40 years, since the recovery program began. In the 1970s, biologists found only a few dozen condors remained in the wild, thanks to human activity. Lead poisoning in dead animals shot with human-made bullets has been a major factor in the condors’ decline. Condors are scavengers and may accidentally ingest lead bullets in carrion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A major conservation project was started to save the California condor from extinction in 1980. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife website, wild eggs were collected and hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park to help increase the population. A few condors were taken to the zoos for captive breeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the efforts didn’t stop the decline in the wild bird population, so the strategy turned to capturing the rest of the wild population. The population was down to 22 birds at one point. The last wild condor was captured in 1987.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Captive breeding worked and the program began releasing condors back to the wild in 1992, mostly in the state’s central and southern coastal areas. The population grew from 27 birds in 1987 to 446 by 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962402\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-800x1035.jpg\" alt=\"A map that shows the locations of condors in California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1035\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-800x1035.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-1020x1320.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-160x207.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-1920x2485.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/DiabloRangeCondorsSept2023-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of 6 California condors’ locations on Sept. 6 and 7, 2023 as tracked by GPS units. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy of National Park Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been hoping the birds would reclaim Mount Diablo,” Adams said, “Now they are. This kind of good news is happening again and again. But what it really highlights is the importance of the giant Diablo Range as habitat for the birds — 200 miles north-south and 3.5 million acres of high-quality intact habitat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Save Mount Diablo said in recent years condors have explored the northern Diablo Range, lengthening their flights northward as they fly closer and closer to Mount Diablo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11956021,science_1982698","label":"Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In 2021, a California condor flew into Contra Costa County for the first time in more than 100 years, taking an exploratory flight into new territory in the Round Valley-Morgan Territory area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, another condor was tracked soaring over Brushy Peak Regional Preserve in June, making it the second known California condor in the Mount Diablo area in more than 100 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Save Mount Diablo said radio tags or GPS transmitters are placed on all condors, because there are so few, and each one is important to the overall population. The GPS transmitters and subscription service were partially funded by grants from Save Mount Diablo’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officially, condors 692, 726, 943 and 1021 have flown close to Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, spending several hours over Round Valley and Morgan Territory regional preserves. Condor 692 flew the closest to Mount Diablo, passing a mile or two west of its summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Condor 692 (a 10-year-old male originally released at Pinnacles National Park) and condor 726 (a 9-year-old female originally released in Big Sur) are regularly seen at Pinnacles National Park and have nested there since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the six condors that flew near Mount Diablo, three have been treated for lead poisoning at some point in their lives. In 2021, Condor 943 was seen with a beer can stuck over his lower beak that he could not get off and made it impossible for him to eat. Biologists were able to trap him after more than two weeks and remove the can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Save Mount Diablo said the incident reinforced the importance of the “Leave No Trace” ethic in wild places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are excited to see more California condors from Pinnacles National Park continue to expand their range as they explore Mount Diablo and surrounding mountains. A number of condors are outfitted with GPS trackers and that is how we know when they fly great distances from Pinnacles,” said Alacia Welch, the condor program manager for Pinnacles National Park, in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, new laws took effect in California banning lead ammunition when hunting wildlife throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These flights could be the first step towards the condors expanding their range further north, though Save Mount Diablo said it might be years before condors nest in Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Condors need cavities for nesting, so they look for cliffs, large rocky areas or mature redwood trees with large hollows. They also require good foraging habitat (relatively undeveloped areas, including rangelands) and water to thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Save Mount Diablo said the six condors ended their day by flying back down south to roost on a communications tower at Mount Oso, north of Del Puerto Canyon in Stanislaus County, where several of the other juvenile condors were flying around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11962399/california-condor-flock-soars-over-contra-costa-county-for-first-time-in-100-years","authors":["byline_news_11962399"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_6029","news_4794","news_1421"],"featImg":"news_11962403","label":"news"},"news_11955604":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11955604","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11955604","score":null,"sort":[1689273288000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"this-otter-is-hassling-santa-cruz-surfers-and-stealing-their-boards","title":"This Otter Is Hassling Santa Cruz Surfers — and Stealing Their Boards","publishDate":1689273288,"format":"standard","headTitle":"This Otter Is Hassling Santa Cruz Surfers — and Stealing Their Boards | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>An aggressive sea otter in California is hassling locals by riding boards she stole from surfers in the lineup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steamer Lane is a legendary point break nestled along the rocky shores of Santa Cruz, home to swaths of experienced surfers, as well as a 5-year-old female sea otter with a growing reputation for repeatedly confronting surfers and kayakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CuiOma5rRWT/?hl=en\">Videos across social media\u003c/a> show the otter hoisting itself out of the ocean and onto boards while surfers sit back in awe. At times she’s chewed on the boards or forced surfers to surrender their boards altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CuiOma5rRWT\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Onlookers in the videos can be heard laughing in jest at surfers’ misfortune, but officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say the otter poses a public safety risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While there have been no confirmed reports of injury, due to the highly unusual behavior of this otter, kayakers, surfers, and others recreating in the area should not approach the otter or encourage the otter’s interactions,” the USFWS said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixty-year-old Santa Cruz native and photographer Mark Woodward said he has photographed hundreds of otters over the years, but has never seen something like this. He’s witnessed the otter bully surfers three times in less than a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw the first incident on June 18 and I didn’t know what was happening,” Woodward told NPR. “… It was quite astounding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1464px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c.jpg\" alt=\"a large sea otter sits at one end of a blue surfboard while a surfer lays under the board with their feet up on either side\" width=\"1464\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c.jpg 1464w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1464px) 100vw, 1464px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An otter at a popular surf break in Santa Cruz has been confronting surfers, going as far as stealing their boards and riding waves. \u003ccite>(Mark Woodward/@NativeSantaCruz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The USFWS said the otter’s behavior is “concerning and unusual,” and though the exact cause is unknown, officials said it could be associated with hormonal surges or being fed by humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern sea otters are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and are protected under the Marine Mammal Act as well as California law, the USFWS said. After being hunted to near extinction for their fur in the 1700s and 1800s, the population has rebounded since becoming a protected species and is a key predator in California’s coastal ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A team from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium is looking for the otter to catch and rehome her. Unfortunately once the otter is caught, Monterey Bay Aquarium spokesperson Kevin Connor told NPR, she won’t be able to return to the wild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The animal, officially known as otter 841, was born in captivity — because it’s mother had also been too friendly with humans — and then successfully released into the wild in June 2020, Connor told NPR. It wasn’t until September 2022 that she started exhibiting her bizarre behavior at Steamer Lane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, CDFW and aquarium staff were able to drive the animal out of the area, a process called \u003ca href=\"https://icwdm.org/hazing/\">hazing\u003c/a>, in hopes of deterring her from interacting with people. But her most recent interactions show she’s no longer afraid of humans, Connor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1223px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4.jpg\" alt=\"A surfer with a concerned look on their face holds their upside down surfboard in the water while a large otter swims towards them\" width=\"1223\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4.jpg 1223w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1223px) 100vw, 1223px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The otter at Steamer Lane will live out the rest of its life in captivity once caught by the USFWS and aquarium staff. She’s no longer afraid of humans, and if the otter were to bite or harm a person, she would have to be euthanized. \u003ccite>(Mark Woodward/@NativeSantaCruz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Trying to recapture the otter is an effort to avoid anything more drastic. If the otter were to harm or bite a person, the USFW, which is responsible for managing the population of these animals, would have to begin discussions of euthanizing the animal,” Connor said. “That’s the reality, and nobody wants to see that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once caught, she will be taken to the aquarium for an exam before being moved into her forever home at an USFWS-approved location. Like her mother before her, otter 841 has been deemed un-releasable, Connor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The southern sea otter was believed to be gone forever, until a family of 50 were found in Big Sur in 1938, Connor said. Today, they number approximately 3,000, a mere 30% of what scientists believe the original population was before their near brush with extinction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2023 NPR.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=An+otter+in+Santa+Cruz+is+hassling+surfers+%E2%80%94+and+stealing+their+boards&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Videos across social media show the otter hoisting herself onto boards while surfers sit back in awe. At times, she's forced surfers to surrender their boards altogether.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1689278557,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":732},"headData":{"title":"This Otter Is Hassling Santa Cruz Surfers — and Stealing Their Boards | KQED","description":"Videos across social media show the otter hoisting herself onto boards while surfers sit back in awe. At times, she's forced surfers to surrender their boards altogether.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"source":"NPR","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org/","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/963390115/dustin-jones\">Dustin Jones\u003c/a>","nprImageAgency":"Mark Woodward/@NativeSantaCruz","nprStoryId":"1187295769","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1187295769&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187295769/otter-santa-cruz-surfboard-surfers-california?ft=nprml&f=1187295769","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Thu, 13 Jul 2023 05:04:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Thu, 13 Jul 2023 05:04:23 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Thu, 13 Jul 2023 05:04:23 -0400","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11955604/this-otter-is-hassling-santa-cruz-surfers-and-stealing-their-boards","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>An aggressive sea otter in California is hassling locals by riding boards she stole from surfers in the lineup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steamer Lane is a legendary point break nestled along the rocky shores of Santa Cruz, home to swaths of experienced surfers, as well as a 5-year-old female sea otter with a growing reputation for repeatedly confronting surfers and kayakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CuiOma5rRWT/?hl=en\">Videos across social media\u003c/a> show the otter hoisting itself out of the ocean and onto boards while surfers sit back in awe. At times she’s chewed on the boards or forced surfers to surrender their boards altogether.