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East Marin Island, a former vacation retreat, now supports a variety of introduced and native plants and provides critical nesting material and rest sites for the nearby colony. The submerged tidelands support a variety of resident and migratory water birds such as surf scoter , black oystercatcher , diving ducks , and osprey .
Santa Rosa Island holds two groves of the Torrey pine subspecies Pinus torreyana var. insularis, which is endemic to the island. Torrey pines are the United States' rarest pine species. [1] The islands also house many rare and endangered plants, including the island barberry, the island rushrose, and the Santa Cruz Island lace pod.
Ile Sainte-Marie, or St. Mary's Island as it is known in English, became a popular base for pirates, between the 17th and 18th centuries. Beginning with Adam Baldridge in 1691 [4] and ending with John Pro in 1719, the location was favourable for pirate activity, being near maritime routes travelled by ships returning from the East Indies, their ...
San Nicolas Island has been used since 1957 as a launch pad for research rockets. Santa Rosa Island was used in 1952 as a base for the USAF 669th AC&W Squadron and they operated two Distant Early Warning FPS-10 radars from the hilltops there. In 1955 another FPS-3 search radar was added, and in 1956, a GPS-3 search radar was installed.
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.
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Hundreds of animals were seized from a Long Island home on Tuesday, in what authorities are calling Nassau County's largest animal seizure. The raid took place less than a year after a 4-foot ...
The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is endemic to California. Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae. Six species of canids occur in California. Coyote, Canis latrans; Gray wolf, Canis lupus (extirpated 1924, resettled 2017) †Cascade Mountains wolf, C. l. fuscus (extinct) Northwestern wolf, C. l. occidentalis; Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus ...