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First Nations people have lived in coastal B.C. areas for at least 8–9,000 years, though the oldest documented archaeological sites in the Victoria area are about 4,150 years old. Grant Keddie, Royal BC Museum archaeologist, describes Swan Lake as an important hunting and gathering area for the Songhees people. Over the years, a number of ...
The largest private preserve is the 93,000 acres (380 km 2) Wind Wolves Preserve owned by the aforementioned Wildlands Conservancy. [21] In total, there are many dozens of land trust and conservation organizations active in California, with thousands of acres preserved on public and private lands through their efforts. [ 22 ]
Representatives of the Chumash people began to advocate protection of the coastal and ocean waters of the Central California coast in the 1980s. [4] By the mid-2010s, a concerted effort by Indigenous peoples, tribal governments, community leaders and organizations, businesses, California state and local officials, and members of the United ...
In British Columbia, the Garry oak can be infested by three nonnative insects: the jumping gall wasp Neuroterus saltatorius, the oak leaf phylloxeran, and the spongy moth. [ 8 ] While the invasive plant disease commonly called sudden oak death attacks other Pacific Coast native oaks, it has not yet been found on the Oregon white oak.
Of particular importance was the Garry Oak (Quercus garryana), a species of oak. It is distributed between British Columbia and California but grows best around Victoria. Around 1800, this system covered around 15 km² in the area of today's city. Seasonal migrations shaped the course of the year.
The Chatsworth Nature Preserve (CNP) is a 1,325-acre (536 ha) open-space preserve located in the northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, United States. The preserve contains oak woodlands, savanna, riparian areas, grassland, vernal pools, and an Ecology Pond, all of which support more than 200 bird species and ...
The reserve was one of several state parks threatened with closure in 2008. After the 2009 California state special elections, in which voters turned down a package of propositions dealing with California budget crisis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed the temporary closure (for at least 2 years) of 220 parks. [5]