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"CuiOma5rRWT"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Onlookers in the videos can be heard laughing in jest at surfers’ misfortune, but officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say the otter poses a public safety risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While there have been no confirmed reports of injury, due to the highly unusual behavior of this otter, kayakers, surfers, and others recreating in the area should not approach the otter or encourage the otter’s interactions,” the USFWS said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixty-year-old Santa Cruz native and photographer Mark Woodward said he has photographed hundreds of otters over the years, but has never seen something like this. He’s witnessed the otter bully surfers three times in less than a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw the first incident on June 18 and I didn’t know what was happening,” Woodward told NPR. “… It was quite astounding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1464px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c.jpg\" alt=\"a large sea otter sits at one end of a blue surfboard while a surfer lays under the board with their feet up on either side\" width=\"1464\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c.jpg 1464w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_8874-b39a539e52ced1b99245c7d9733c10d36381b32c-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1464px) 100vw, 1464px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An otter at a popular surf break in Santa Cruz has been confronting surfers, going as far as stealing their boards and riding waves. \u003ccite>(Mark Woodward/@NativeSantaCruz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The USFWS said the otter’s behavior is “concerning and unusual,” and though the exact cause is unknown, officials said it could be associated with hormonal surges or being fed by humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern sea otters are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and are protected under the Marine Mammal Act as well as California law, the USFWS said. After being hunted to near extinction for their fur in the 1700s and 1800s, the population has rebounded since becoming a protected species and is a key predator in California’s coastal ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A team from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium is looking for the otter to catch and rehome her. Unfortunately once the otter is caught, Monterey Bay Aquarium spokesperson Kevin Connor told NPR, she won’t be able to return to the wild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The animal, officially known as otter 841, was born in captivity — because it’s mother had also been too friendly with humans — and then successfully released into the wild in June 2020, Connor told NPR. It wasn’t until September 2022 that she started exhibiting her bizarre behavior at Steamer Lane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, CDFW and aquarium staff were able to drive the animal out of the area, a process called \u003ca href=\"https://icwdm.org/hazing/\">hazing\u003c/a>, in hopes of deterring her from interacting with people. But her most recent interactions show she’s no longer afraid of humans, Connor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1223px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4.jpg\" alt=\"A surfer with a concerned look on their face holds their upside down surfboard in the water while a large otter swims towards them\" width=\"1223\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4.jpg 1223w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/dsc_9001-763dc99e7f319773a2605a89e6015a89cddc3dd4-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1223px) 100vw, 1223px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The otter at Steamer Lane will live out the rest of its life in captivity once caught by the USFWS and aquarium staff. She’s no longer afraid of humans, and if the otter were to bite or harm a person, she would have to be euthanized. \u003ccite>(Mark Woodward/@NativeSantaCruz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Trying to recapture the otter is an effort to avoid anything more drastic. If the otter were to harm or bite a person, the USFW, which is responsible for managing the population of these animals, would have to begin discussions of euthanizing the animal,” Connor said. “That’s the reality, and nobody wants to see that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once caught, she will be taken to the aquarium for an exam before being moved into her forever home at an USFWS-approved location. Like her mother before her, otter 841 has been deemed un-releasable, Connor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The southern sea otter was believed to be gone forever, until a family of 50 were found in Big Sur in 1938, Connor said. Today, they number approximately 3,000, a mere 30% of what scientists believe the original population was before their near brush with extinction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2023 NPR.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=An+otter+in+Santa+Cruz+is+hassling+surfers+%E2%80%94+and+stealing+their+boards&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11955604/this-otter-is-hassling-santa-cruz-surfers-and-stealing-their-boards","authors":["byline_news_11955604"],"categories":["news_29992","news_223","news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_18132","news_1357","news_721","news_5501","news_1071","news_1421"],"featImg":"news_11955605","label":"source_news_11955604"},"news_11953475":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11953475","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11953475","score":null,"sort":[1687304755000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"500000-gallon-sewage-leak-in-el-sobrante-was-preventable","title":"500,000-Gallon Sewage Leak in El Sobrante Was 'Preventable'","publishDate":1687304755,"format":"standard","headTitle":"500,000-Gallon Sewage Leak in El Sobrante Was ‘Preventable’ | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>More than 500,000 gallons of sewage spilled from a maintenance hole in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/el-sobrante\">El Sobrante\u003c/a>, according to a local wastewater treatment agency. The waste leaked into nearby San Pablo Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West County Wastewater (WCW) was alerted to the spill by a nearby resident, who called it in over the weekend. The agency said it has stopped the leak, which they estimate may have lasted up to two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really disappointing to have a sewage spill of this magnitude,” said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director of the pollution watchdog nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://baykeeper.org/\">San Francisco Baykeeper\u003c/a>. “It’s a lot to go unnoticed for almost two weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth] \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a WCW press release, the spill was caused by a “blockage of grease and disposable wipes, which should not be flushed down toilets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WCW said there’s been no impact to the public, though Choksi-Chugh points out sewage spills from maintenance holes can contain chemicals and pharmaceuticals and can also be dangerous for humans, pets and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director, San Francisco Baykeeper\"]‘It’s really disappointing to have a sewage spill of this magnitude. It’s a lot to go unnoticed for almost two weeks.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people could come into contact with this sewage water while it’s in the street, and that can cause illness in people, it can cause illness in pets,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sewage can also make its way into the San Francisco Bay and affect wildlife there, including fish and birds, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, there are no reports of any deceased wildlife associated with the incident,” said Eileen White, executive officer of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/\">San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board\u003c/a>, which is investigating the incident. “That’s what we look for: Are there dead birds? Are there dead fish in the area?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White said the \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/\">California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a> is doing a more thorough assessment of the impact on nearby waterways and habitat areas.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label='More Stories on Wildlife' tag='wildlife']\u003c/span>“Unfortunately, where the sewage was coming out was not obvious to people for some time,” White said. “It wasn’t like it was coming out in front of someone’s house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that once WCW was alerted to the incident, the agency acted immediately to stop the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill has been stopped, but is not yet contained, according to WCW. In the meantime, the agency is collecting samples and running tests in the affected areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Contra Costa County Health Department is also investigating potential health impacts from the sewage that leaked into nearby San Pablo Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While that creek is not a source of drinking water, it is a habitat area and also goes through a residential community, and if anyone would happen to be in contact with the creek, there could potentially be some health issues,” said county Supervisor John Gioia.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director, San Francisco Baykeeper\"]‘[WCW] really should have put this pipe on a maintenance schedule before this spill happened. This was a preventable spill.’[/pullquote]Baykeeper’s Choksi-Chugh said sewage spills of this magnitude are more common during heavy rainstorms when there’s a lot of water running through the system. A dry spill of this magnitude, she said, is very rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a reminder of the Bay Area’s aging sewage system, which Choksi-Chugh said dates back more than 60 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[WCW] really should have put this pipe on a maintenance schedule before this spill happened,” she said. “This was a preventable spill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"El Sobrante's nearby San Pablo Creek was affected as raw sewage spilled from a maintenance hole. Household items causing blockage are to blame.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1687312287,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":642},"headData":{"title":"500,000-Gallon Sewage Leak in El Sobrante Was 'Preventable' | KQED","description":"El Sobrante's nearby San Pablo Creek was affected as raw sewage spilled from a maintenance hole. 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The agency said it has stopped the leak, which they estimate may have lasted up to two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really disappointing to have a sewage spill of this magnitude,” said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director of the pollution watchdog nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://baykeeper.org/\">San Francisco Baykeeper\u003c/a>. “It’s a lot to go unnoticed for almost two weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a WCW press release, the spill was caused by a “blockage of grease and disposable wipes, which should not be flushed down toilets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WCW said there’s been no impact to the public, though Choksi-Chugh points out sewage spills from maintenance holes can contain chemicals and pharmaceuticals and can also be dangerous for humans, pets and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘It’s really disappointing to have a sewage spill of this magnitude. It’s a lot to go unnoticed for almost two weeks.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director, San Francisco Baykeeper","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people could come into contact with this sewage water while it’s in the street, and that can cause illness in people, it can cause illness in pets,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sewage can also make its way into the San Francisco Bay and affect wildlife there, including fish and birds, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, there are no reports of any deceased wildlife associated with the incident,” said Eileen White, executive officer of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/\">San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board\u003c/a>, which is investigating the incident. “That’s what we look for: Are there dead birds? Are there dead fish in the area?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White said the \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/\">California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a> is doing a more thorough assessment of the impact on nearby waterways and habitat areas.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More Stories on Wildlife ","tag":"wildlife"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>“Unfortunately, where the sewage was coming out was not obvious to people for some time,” White said. “It wasn’t like it was coming out in front of someone’s house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that once WCW was alerted to the incident, the agency acted immediately to stop the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill has been stopped, but is not yet contained, according to WCW. In the meantime, the agency is collecting samples and running tests in the affected areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Contra Costa County Health Department is also investigating potential health impacts from the sewage that leaked into nearby San Pablo Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While that creek is not a source of drinking water, it is a habitat area and also goes through a residential community, and if anyone would happen to be in contact with the creek, there could potentially be some health issues,” said county Supervisor John Gioia.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘[WCW] really should have put this pipe on a maintenance schedule before this spill happened. This was a preventable spill.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director, San Francisco Baykeeper","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Baykeeper’s Choksi-Chugh said sewage spills of this magnitude are more common during heavy rainstorms when there’s a lot of water running through the system. A dry spill of this magnitude, she said, is very rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a reminder of the Bay Area’s aging sewage system, which Choksi-Chugh said dates back more than 60 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[WCW] really should have put this pipe on a maintenance schedule before this spill happened,” she said. “This was a preventable spill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11953475/500000-gallon-sewage-leak-in-el-sobrante-was-preventable","authors":["11362"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_1386","news_20767","news_1467","news_29617","news_20023","news_27626","news_1861","news_32842","news_5909","news_20287","news_1421"],"featImg":"news_11953471","label":"news"},"news_11940452":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11940452","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11940452","score":null,"sort":[1675972851000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"rodents-rivers-and-runoff-why-parts-of-the-bay-area-flood-where-the-water-goes-and-how-animals-adapt","title":"Rodents, Rivers and Runoff: Why Parts of the Bay Area Flood, Where the Water Goes and How Animals Adapt","publishDate":1675972851,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Rodents, Rivers and Runoff: Why Parts of the Bay Area Flood, Where the Water Goes and How Animals Adapt | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":33523,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/3YiEvfS\">\u003cem>Read a transcript of this episode here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain — California has seen a lot of it so far this year in the form of multiple atmospheric river storms that have hammered the Bay Area. That got the Bay Curious team wondering about some of the questions we’ve received over the years about water — where it flows and how we’re affected by it. This week we have a three-question lightning round.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. When it rains in the Bay Area, and the water runs to the gutter, does it go directly into the bay?