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Wildlife and outdoors reporter for the @latimes 🐆🦜🦝🦦🐏🐊🦭🦨🌵🏔️
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialToday marked the last construction update for the Annenberg wildlife crossing before it opens Dec. 2!
As crews move and compact massive amounts of soil, there's one concern looming: El Niño. Heavy rains could derail the work and create unsafe conditions. www.latimes.com/environment/...
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialNewsom signed a bill that will bring back a California program to address conflicts between people and bears, wolves and mountain lions. The move comes amid a record number of wolf pup births -- at least 42! www.latimes.com/environment/...
@sammyroth.bsky.socialReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.socialCalifornia revives Wildlife Coexistence Program amid record wolf pup boom www.latimes.com/environment/... via @lilaseidman.bsky.social
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialAttended bald eagle Jackie's celebration of life today in Big Bear and boy was it heartfelt. Some 2,000 people attended and fans took solace in the camaraderie. My story: www.latimes.com/environment/...
@ucanr.eduReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.social“We live in an infinite sea of rats.”
UC ANR human-wildlife interactions advisor Niamh Quinn explains the challenge of rodent control: beyond any control project, there are more rats ready to move in.
The goal isn’t elimination, it’s effective management.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
@latimes.comReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.socialA California river has dried up. Critics say the state should do more to protect its salmon
@sammyroth.bsky.socialReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.socialHow's California doing on "30 by 30"? The state is on track to conserve 30% of its land by 2030 — but not 30% of its coastal waters: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @nohaggerty.bsky.social
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialToday, Gavin Newsom said an otter may have helped cause his parents' divorce. His dad "fell in love with river otters and brought one home," he said at an event. "I think it was, 'Me or the otter,' my mom said. And I think my dad may have chosen the otter." 🤯
@ianjames.bsky.socialReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.socialWith a strong El Niño increasing the odds of big storms this fall and winter, California is on alert for possible flooding. But if El Niño delivers a wet punch, it will also bring an upside: a bonanza of water. How prepared is California to capitalize on it? www.latimes.com/environment/...
@sammyroth.bsky.socialReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.socialGavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have limited logging and given Indigenous tribes more say over 14 California forests: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @lilaseidman.bsky.social
@lawrencecphd.bsky.socialReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.socialGift article:
Tribes “are already reaping the benefits of stronger fall chinook runs. The Yurok in August held their annual salmon festival; for the first time in years, they actually served salmon. They’re also distributing salmon to elders and schools.”
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialA decades-long fight to rein in logging in a Mendocino County redwood forest hit a setback after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to reshape priorities across a little-known public land system. My latest: www.latimes.com/environment/...
@kennyuong.bsky.socialReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.socialOverheard a conversation on a bus in LA: “El Niño is coming. I don’t know where to go, I don’t have a spot.” The unhoused and those experiencing housing instability are the most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialThe cover photo is adorable but the story is grim: El Niño and an ongoing marine heatwave could bring an influx of starving sea lion pups to Southern California's shores.
Why? Conditions could mess with a phenomenon that provides food for sea life. bit.ly/4xHwCSb
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialJust got back from two weeks in Scandinavia! (Below is proof the sun even shines in Oslo sometimes.)
@ianjames.bsky.socialReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.socialInternal documents reveal how an industry group plans to try to kill California’s plastic and recycling laws - By @susrust.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/science/stor...
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialBig moment for activists seeking to rein in commercial logging at Mendocino County’s Jackson Demonstration State Forest. CA lawmakers passed a bill to shift management goals across 14 state forests toward conservation and tribal stewardship. www.latimes.com/environment/...
@lawrencecphd.bsky.socialReposted by @lilaseidman.bsky.social“When fire erupted in Channel Islands National Park on Santa Rosa Island, observers feared for the park’s rare Torrey pines. On Tuesday, the National Park Service released grim news: Up to 80% of the grove’s trees could die. The Torrey pine is among the rarest species of pine trees in the world.”
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialShadow's hanging out with a new eagle, and it doesn’t appear to be a summer fling. A prominent biologist says it’s “highly likely” the two will be a pair come nesting season. www.latimes.com/environment/...
@lilaseidman.bsky.socialAfter Jackie’s death, some fans want her brought “home” to Big Bear. But almost all dead bald eagles go to a federal facility that supplies remains to tribes. It's an unexpected fight where internet fame and Indigenous rights collide: bit.ly/4ctuDJe
