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California laws relating to fully protected species were among the first attempts in the nation to give protection to wildlife in risk of extinction, predating even the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). In the decades that followed, new laws were enacted that were more flexible to the needs of growing communities and the modern world.
The forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.
Two species of this nocturnal, omnivorous family occur in California. Ring-tailed cat, Bassariscus astutus; Raccoon, Procyon lotor (harvest) Order: Carnivora Family: Mephitidae. Two species of skunks occur in California. Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis (harvest) Western spotted skunk, Spilogale gracilis (harvest)
The refuge is located in the California Coast Ranges. Basement rocks along the coast are from the Mesozoic , 65 to are 245 million years old. About seven million years ago the local ranges experienced most of their uplift, and there are several geological faults, such as the San Gregorio-Hosgri fault system .
Many schoolchildren have watched in wonder as large orange and black butterflies emerge from cocoons. Although once a common sight, the beautiful butterflies are "plummeting toward extinction due ...
The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) declares that "all native species of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plants, and their habitats, threatened with extinction and those experiencing a significant decline which, if not halted, would lead to a threatened or endangered designation, will be protected or preserved." [1]
Earth’s “normal” extinction rate usually hovers around 0.1 and 1 species per 10,000 species over 100 years, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Now, that number is thousands of times higher.
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A leading conservation research group found that 40% of animals and 34% of plants in the United States are at risk of extinction, while 41% of ecosystems are facing collapse.