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This question came to us from listener Eric Bauer. For most cities in the Bay Area, the answer is yes. Depending on where you live, gutters in your street will take stormwater or other runoff to creeks that lead out to the bay without any kind of treatment. Instead, many cities put signs on the curb urging residents not to put pollutants in the drain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one exception to that is San Francisco. The city has what’s called a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/our-systems/sewer-system/our-combined-sewer\">combined sewer system\u003c/a>, and other than a section of Old Sacramento, it’s the only one in California. This means rainwater and runoff go into the sewer system, along with whatever is coming from the pipes in our homes, and is subject to the same level of water treatment before it is released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of the time, this system works great, and the environment is spared from the chemicals, oil and other unsavory substances that get washed from San Francisco streets. During normal conditions, the system can handle a lot of water — up to 500 million gallons of sewage plus runoff, with an additional 200 million gallons of storage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11940547 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Close up image of a storm drain on a street corner. Someone is sweeping debris away from it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stormwater drains are part of San Francisco’s combined sewer system, which treats both sewage and storm runoff. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But every system has its limits. On the most recent New Year’s Eve, a storm dropped 5.46 inches of rain on San Francisco in one day, equivalent to over 4 billion gallons of water. That led to some sewage being discharged without full treatment — not just in San Francisco, but throughout the Bay Area. Collectively, the nine counties \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938273/our-worst-nightmare-as-storms-raged-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-into-bay-area-waterways-streets-and-yards\">discharged some 62 million gallons\u003c/a> of raw or partially treated sewage into waterways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How do we keep that from happening again, as storms like these become more common as the climate changes? One idea is creating more “green infrastructure” by capturing or diverting some of that water before it gets into the sewer system. That could be in the form of cisterns to collect water for use in drier times, opening up more green space or creating permeable asphalt to allow water to soak into the soil below.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Are there really underground rivers in San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A listener named Norm wrote to us asking about an oft-repeated story about San Francisco’s secret, underground rivers. He mentioned \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2021/09/29/central-subway-construction-is-98-done-but-you-wont-be-allowed-in-until-next-spring-or-summer/#:~:text=%22We%20did%20not%20know%20that%20we%20would%20hit%20an%20underground%20river%20that%20we%20would%20have%20to%20contend%20with.\">a 2021 quote from the director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency citing an “underground river”\u003c/a> as part of the reason the city’s Central Subway completion was delayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By definition, a creek or river is free-flowing water that follows a channel, like a creek bed, either on the surface or in an underground cave. So are rivers really down there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Time to do some myth-busting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have caves underground for creeks to flow through, other than the sewer,” says writer and natural history educator \u003ca href=\"https://www.joelpomerantz.com/\">Joel Pomerantz\u003c/a>. “So really, the misimpression that there’s an old creek here and it’s still down there somewhere is not accurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11940515 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-800x608.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing blue jeans, a sweater and a knitted cap leans forward on a railing, with a colorful mural on the wall behind him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-800x608.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-1020x775.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-160x122.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-1536x1166.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Pomerantz stands near Mission Playground. In the early days of the city, this area held a large freshwater marsh and estuary. \u003ccite>(Amanda Font/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But there is a connection between areas that are prone to flooding and where creeks \u003cem>used to\u003c/em> flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s no secret that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11799297/large-parts-of-the-bay-area-are-built-on-fill-why-and-where\">much of San Francisco is built on fill\u003c/a>, and the most visible of those areas are along the edges of the city. But inland waterways have been covered up over time, too. A few years ago, Pomerantz created the “\u003ca href=\"http://seepcity.org/index.html\">Seep City\u003c/a>” map, which traces waterways that existed when San Francisco first became a city. That includes the bays, but also numerous creeks and large areas of marshland and estuaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one time, much of the Mission District was marshland fed by the Arroyo Dolores, a waterway that ran from Twin Peaks down the center of 18th Street and through the northern corner of modern-day Dolores Park. That led to a larger saltwater marsh and slough that fed into Mission Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those waterways have since been filled, but the topography of the land hasn’t changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, if you think of the shape of the land,” says Pomerantz, “and if you’re a bicyclist, especially, like I am, you notice the shape of the land because you’re avoiding the hills. That’s what the water does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug] In addition to gravity leading rainwater down to those lower-lying sections of the city in the form of storm runoff, groundwater is also seeping through the soil to pool in those areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when it’s raining really hard, says Pomerantz, the combination causes flooding. San Francisco’s large concentration of groundwater, coupled with increasing atmospheric river storms and the potential for sea level rise, could pose a big problem for the city. A new study finds that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938215/new-study-finds-rising-groundwater-is-a-major-bay-area-flooding-risk\">rising groundwater has huge implications for future flooding events\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. What happens to the ground squirrels when it floods? Do they drown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Our final question comes from listener Emily Robertson. In light of the massive flooding many cities have dealt with recently, Emily was worried that California ground squirrels might be getting flooded out of their burrows — or worse, drowning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the answer to this question, we turned to \u003ca href=\"https://www.jenniferelainesmith.com/\">Jennifer Smith\u003c/a>, a behavioral ecologist who studies social mammals, and specializes in squirrel behavior. For nearly a decade, Smith has been leading a research team in a long-term study of California ground squirrels in Briones Regional Park in Martinez. The team safely traps and marks the fur of individual animals so they can study their behavior and social patterns over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11940549 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A small, fuzzy, and very cute juvenile ground squirrel pops out of a burrow. Another squirrel is partially visible behind it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young California ground squirrel peers out of its burrow in Briones Regional Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jenn Smith)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They’ve also been able to map what the ground squirrel’s burrows look like. It turns out they’re well-prepared for the possibility of flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may look like that burrow entrance will go directly down, and it might go a foot down or something, but it actually spreads out underground,” says Smith. “And part of the design is to have horizontal rather than vertical burrows. The horizontal nature of the underground structure is quite resistant to rainfall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The burrows branch out into numerous sections that can be extended if they become wet. So when the rains are thundering above, the ground squirrels stay nice and dry in their complex, multilevel burrows. They’re even good at withstanding intentional flooding: People who consider ground squirrels pests may stick a hose in the burrow to attempt to drive the squirrels from their home. But observations show that doesn’t really work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The squirrels are very, very faithful to their home,” says Smith. “They’ve invested a lot. They’ve constructed it, and they’ll usually stay. So we know from those types of studies that’s not a very effective method.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, because ground squirrels typically live in family groups, a family may stay in the same burrow for many generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: In researching this story, we asked if you had any questions about squirrels in the Bay Area. So many of you did that we’re working on an episode all about squirrels! It’s not too late to get your squirrel questions in. Submit them in the Bay Curious question box below. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"It's rained a LOT so far this year. Bay Curious answers three questions related to water and how we deal with it.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1700531853,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1382},"headData":{"title":"Rodents, Rivers and Runoff: Why Parts of the Bay Area Flood, Where the Water Goes and How Animals Adapt | KQED","description":"It's rained a LOT so far this year. Bay Curious answers three questions related to water and how we deal with it.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/EBCBFA/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC5635923314.mp3?updated=1675918161","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11940452/rodents-rivers-and-runoff-why-parts-of-the-bay-area-flood-where-the-water-goes-and-how-animals-adapt","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/3YiEvfS\">\u003cem>Read a transcript of this episode here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain — California has seen a lot of it so far this year in the form of multiple atmospheric river storms that have hammered the Bay Area. That got the Bay Curious team wondering about some of the questions we’ve received over the years about water — where it flows and how we’re affected by it. This week we have a three-question lightning round.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. When it rains in the Bay Area, and the water runs to the gutter, does it go directly into the bay?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This question came to us from listener Eric Bauer. For most cities in the Bay Area, the answer is yes. Depending on where you live, gutters in your street will take stormwater or other runoff to creeks that lead out to the bay without any kind of treatment. Instead, many cities put signs on the curb urging residents not to put pollutants in the drain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one exception to that is San Francisco. The city has what’s called a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/our-systems/sewer-system/our-combined-sewer\">combined sewer system\u003c/a>, and other than a section of Old Sacramento, it’s the only one in California. This means rainwater and runoff go into the sewer system, along with whatever is coming from the pipes in our homes, and is subject to the same level of water treatment before it is released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of the time, this system works great, and the environment is spared from the chemicals, oil and other unsavory substances that get washed from San Francisco streets. During normal conditions, the system can handle a lot of water — up to 500 million gallons of sewage plus runoff, with an additional 200 million gallons of storage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11940547 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Close up image of a storm drain on a street corner. Someone is sweeping debris away from it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS61878_010_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01052023-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stormwater drains are part of San Francisco’s combined sewer system, which treats both sewage and storm runoff. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But every system has its limits. On the most recent New Year’s Eve, a storm dropped 5.46 inches of rain on San Francisco in one day, equivalent to over 4 billion gallons of water. That led to some sewage being discharged without full treatment — not just in San Francisco, but throughout the Bay Area. Collectively, the nine counties \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938273/our-worst-nightmare-as-storms-raged-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-into-bay-area-waterways-streets-and-yards\">discharged some 62 million gallons\u003c/a> of raw or partially treated sewage into waterways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How do we keep that from happening again, as storms like these become more common as the climate changes? One idea is creating more “green infrastructure” by capturing or diverting some of that water before it gets into the sewer system. That could be in the form of cisterns to collect water for use in drier times, opening up more green space or creating permeable asphalt to allow water to soak into the soil below.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Are there really underground rivers in San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A listener named Norm wrote to us asking about an oft-repeated story about San Francisco’s secret, underground rivers. He mentioned \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2021/09/29/central-subway-construction-is-98-done-but-you-wont-be-allowed-in-until-next-spring-or-summer/#:~:text=%22We%20did%20not%20know%20that%20we%20would%20hit%20an%20underground%20river%20that%20we%20would%20have%20to%20contend%20with.\">a 2021 quote from the director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency citing an “underground river”\u003c/a> as part of the reason the city’s Central Subway completion was delayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By definition, a creek or river is free-flowing water that follows a channel, like a creek bed, either on the surface or in an underground cave. So are rivers really down there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Time to do some myth-busting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have caves underground for creeks to flow through, other than the sewer,” says writer and natural history educator \u003ca href=\"https://www.joelpomerantz.com/\">Joel Pomerantz\u003c/a>. “So really, the misimpression that there’s an old creek here and it’s still down there somewhere is not accurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11940515 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-800x608.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing blue jeans, a sweater and a knitted cap leans forward on a railing, with a colorful mural on the wall behind him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-800x608.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-1020x775.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-160x122.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz-1536x1166.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Joel-Pomerantz.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Pomerantz stands near Mission Playground. In the early days of the city, this area held a large freshwater marsh and estuary. \u003ccite>(Amanda Font/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But there is a connection between areas that are prone to flooding and where creeks \u003cem>used to\u003c/em> flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s no secret that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11799297/large-parts-of-the-bay-area-are-built-on-fill-why-and-where\">much of San Francisco is built on fill\u003c/a>, and the most visible of those areas are along the edges of the city. But inland waterways have been covered up over time, too. A few years ago, Pomerantz created the “\u003ca href=\"http://seepcity.org/index.html\">Seep City\u003c/a>” map, which traces waterways that existed when San Francisco first became a city. That includes the bays, but also numerous creeks and large areas of marshland and estuaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one time, much of the Mission District was marshland fed by the Arroyo Dolores, a waterway that ran from Twin Peaks down the center of 18th Street and through the northern corner of modern-day Dolores Park. That led to a larger saltwater marsh and slough that fed into Mission Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those waterways have since been filled, but the topography of the land hasn’t changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, if you think of the shape of the land,” says Pomerantz, “and if you’re a bicyclist, especially, like I am, you notice the shape of the land because you’re avoiding the hills. That’s what the water does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp> In addition to gravity leading rainwater down to those lower-lying sections of the city in the form of storm runoff, groundwater is also seeping through the soil to pool in those areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when it’s raining really hard, says Pomerantz, the combination causes flooding. San Francisco’s large concentration of groundwater, coupled with increasing atmospheric river storms and the potential for sea level rise, could pose a big problem for the city. A new study finds that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938215/new-study-finds-rising-groundwater-is-a-major-bay-area-flooding-risk\">rising groundwater has huge implications for future flooding events\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. What happens to the ground squirrels when it floods? Do they drown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Our final question comes from listener Emily Robertson. In light of the massive flooding many cities have dealt with recently, Emily was worried that California ground squirrels might be getting flooded out of their burrows — or worse, drowning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the answer to this question, we turned to \u003ca href=\"https://www.jenniferelainesmith.com/\">Jennifer Smith\u003c/a>, a behavioral ecologist who studies social mammals, and specializes in squirrel behavior. For nearly a decade, Smith has been leading a research team in a long-term study of California ground squirrels in Briones Regional Park in Martinez. The team safely traps and marks the fur of individual animals so they can study their behavior and social patterns over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11940549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11940549 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A small, fuzzy, and very cute juvenile ground squirrel pops out of a burrow. Another squirrel is partially visible behind it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/IMG_8118-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young California ground squirrel peers out of its burrow in Briones Regional Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jenn Smith)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They’ve also been able to map what the ground squirrel’s burrows look like. It turns out they’re well-prepared for the possibility of flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may look like that burrow entrance will go directly down, and it might go a foot down or something, but it actually spreads out underground,” says Smith. “And part of the design is to have horizontal rather than vertical burrows. The horizontal nature of the underground structure is quite resistant to rainfall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The burrows branch out into numerous sections that can be extended if they become wet. So when the rains are thundering above, the ground squirrels stay nice and dry in their complex, multilevel burrows. They’re even good at withstanding intentional flooding: People who consider ground squirrels pests may stick a hose in the burrow to attempt to drive the squirrels from their home. But observations show that doesn’t really work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The squirrels are very, very faithful to their home,” says Smith. “They’ve invested a lot. They’ve constructed it, and they’ll usually stay. So we know from those types of studies that’s not a very effective method.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, because ground squirrels typically live in family groups, a family may stay in the same burrow for many generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: In researching this story, we asked if you had any questions about squirrels in the Bay Area. So many of you did that we’re working on an episode all about squirrels! It’s not too late to get your squirrel questions in. Submit them in the Bay Curious question box below. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"baycuriousquestion","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11940452/rodents-rivers-and-runoff-why-parts-of-the-bay-area-flood-where-the-water-goes-and-how-animals-adapt","authors":["8637"],"programs":["news_33523"],"series":["news_17986"],"categories":["news_8","news_33520"],"tags":["news_20447","news_32240","news_5270","news_38","news_32037","news_32382","news_1421"],"featImg":"news_11940532","label":"news_33523"},"news_11885803":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11885803","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11885803","score":null,"sort":[1632596434000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"ca-hidden-gems-chasing-waterfalls-at-californias-second-oldest-state-park","title":"Chasing Waterfalls at California's Second-Oldest State Park","publishDate":1632596434,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report Magazine | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":26731,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hidden-gems\">\u003cem>Read more from The California Report Magazine's 'Hidden Gems' series.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The hip-hop and R&B group TLC once famously sang, \"Don't go chasing waterfalls.\" And while the chorus of their 1995 hit single has stuck around, it's hard to follow their wisdom at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in Shasta County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the second-oldest state park in California and home to a breathtaking 129-foot cascade that draws visitors year-round. Supposedly, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once called this spot the \"Eighth Wonder of the World.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11886332 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A brown-and-white state park sign with distances to three trails listed, amid a clearing alongside a trail. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trail sign at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park. \u003ccite>(Héctor Alejandro Arzate)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"This is a very powerful, beautiful place,\" says Marlon Sloan, the park's interpretive specialist. \"It's truly a singularly unique and beautiful place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past 15 years, it's been Sloan's job to get visitors excited about the falls and surrounding forest. Dressed in khaki shorts and a big smile, he's eager to share a wealth of knowledge about its history and the local wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I like meeting the people and being able to entertain and educate them about why the falls are working the way they are — seeing that little light bulb go off as they see the land in a whole new light,\" says Sloan, who was born and raised in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the falls never stop or slow down. That’s because there’s a constant flow of millions of gallons of water every day, even during drought years, like this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the base of the falls is a deep blue pool, and in the air you can see water droplets create rainbows. It also causes a cooling effect on typically hot summer days, when temperatures can rise above 90 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11886438 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A lush waterfall, with dozens of separate cascades from a green, rocky cliff into a turquoise pool.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park visitors gather around the base of Burney Falls. \u003ccite>(Héctor Alejandro Arzate)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's so nice. It’s very hot everywhere and it's very cool here. It's like a refrigerator,\" says Leah Brorstrom, who’s visiting from Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water looks refreshing, and while it may be tempting to go for a swim around the base of the falls, doing so is not allowed. It can be dangerous, and keeping people out is meant to protect some of the species living there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These waterfalls are worth chasing! \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/uWm2x1Unzs\">pic.twitter.com/uWm2x1Unzs\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Héctor Alejandro Arzate (@hrzate) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hrzate/status/1430997860217102336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2021\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Sloan says wildlife in and around the waterfalls is abundant, including mule deer, porcupines and trout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11886335 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Couple posing in front of falls\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reporter Héctor Alejandro Arzate with his wife, Michelle. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Héctor Alejandro Arzate)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We benefit from having this cool water coming out and in this canyon,\" says Sloan. \"So there are animals living in the canyon that can't live anywhere else, as well as benefiting from that terrific ecology that we're getting from all these different rocks and geologies, too.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sloan says bird species are also plentiful in the park's unique ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\"We're on the bird migratory routes, so there's about 260 different birds you can see in the park,\" he says. \"We've got bald eagles down at the lake, osprey flying overhead. Black swifts migrate in from the main colony, from the coast, to nest behind the falls.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sloan says people from all over California and beyond have taken notice of the park in recent years. He thinks it’s because of the pandemic, which has prompted more people to get outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charisse Hedgebeth, who drove here from Sacramento, says Burney Falls is simply a must-see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Well, it's my birthday tomorrow,\" she says. \"So what's a better way than to chase waterfalls for my birthday? This is one of my bucket list items that I can check off now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11886334 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A long, steep concrete stairway in sun, with a rocky hillside on one side and a rock composite wall and trees on the other.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A staircase leading to the base of the waterfalls. \u003ccite>(Photo by Héctor Alejandro Arzate.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The park is located off Highway 89, about six miles north of the town of Burney. It costs $10 per vehicle to get in. Once inside, a paved trail slightly over a quarter-mile long — with multiple stairs — leads visitors to the base of the falls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"It's rumored that former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once called the 129-foot Burney Falls in Shasta County the \"Eighth Wonder of the World.\" But you don't have to take his word for it.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1632770894,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":710},"headData":{"title":"Chasing Waterfalls at California's Second-Oldest State Park | KQED","description":"It's rumored that former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once called the 129-foot Burney Falls in Shasta County the "Eighth Wonder of the World." But you don't have to take his word for it.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11885803 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11885803","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/09/25/ca-hidden-gems-chasing-waterfalls-at-californias-second-oldest-state-park/","disqusTitle":"Chasing Waterfalls at California's Second-Oldest State Park","audioUrl":"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/tcrpm-20210924-arzate-webleveled.mp3","path":"/news/11885803/ca-hidden-gems-chasing-waterfalls-at-californias-second-oldest-state-park","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hidden-gems\">\u003cem>Read more from The California Report Magazine's 'Hidden Gems' series.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The hip-hop and R&B group TLC once famously sang, \"Don't go chasing waterfalls.\" And while the chorus of their 1995 hit single has stuck around, it's hard to follow their wisdom at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in Shasta County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the second-oldest state park in California and home to a breathtaking 129-foot cascade that draws visitors year-round. Supposedly, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once called this spot the \"Eighth Wonder of the World.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11886332 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A brown-and-white state park sign with distances to three trails listed, amid a clearing alongside a trail. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5578-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trail sign at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park. \u003ccite>(Héctor Alejandro Arzate)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"This is a very powerful, beautiful place,\" says Marlon Sloan, the park's interpretive specialist. \"It's truly a singularly unique and beautiful place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past 15 years, it's been Sloan's job to get visitors excited about the falls and surrounding forest. Dressed in khaki shorts and a big smile, he's eager to share a wealth of knowledge about its history and the local wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I like meeting the people and being able to entertain and educate them about why the falls are working the way they are — seeing that little light bulb go off as they see the land in a whole new light,\" says Sloan, who was born and raised in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the falls never stop or slow down. That’s because there’s a constant flow of millions of gallons of water every day, even during drought years, like this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the base of the falls is a deep blue pool, and in the air you can see water droplets create rainbows. It also causes a cooling effect on typically hot summer days, when temperatures can rise above 90 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11886438 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A lush waterfall, with dozens of separate cascades from a green, rocky cliff into a turquoise pool.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Image-from-iOS-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park visitors gather around the base of Burney Falls. \u003ccite>(Héctor Alejandro Arzate)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's so nice. It’s very hot everywhere and it's very cool here. It's like a refrigerator,\" says Leah Brorstrom, who’s visiting from Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water looks refreshing, and while it may be tempting to go for a swim around the base of the falls, doing so is not allowed. It can be dangerous, and keeping people out is meant to protect some of the species living there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These waterfalls are worth chasing! \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/uWm2x1Unzs\">pic.twitter.com/uWm2x1Unzs\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Héctor Alejandro Arzate (@hrzate) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hrzate/status/1430997860217102336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2021\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Sloan says wildlife in and around the waterfalls is abundant, including mule deer, porcupines and trout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11886335 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Couple posing in front of falls\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_6665-scaled-e1629929503492.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reporter Héctor Alejandro Arzate with his wife, Michelle. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Héctor Alejandro Arzate)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We benefit from having this cool water coming out and in this canyon,\" says Sloan. \"So there are animals living in the canyon that can't live anywhere else, as well as benefiting from that terrific ecology that we're getting from all these different rocks and geologies, too.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sloan says bird species are also plentiful in the park's unique ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"We're on the bird migratory routes, so there's about 260 different birds you can see in the park,\" he says. \"We've got bald eagles down at the lake, osprey flying overhead. Black swifts migrate in from the main colony, from the coast, to nest behind the falls.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sloan says people from all over California and beyond have taken notice of the park in recent years. He thinks it’s because of the pandemic, which has prompted more people to get outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charisse Hedgebeth, who drove here from Sacramento, says Burney Falls is simply a must-see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Well, it's my birthday tomorrow,\" she says. \"So what's a better way than to chase waterfalls for my birthday? This is one of my bucket list items that I can check off now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11886334 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A long, steep concrete stairway in sun, with a rocky hillside on one side and a rock composite wall and trees on the other.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG-5584-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A staircase leading to the base of the waterfalls. \u003ccite>(Photo by Héctor Alejandro Arzate.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The park is located off Highway 89, about six miles north of the town of Burney. It costs $10 per vehicle to get in. Once inside, a paved trail slightly over a quarter-mile long — with multiple stairs — leads visitors to the base of the falls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11885803/ca-hidden-gems-chasing-waterfalls-at-californias-second-oldest-state-park","authors":["11727"],"programs":["news_26731"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_29839","news_24345","news_19623","news_5930","news_22895","news_29840","news_1421"],"featImg":"news_11885988","label":"news_26731"},"news_11880422":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11880422","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11880422","score":null,"sort":[1625611365000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-61-million-bet-to-keep-wildlife-safe-and-off-californias-highways","title":"A $61 Million Bet to Keep Wildlife Safe and Off California's Highways","publishDate":1625611365,"format":"standard","headTitle":"CALmatters | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>It’d be just another normal day, nearly 17 feet above Highway 101 in Agoura Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A southern alligator lizard and a western toad hide from the heat in the greenery of restored native vegetation. Mountain lion cubs pounce on rocks and spring into the nearby canyons. The sun glints on the feathers of a golden eagle soaring overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the scene environmentalists hope will someday become reality on a massive overpass above the 10-lane freeway that cuts through the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles. The project known as the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing is one step closer to happening now that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128\">a budget that includes $7 million to help build it\u003c/a> — and another $54.5 million for similar projects in other parts of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Fraser Shilling, Road Ecology Center at UC Davis\"]'We’re not an environmental state ... We don’t have environmental-based legislation that is resulting in protection of wildlife.'[/pullquote]It’s part of a larger nationwide push to build \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/31/climate/wildlife-crossings-animals.html\">special bridges and tunnels that help animals\u003c/a> safely cross busy roads and freeways. The goal is two-fold: to give species at risk the space they need to find mates, and to reduce the number of car crashes that imperil both wildlife and humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 7,000 vehicle crashes a year on California highways involve large wildlife, such as deer, according to 2018 data from the Road Ecology Center at UC Davis. That’s nearly 20 crashes a day, at least. Many are likely unreported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they aren’t cheap — for the drivers or the government. Between 2015 and 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://roadecology.ucdavis.edu/files/content/projects/2019%20WVC%20Report%20%28for%202018%20data%29.pdf#page=2\">wildlife crashes have cost more than $1 billion\u003c/a>. The expenses include car damage, personal injuries, emergency response, traffic impacts, lost work and the clean up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highways aren’t just crash sites for the deer caught in the headlights; they’re also a great divide that can threaten the future of an entire species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because highways cut through critical habitat, making it impossible for animals from one side to breed with animals on the other. This leads to inbreeding and deformities that result from dwindling genetic diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildlife crossings can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11880433\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11880433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01.jpg\" alt=\"An artist rendering of what a wildlife tunnel could look like. There is a bridge of land and wildlife that goes over a freeway.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist rendering of the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing, which would help restore connectivity in the Santa Monica Mountain range, buffering mountain lions from extinction. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of National Wildlife Federation/Living Habitats)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Utah saw a \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70003789\">98.5% reduction in deer mortalities\u003c/a> when it built two animal underpasses on a stretch of highway that blocked traditional migratory routes. In Colorado, wildlife-vehicle \u003ca href=\"https://www.codot.gov/business/process-improvement/larger-process-improvement-efforts/a-safe-crossing-colorado2019s-collaborative-research-project-for-wildlife-vehicle-mitigation\">collisions dropped by 89%\u003c/a> after the state built two bridges to help mule deer and elk safely cross a highway. Arizona, Florida, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, Washington and Wyoming have also built successful wildlife crossings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what about California?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite its environmentally aware reputation, the Golden State lags in building these crossings. The Liberty Canyon overpass would be California’s first bridge on the state highway system designed specifically for fostering wildlife connectivity. And even with the new funding, it’s still years away from completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not an environmental state,” said Fraser Shilling, co-director of the \u003ca href=\"https://roadecology.ucdavis.edu/\">Road Ecology Center at UC Davis\u003c/a>. “We don’t have environmental-based legislation that is resulting in protection of wildlife.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, however, conservationists are encouraged by action at the state Capitol. A bill making its way through the Legislature would \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB790\">encourage the state transportation agency to build more wildlife crossings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the budget lawmakers passed last month includes new funding \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB129\">to build animal overpasses and underpasses\u003c/a>. In addition to the $7 million for the bridge at Liberty Canyon, it also includes $2 million to build a tunnel for deer and mountain lions to pass under Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, plus $52.5 million for other wildlife crossings that have yet to be identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11880435\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11880435 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holds up a large piece of paper with many footprints of different sizes.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Mariscal, an ecologist for the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority, holds a sheet that assists in identifying wildlife using the Harbor Boulevard Wildlife Underpass in La Habra Heights, on June 30, 2021. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wildlife crossings have gained support across the political spectrum — both from environmentalists as well as groups that advocate for hunters. Even though he disagrees with California’s ban on hunting mountain lions, Dan Whisenhunt, chief executive officer at the California Deer Association, supports building more overpasses and underpasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is one time that politics is listening to common sense ... because nobody loses in this,” Whisenhunt said. “It could be somebody from Los Angeles or San Francisco or out of state, traveling on Highway 395, and they’re going to have the benefit of that crossing because there’s not going to be the deer running across the road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near Lake Tahoe, for instance, three underpasses help mule deer safely wander below Highway 395. In Los Angeles County, the Harbor Boulevard Wildlife Underpass is a metal corrugated tunnel directing coyotes, deer and bobcats under the road. In Orange County, a corridor \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-29/progress-made-on-crucial-wildlife-corridor-connecting-o-c-coast-with-cleveland-national-forest\">will provide a safe route\u003c/a> for gray foxes, bobcats, coyotes and other creatures to travel between the Santa Ana Mountains and the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underpasses are generally cheaper than overpasses, and some animals, such as deer, prefer them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions, however, prefer overpasses. A desire to protect them from extinction has led to the years-long push to build the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing. Expected to be complete in late 2025, this project will be the largest wildlife passage in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Z4qXratvQ\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Preventing an 'Extinction Vortex'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions in the Santa Ana and Santa Monica mountains face a 99% chance of extinction within the next 50 years, and genetic isolation is to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re inbreeding with each other, and they face this extinction vortex,” said Mari Galloway, the California program manager at Wildlands Network. “It’s shown in this kinked tail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kinked tail is a familiar omen. A few decades ago, fewer than 30 mountain lions remained in Florida. Isolated by highways, they were breeding in too small of circles. The proof was in the tail: When on the edge of extinction, the ends of the tails were bent out of shape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11879719\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/received_949030718975633-1020x680.jpeg\"]“What they need is genetic connectivity, and so Liberty Canyon will provide more opportunities for outside mountain lions to come in and really give that gene pool a boost and diversity,” said Tiffany Yap, senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. “Not only is that crossing really key for mountain lions, but it would help an incredible amount of biodiversity in the area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecting one side of the mountain range to the other, the crossing would provide a safe passageway for mountain lions as well as gopher snakes, mule deer and desert cottontail rabbits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project — expected to cost $87 million — is being funded with public and private dollars, including $250,000 from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and $25 million from the Annenberg Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not just relying on the state,” said Beth Pratt, regional executive director at the National Wildlife Federation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investments not only buoy conservation efforts, but also make highways safer and financially self-sustaining. In Placerville, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, a tunnel under Highway 50 cost $1.3 million to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The project is pretty close to having paid for itself already by reducing collisions with deer,” said Shilling, the UC Davis ecologist.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bringing Stakeholders on Board\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Money, however, isn’t the only problem. Even if consistent funding went to wildlife crossings, actually building them can get complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because California’s transportation planners — under pressure to serve growing communities and alleviate traffic — haven’t had much incentive to build tunnels and bridges for animals. State Sen. Henry Stern wants to change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got all these big statewide goals around biodiversity and protecting natural lands and conserving open space,” the Malibu Democrat said. “But we thought we needed to do something ... that really integrated wildlife connectivity and habitat connectivity into the transportation planning process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stern’s Senate Bill 790 \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB790\">creates an incentive system\u003c/a> that allows Caltrans, the agency that builds roads and freeways, to get credits from the state if it retrofits highways with new wildlife crossings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the future, when Caltrans builds transportation projects that may have adverse environmental impacts, the department can draw upon these mitigation credits from building wildlife crossings. The concept is similar to other environmental programs that encourage companies to offset some of their pollution by paying for ecological benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill passed the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support and is now being considered in the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='science']The bill would also grant mitigation credits to Caltrans when its projects protect species listed under the California Endangered Species Act. Since October 2020, some mountain lions in Southern California and the Central Coast \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2020/04/its-time-to-protect-californias-mountain-lions/\">have been granted temporary legal protection under the act\u003c/a>, while the state Department of Fish and Wildlife reviews whether \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion\">they should be listed as threatened\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means if Stern’s bill becomes law, projects such as Liberty Canyon could receive a boost because Caltrans could receive mitigation credits for building a crossing that helps mountain lions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This issue also represents an opportunity for Newsom to advance his family legacy of mountain lion conservation. More than 30 years ago, his father William Newsom championed the ballot measure that banned hunting the species in California. The governor remembers licking envelopes to help promote his father’s hunting ban, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article240676261.html\">told The Sacramento Bee last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stern talked with Newsom about his connection to mountain lions when they toured the site for the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing almost two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is how he and a lot of other people connect to nature,” Stern said. “He was out there with his dad helping get the original mountain lion ballot initiative passed ... and he wanted to run around in the wilderness with me ... and you could tell, it woke up the kid in him.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Large animals cause 20 crashes a day on California highways. Experts say special bridges and tunnels can improve highway safety and protect endangered species.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1625613387,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":41,"wordCount":1756},"headData":{"title":"A $61 Million Bet to Keep Wildlife Safe and Off California's Highways | KQED","description":"Large animals cause 20 crashes a day on California highways. Experts say special bridges and tunnels can improve highway safety and protect endangered species.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11880422 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11880422","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/07/06/a-61-million-bet-to-keep-wildlife-safe-and-off-californias-highways/","disqusTitle":"A $61 Million Bet to Keep Wildlife Safe and Off California's Highways","source":"CalMatters","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/marissa-garcia/\">Marissa Garcia\u003c/a>","path":"/news/11880422/a-61-million-bet-to-keep-wildlife-safe-and-off-californias-highways","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’d be just another normal day, nearly 17 feet above Highway 101 in Agoura Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A southern alligator lizard and a western toad hide from the heat in the greenery of restored native vegetation. Mountain lion cubs pounce on rocks and spring into the nearby canyons. The sun glints on the feathers of a golden eagle soaring overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the scene environmentalists hope will someday become reality on a massive overpass above the 10-lane freeway that cuts through the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles. The project known as the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing is one step closer to happening now that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128\">a budget that includes $7 million to help build it\u003c/a> — and another $54.5 million for similar projects in other parts of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We’re not an environmental state ... We don’t have environmental-based legislation that is resulting in protection of wildlife.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Fraser Shilling, Road Ecology Center at UC Davis","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It’s part of a larger nationwide push to build \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/31/climate/wildlife-crossings-animals.html\">special bridges and tunnels that help animals\u003c/a> safely cross busy roads and freeways. The goal is two-fold: to give species at risk the space they need to find mates, and to reduce the number of car crashes that imperil both wildlife and humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 7,000 vehicle crashes a year on California highways involve large wildlife, such as deer, according to 2018 data from the Road Ecology Center at UC Davis. That’s nearly 20 crashes a day, at least. Many are likely unreported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they aren’t cheap — for the drivers or the government. Between 2015 and 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://roadecology.ucdavis.edu/files/content/projects/2019%20WVC%20Report%20%28for%202018%20data%29.pdf#page=2\">wildlife crashes have cost more than $1 billion\u003c/a>. The expenses include car damage, personal injuries, emergency response, traffic impacts, lost work and the clean up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highways aren’t just crash sites for the deer caught in the headlights; they’re also a great divide that can threaten the future of an entire species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because highways cut through critical habitat, making it impossible for animals from one side to breed with animals on the other. This leads to inbreeding and deformities that result from dwindling genetic diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildlife crossings can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11880433\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11880433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01.jpg\" alt=\"An artist rendering of what a wildlife tunnel could look like. There is a bridge of land and wildlife that goes over a freeway.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/courtesy_LibertyCanyonCrossing_NWF_01-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist rendering of the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing, which would help restore connectivity in the Santa Monica Mountain range, buffering mountain lions from extinction. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of National Wildlife Federation/Living Habitats)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Utah saw a \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70003789\">98.5% reduction in deer mortalities\u003c/a> when it built two animal underpasses on a stretch of highway that blocked traditional migratory routes. In Colorado, wildlife-vehicle \u003ca href=\"https://www.codot.gov/business/process-improvement/larger-process-improvement-efforts/a-safe-crossing-colorado2019s-collaborative-research-project-for-wildlife-vehicle-mitigation\">collisions dropped by 89%\u003c/a> after the state built two bridges to help mule deer and elk safely cross a highway. Arizona, Florida, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, Washington and Wyoming have also built successful wildlife crossings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what about California?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite its environmentally aware reputation, the Golden State lags in building these crossings. The Liberty Canyon overpass would be California’s first bridge on the state highway system designed specifically for fostering wildlife connectivity. And even with the new funding, it’s still years away from completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not an environmental state,” said Fraser Shilling, co-director of the \u003ca href=\"https://roadecology.ucdavis.edu/\">Road Ecology Center at UC Davis\u003c/a>. “We don’t have environmental-based legislation that is resulting in protection of wildlife.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, however, conservationists are encouraged by action at the state Capitol. A bill making its way through the Legislature would \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB790\">encourage the state transportation agency to build more wildlife crossings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the budget lawmakers passed last month includes new funding \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB129\">to build animal overpasses and underpasses\u003c/a>. In addition to the $7 million for the bridge at Liberty Canyon, it also includes $2 million to build a tunnel for deer and mountain lions to pass under Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, plus $52.5 million for other wildlife crossings that have yet to be identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11880435\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11880435 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holds up a large piece of paper with many footprints of different sizes.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/06302021_Underpass_PU_Sized_10-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Mariscal, an ecologist for the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority, holds a sheet that assists in identifying wildlife using the Harbor Boulevard Wildlife Underpass in La Habra Heights, on June 30, 2021. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wildlife crossings have gained support across the political spectrum — both from environmentalists as well as groups that advocate for hunters. Even though he disagrees with California’s ban on hunting mountain lions, Dan Whisenhunt, chief executive officer at the California Deer Association, supports building more overpasses and underpasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is one time that politics is listening to common sense ... because nobody loses in this,” Whisenhunt said. “It could be somebody from Los Angeles or San Francisco or out of state, traveling on Highway 395, and they’re going to have the benefit of that crossing because there’s not going to be the deer running across the road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near Lake Tahoe, for instance, three underpasses help mule deer safely wander below Highway 395. In Los Angeles County, the Harbor Boulevard Wildlife Underpass is a metal corrugated tunnel directing coyotes, deer and bobcats under the road. In Orange County, a corridor \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-29/progress-made-on-crucial-wildlife-corridor-connecting-o-c-coast-with-cleveland-national-forest\">will provide a safe route\u003c/a> for gray foxes, bobcats, coyotes and other creatures to travel between the Santa Ana Mountains and the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underpasses are generally cheaper than overpasses, and some animals, such as deer, prefer them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions, however, prefer overpasses. A desire to protect them from extinction has led to the years-long push to build the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing. Expected to be complete in late 2025, this project will be the largest wildlife passage in the world.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/l6Z4qXratvQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/l6Z4qXratvQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch3>Preventing an 'Extinction Vortex'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions in the Santa Ana and Santa Monica mountains face a 99% chance of extinction within the next 50 years, and genetic isolation is to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re inbreeding with each other, and they face this extinction vortex,” said Mari Galloway, the California program manager at Wildlands Network. “It’s shown in this kinked tail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kinked tail is a familiar omen. A few decades ago, fewer than 30 mountain lions remained in Florida. Isolated by highways, they were breeding in too small of circles. The proof was in the tail: When on the edge of extinction, the ends of the tails were bent out of shape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11879719","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/received_949030718975633-1020x680.jpeg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“What they need is genetic connectivity, and so Liberty Canyon will provide more opportunities for outside mountain lions to come in and really give that gene pool a boost and diversity,” said Tiffany Yap, senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. “Not only is that crossing really key for mountain lions, but it would help an incredible amount of biodiversity in the area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecting one side of the mountain range to the other, the crossing would provide a safe passageway for mountain lions as well as gopher snakes, mule deer and desert cottontail rabbits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project — expected to cost $87 million — is being funded with public and private dollars, including $250,000 from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and $25 million from the Annenberg Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not just relying on the state,” said Beth Pratt, regional executive director at the National Wildlife Federation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investments not only buoy conservation efforts, but also make highways safer and financially self-sustaining. In Placerville, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, a tunnel under Highway 50 cost $1.3 million to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The project is pretty close to having paid for itself already by reducing collisions with deer,” said Shilling, the UC Davis ecologist.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bringing Stakeholders on Board\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Money, however, isn’t the only problem. Even if consistent funding went to wildlife crossings, actually building them can get complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because California’s transportation planners — under pressure to serve growing communities and alleviate traffic — haven’t had much incentive to build tunnels and bridges for animals. State Sen. Henry Stern wants to change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got all these big statewide goals around biodiversity and protecting natural lands and conserving open space,” the Malibu Democrat said. “But we thought we needed to do something ... that really integrated wildlife connectivity and habitat connectivity into the transportation planning process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stern’s Senate Bill 790 \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB790\">creates an incentive system\u003c/a> that allows Caltrans, the agency that builds roads and freeways, to get credits from the state if it retrofits highways with new wildlife crossings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the future, when Caltrans builds transportation projects that may have adverse environmental impacts, the department can draw upon these mitigation credits from building wildlife crossings. The concept is similar to other environmental programs that encourage companies to offset some of their pollution by paying for ecological benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill passed the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support and is now being considered in the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Coverage ","tag":"science"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The bill would also grant mitigation credits to Caltrans when its projects protect species listed under the California Endangered Species Act. Since October 2020, some mountain lions in Southern California and the Central Coast \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2020/04/its-time-to-protect-californias-mountain-lions/\">have been granted temporary legal protection under the act\u003c/a>, while the state Department of Fish and Wildlife reviews whether \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion\">they should be listed as threatened\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means if Stern’s bill becomes law, projects such as Liberty Canyon could receive a boost because Caltrans could receive mitigation credits for building a crossing that helps mountain lions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This issue also represents an opportunity for Newsom to advance his family legacy of mountain lion conservation. More than 30 years ago, his father William Newsom championed the ballot measure that banned hunting the species in California. The governor remembers licking envelopes to help promote his father’s hunting ban, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article240676261.html\">told The Sacramento Bee last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stern talked with Newsom about his connection to mountain lions when they toured the site for the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing almost two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is how he and a lot of other people connect to nature,” Stern said. “He was out there with his dad helping get the original mountain lion ballot initiative passed ... and he wanted to run around in the wilderness with me ... and you could tell, it woke up the kid in him.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11880422/a-61-million-bet-to-keep-wildlife-safe-and-off-californias-highways","authors":["byline_news_11880422"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_18132","news_18538","news_21074","news_1421"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11880429","label":"source_news_11880422"},"news_11835504":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11835504","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11835504","score":null,"sort":[1598644375000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californias-wildlife-can-handle-fires-human-encroachment-is-the-problem","title":"California's Wildlife Can Handle Fires – Human Encroachment Is the Problem","publishDate":1598644375,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>At 5:33 a.m. on May 13, 2017, Steven Sergeant was standing at the edge of Mississippi Lake in \u003ca href=\"http://parks.ca.gov/henrycoe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry W. Coe State Park\u003c/a> southeast of San Jose. The sun was just starting to peek over the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could hear the morning chorus of birds, fish jumping in the lake, black-tailed jackrabbits beginning to stir. Sergeant set up his recording gear to \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/henrywcoesp\">capture it all.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, the area around that lake was engulfed by the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/18/scu-lightning-complex/\">SCU Lightning Complex\u003c/a> wildfire. About 40,000 acres of Henry Coe burned, half of the entire park. That actually made Wes Gray, a natural resource manager for California State Parks, pretty happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From the ecological standpoint,” he said, “I think the plants and animals are going to see a great benefit from this fire at Henry Coe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray said you couldn’t really have asked for a better fire, which can be hard to safely introduce in a state park. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re always trying to reintroduce fire,” Gray said, “because all of the plant and animal communities in California are fire adapted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834132/see-where-wildfires-are-burning-in-california\">hundreds of wildfires currently burning\u003c/a> across California, you may have found yourself wondering how the state’s wildlife is coping. The answer is better than you might imagine, given how the fires have impacted humans and the general apocalyptic feeling many of us have with the current state of the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take redwoods. Much of \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park\u003c/a> north of Santa Cruz was burned by the CZU Lightning Complex. Scientists say most of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835124/some-good-news-many-of-big-basins-ancient-redwoods-appear-to-have-survived\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">redwoods will be fine\u003c/a>. They have flame-resistant bark and super-high canopies that avoid flame. They actually need some fire. It clears competitors and makes great sequoia seeds germinate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what about the rest of California's wildlife? \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11835525 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618.jpg\" alt=\"Part of Henry W. Coe State Park burned by the SCU Lightning Complex fires of 2020\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618.jpg 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of Henry W. Coe State Park burned by the SCU Lightning Complex fires of 2020 \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Wes Gray)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Birds\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Let’s start with birds. Adult birds simply fly away, but that leaves baby birds to face the flames on their own. That brings us to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-condor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California condors\u003c/a>, a critically endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are currently four baby condors missing near Big Sur. That sounds bad. But it actually may not be a tragedy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Ventana Wildlife Society, most baby condors survive wildfires, especially if their nests happen to be located in redwoods. A Big Sur condor sanctuary, however, did not survive the latest round of fire. The whole thing burned, and now the Ventana Wildlife Society is \u003ca href=\"https://www.ventanaws.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking donations\u003c/a> to rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LosPadresNF/status/1298998672634638336?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1299397191052587008?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Small Mammals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>What about small mammals like squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They either flee to large rocky areas – yes, picture dozens of furry fellows perched on rocks surrounded by flame – or they burrow underground. Scientists say a squirrel den is a pretty safe place for most fires. Some are up to 6 feet deep. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who knows, that far down, you could sleep right through a fire. Especially if it burned through the area fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Large Mammals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Elk and deer will take refuge in a stream, or try to outrun the flames. Gray, the state park natural resource manager, said that’s harder in fires with high winds or when fires are moving uphill. Sometimes then an animal will get trapped and burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big predators are some of the worst off when it comes to wildfires. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not a problem of speed. Bobcats and mountain lions can outrun most fires. But the question is, where do they go? Human development has made that much harder to answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there are a lot of developed areas around a fire, that’s a problem because there is no place for these animals to go to,\" said Jon Keeley, a research scientist with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usgs.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humans have already destroyed so much habitat in California. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over a quarter of the state's landmass \u003ca href=\"https://aic.ucdavis.edu/publications/moca/moca_current/moca09/moca09chapter1.pdf\">is used for agriculture\u003c/a>, 96% of the state's original old-growth coast redwoods\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/redw/faqs.htm#:~:text=96%20percent%20of%20the%20original,old%2Dgrowth%20redwoods%20in%20California.\">have been logged\u003c/a>, an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://defenders.org/blog/2017/08/californias-disappearing-wetlands-face-new-perils#:~:text=In%20the%20past%20century%2C%20California,much%20of%20our%20state's%20wildlife.\">90% of wetlands destroyed\u003c/a>, and the state is carved up by \u003ca href=\"https://blog.cubitplanning.com/2010/02/road-miles-by-state/\">394,000 miles of road\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when a fire destroys habitat, it’s hard for predators to find food. That’s why you might see them roaming around streets and populated areas after a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/mattcoelho/status/1296840290062360578?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In most metropolitan areas they see plenty of examples of wildlife coming out of wildland areas simply for lack of food,” Gray said. Sometimes a mountain lion survives a wildfire, only to die from starvation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the real danger — that human-caused climate change and development that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1943266/one-potential-solution-to-fires-in-the-wilderness-dont-build-there\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">encroaches\u003c/a> into woodlands, wetlands and deserts, has destroyed too much habitat for mountain lions, condors and the like to survive, especially as wildfires displace them from what little home they have left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Wildlife in California can cope with fire better than you might imagine. But a lack of habitat to escape to due to development and human-caused climate change is the real danger.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1598650392,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":838},"headData":{"title":"California's Wildlife Can Handle Fires – Human Encroachment Is the Problem | KQED","description":"Wildlife in California can cope with fire better than you might imagine. But a lack of habitat to escape to due to development and human-caused climate change is the real danger.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11835504 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11835504","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/08/28/californias-wildlife-can-handle-fires-human-encroachment-is-the-problem/","disqusTitle":"California's Wildlife Can Handle Fires – Human Encroachment Is the Problem","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/268ed5e8-9ece-4687-9175-ac240107bffa/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11835504/californias-wildlife-can-handle-fires-human-encroachment-is-the-problem","audioDuration":231000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>At 5:33 a.m. on May 13, 2017, Steven Sergeant was standing at the edge of Mississippi Lake in \u003ca href=\"http://parks.ca.gov/henrycoe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry W. Coe State Park\u003c/a> southeast of San Jose. The sun was just starting to peek over the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could hear the morning chorus of birds, fish jumping in the lake, black-tailed jackrabbits beginning to stir. Sergeant set up his recording gear to \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/henrywcoesp\">capture it all.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, the area around that lake was engulfed by the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/18/scu-lightning-complex/\">SCU Lightning Complex\u003c/a> wildfire. About 40,000 acres of Henry Coe burned, half of the entire park. That actually made Wes Gray, a natural resource manager for California State Parks, pretty happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From the ecological standpoint,” he said, “I think the plants and animals are going to see a great benefit from this fire at Henry Coe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray said you couldn’t really have asked for a better fire, which can be hard to safely introduce in a state park. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re always trying to reintroduce fire,” Gray said, “because all of the plant and animal communities in California are fire adapted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834132/see-where-wildfires-are-burning-in-california\">hundreds of wildfires currently burning\u003c/a> across California, you may have found yourself wondering how the state’s wildlife is coping. The answer is better than you might imagine, given how the fires have impacted humans and the general apocalyptic feeling many of us have with the current state of the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take redwoods. Much of \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park\u003c/a> north of Santa Cruz was burned by the CZU Lightning Complex. Scientists say most of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835124/some-good-news-many-of-big-basins-ancient-redwoods-appear-to-have-survived\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">redwoods will be fine\u003c/a>. They have flame-resistant bark and super-high canopies that avoid flame. They actually need some fire. It clears competitors and makes great sequoia seeds germinate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what about the rest of California's wildlife? \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11835525 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618.jpg\" alt=\"Part of Henry W. Coe State Park burned by the SCU Lightning Complex fires of 2020\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618.jpg 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_4618-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of Henry W. Coe State Park burned by the SCU Lightning Complex fires of 2020 \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Wes Gray)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Birds\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Let’s start with birds. Adult birds simply fly away, but that leaves baby birds to face the flames on their own. That brings us to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-condor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California condors\u003c/a>, a critically endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are currently four baby condors missing near Big Sur. That sounds bad. But it actually may not be a tragedy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Ventana Wildlife Society, most baby condors survive wildfires, especially if their nests happen to be located in redwoods. A Big Sur condor sanctuary, however, did not survive the latest round of fire. The whole thing burned, and now the Ventana Wildlife Society is \u003ca href=\"https://www.ventanaws.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking donations\u003c/a> to rebuild.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1298998672634638336"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1299397191052587008"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch3>Small Mammals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>What about small mammals like squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They either flee to large rocky areas – yes, picture dozens of furry fellows perched on rocks surrounded by flame – or they burrow underground. Scientists say a squirrel den is a pretty safe place for most fires. Some are up to 6 feet deep. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who knows, that far down, you could sleep right through a fire. Especially if it burned through the area fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Large Mammals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Elk and deer will take refuge in a stream, or try to outrun the flames. Gray, the state park natural resource manager, said that’s harder in fires with high winds or when fires are moving uphill. Sometimes then an animal will get trapped and burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big predators are some of the worst off when it comes to wildfires. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not a problem of speed. Bobcats and mountain lions can outrun most fires. But the question is, where do they go? Human development has made that much harder to answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there are a lot of developed areas around a fire, that’s a problem because there is no place for these animals to go to,\" said Jon Keeley, a research scientist with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usgs.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humans have already destroyed so much habitat in California. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over a quarter of the state's landmass \u003ca href=\"https://aic.ucdavis.edu/publications/moca/moca_current/moca09/moca09chapter1.pdf\">is used for agriculture\u003c/a>, 96% of the state's original old-growth coast redwoods\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/redw/faqs.htm#:~:text=96%20percent%20of%20the%20original,old%2Dgrowth%20redwoods%20in%20California.\">have been logged\u003c/a>, an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://defenders.org/blog/2017/08/californias-disappearing-wetlands-face-new-perils#:~:text=In%20the%20past%20century%2C%20California,much%20of%20our%20state's%20wildlife.\">90% of wetlands destroyed\u003c/a>, and the state is carved up by \u003ca href=\"https://blog.cubitplanning.com/2010/02/road-miles-by-state/\">394,000 miles of road\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when a fire destroys habitat, it’s hard for predators to find food. That’s why you might see them roaming around streets and populated areas after a fire.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1296840290062360578"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\"In most metropolitan areas they see plenty of examples of wildlife coming out of wildland areas simply for lack of food,” Gray said. Sometimes a mountain lion survives a wildfire, only to die from starvation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the real danger — that human-caused climate change and development that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1943266/one-potential-solution-to-fires-in-the-wilderness-dont-build-there\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">encroaches\u003c/a> into woodlands, wetlands and deserts, has destroyed too much habitat for mountain lions, condors and the like to survive, especially as wildfires displace them from what little home they have left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11835504/californias-wildlife-can-handle-fires-human-encroachment-is-the-problem","authors":["253"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_18132","news_18538","news_4337","news_4463","news_24681","news_1421"],"featImg":"news_11835523","label":"news_72"},"news_11829492":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11829492","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11829492","score":null,"sort":[1595029130000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"meet-the-bay-areas-smallest-fiercest-most-elusive-and-cutest-killer-mammal","title":"Meet the Bay Area's Smallest, Fiercest, Most Elusive (and Cutest) Killer Mammal","publishDate":1595029130,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>I have to admit I did a double- and triple-take after seeing the pictures from David Cruz and Teresa Leija. The images show a furry, fierce-looking creature with a rodent of nearly equal size in its jaws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rodent is a vole, a small burrowing rodent widely unloved by those who prize perfect lawns. The sort of cute but semi-crazed-looking critter that had just dispatched it is a long-tailed weasel. Or Mustela frenata to its friends in the biology community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz and Leija — he is a wildlife photographer, she is a scout for Nature's Lantern, a nature-focused Bay Area media organization — encountered the scene while out on a late afternoon outing earlier this month at Bonny Doon Beach, just outside the town of Davenport on the northern Santa Cruz County coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They had come equipped with camera and binoculars ready to spot all the wonders the beach offers: dolphins and whales at sea, and maybe some brush rabbits amid the yellow and purple lupine, wild radish, mustard and blackberry on shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they say they weren't disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Teresa kept her binoculars on her eyes and spotted a pod of dolphins swimming north,\" Cruz said in an email. They saw various species of lizards, too, and a garter snake with a yellow stripe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11829510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2-800x536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2-800x536.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2-1020x684.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A long-tailed weasel and freshly killed prey — a vole — at Santa Cruz County's Bonny Doon Beach.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then they saw something else — a small animal dashing across the trail with a rodent in its mouth: the long-tailed weasel and the late vole. In recounting that moment, Cruz can barely contain his excitement. This species is the most widely distributed of all North American weasels. Though it's not strictly nocturnal, it's rarely sighted. Like other weasels, it's known for its ferocity, its skill as a hunter and its boldness in taking on larger mammals as prey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz describes Mustela frenata this way: \"The spirit of a lion crammed into a muscular body 20 centimeters (about 8 inches) long with the persistence and determination of a wolf, as they have to eat half their body weight every day. They are nature's ghost that evades detection and cameras like a jester that waves its black mask and black-tipped tail at you and disappears into your imagination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said Friday he has been looking for these elusive predators for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have been up and down the bay looking for these guys — 10 years — and I finally got to see one,\" Cruz said. He had actually seen one earlier in the day chasing a rabbit, a sight he likened to \"the way a cheetah hunts a gazelle.\" He didn't get a shot of that first sighting, though, and calls the weasel's second appearance \"incredible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since I had never heard of, let alone seen, a long-tailed weasel before this, I've done some hurried reading on its life, times and habits. Here's \u003ca href=\"https://ovlc.org/ojai-wildlife/long-tailed-weasel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one very fine and graphic description\u003c/a> of M. frenata on the hunt:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The long-tailed weasel is a fearless and aggressive hunter which may attack animals far larger than itself. When stalking, it waves its head from side to side in order to pick up the scent of its prey. It hunts small prey, such as mice, by rushing at them and kills them with one bite to the head. With large prey, such as rabbits, the long-tailed weasel strikes quickly, taking its prey off guard. It grabs the nearest part of the animal and climbs upon its body, maintaining its hold with its feet. The long-tailed weasel then maneuvers itself to inflict a lethal bite to the neck.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Of course, the miniature killing machine's predatory instincts are sometimes a double-edged sword when it comes to human interests. Long-tailed weasels are welcome around farms for their ability to help control rats and mice. But they can be poultry raiders, too, and sometimes \u003ca href=\"https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/coops/weasels-killing-chickens/#:~:text=Weasels%20on%20the%20Farm&text=They%20eat%20rodents%2C%20fish%2C%20birds,species%20that%20is%20regularly%20available.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wreak havoc\u003c/a> on whole flocks of chickens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nature, though, is not a one-way street. Long-tailed weasels, and especially their young — born blind and helpless after a gestation period that can last 11 months — are themselves vulnerable to predators, including owls, hawks, coyotes and snakes. As Lillian Gish observed in \"The Night of the Hunter,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedorkreport.com/charles-laughton-night-of-the-hunter-movie-review-1955/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it's a hard world for little things\u003c/a>. Even the fearless, ferocious, elusive ones. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A Bay Area nature photographer shares an 'incredible' moment: a face-to-face encounter with the elusive long-tailed weasel. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1595113563,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":750},"headData":{"title":"Meet the Bay Area's Smallest, Fiercest, Most Elusive (and Cutest) Killer Mammal | KQED","description":"A Bay Area nature photographer shares an 'incredible' moment: a face-to-face encounter with the elusive long-tailed weasel. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11829492 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11829492","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/07/17/meet-the-bay-areas-smallest-fiercest-most-elusive-and-cutest-killer-mammal/","disqusTitle":"Meet the Bay Area's Smallest, Fiercest, Most Elusive (and Cutest) Killer Mammal","path":"/news/11829492/meet-the-bay-areas-smallest-fiercest-most-elusive-and-cutest-killer-mammal","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>I have to admit I did a double- and triple-take after seeing the pictures from David Cruz and Teresa Leija. The images show a furry, fierce-looking creature with a rodent of nearly equal size in its jaws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rodent is a vole, a small burrowing rodent widely unloved by those who prize perfect lawns. The sort of cute but semi-crazed-looking critter that had just dispatched it is a long-tailed weasel. Or Mustela frenata to its friends in the biology community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz and Leija — he is a wildlife photographer, she is a scout for Nature's Lantern, a nature-focused Bay Area media organization — encountered the scene while out on a late afternoon outing earlier this month at Bonny Doon Beach, just outside the town of Davenport on the northern Santa Cruz County coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They had come equipped with camera and binoculars ready to spot all the wonders the beach offers: dolphins and whales at sea, and maybe some brush rabbits amid the yellow and purple lupine, wild radish, mustard and blackberry on shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they say they weren't disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Teresa kept her binoculars on her eyes and spotted a pod of dolphins swimming north,\" Cruz said in an email. They saw various species of lizards, too, and a garter snake with a yellow stripe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11829510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2-800x536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2-800x536.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2-1020x684.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/weasel2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A long-tailed weasel and freshly killed prey — a vole — at Santa Cruz County's Bonny Doon Beach.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then they saw something else — a small animal dashing across the trail with a rodent in its mouth: the long-tailed weasel and the late vole. In recounting that moment, Cruz can barely contain his excitement. This species is the most widely distributed of all North American weasels. Though it's not strictly nocturnal, it's rarely sighted. Like other weasels, it's known for its ferocity, its skill as a hunter and its boldness in taking on larger mammals as prey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz describes Mustela frenata this way: \"The spirit of a lion crammed into a muscular body 20 centimeters (about 8 inches) long with the persistence and determination of a wolf, as they have to eat half their body weight every day. They are nature's ghost that evades detection and cameras like a jester that waves its black mask and black-tipped tail at you and disappears into your imagination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said Friday he has been looking for these elusive predators for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have been up and down the bay looking for these guys — 10 years — and I finally got to see one,\" Cruz said. He had actually seen one earlier in the day chasing a rabbit, a sight he likened to \"the way a cheetah hunts a gazelle.\" He didn't get a shot of that first sighting, though, and calls the weasel's second appearance \"incredible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since I had never heard of, let alone seen, a long-tailed weasel before this, I've done some hurried reading on its life, times and habits. Here's \u003ca href=\"https://ovlc.org/ojai-wildlife/long-tailed-weasel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one very fine and graphic description\u003c/a> of M. frenata on the hunt:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The long-tailed weasel is a fearless and aggressive hunter which may attack animals far larger than itself. When stalking, it waves its head from side to side in order to pick up the scent of its prey. It hunts small prey, such as mice, by rushing at them and kills them with one bite to the head. With large prey, such as rabbits, the long-tailed weasel strikes quickly, taking its prey off guard. It grabs the nearest part of the animal and climbs upon its body, maintaining its hold with its feet. The long-tailed weasel then maneuvers itself to inflict a lethal bite to the neck.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Of course, the miniature killing machine's predatory instincts are sometimes a double-edged sword when it comes to human interests. Long-tailed weasels are welcome around farms for their ability to help control rats and mice. But they can be poultry raiders, too, and sometimes \u003ca href=\"https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/coops/weasels-killing-chickens/#:~:text=Weasels%20on%20the%20Farm&text=They%20eat%20rodents%2C%20fish%2C%20birds,species%20that%20is%20regularly%20available.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wreak havoc\u003c/a> on whole flocks of chickens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nature, though, is not a one-way street. Long-tailed weasels, and especially their young — born blind and helpless after a gestation period that can last 11 months — are themselves vulnerable to predators, including owls, hawks, coyotes and snakes. As Lillian Gish observed in \"The Night of the Hunter,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedorkreport.com/charles-laughton-night-of-the-hunter-movie-review-1955/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it's a hard world for little things\u003c/a>. 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