NBA/NFL Celeb. Bonnie-Jill Laflin: ‘Big Black Mark’: ‘NPS Should be Really Ashamed’ of its Mgmt. of Tule Elk at Point Reyes

(EnviroNews California) — Round Valley Regional Preserve, Contra Costa County, California — Almost 200 years ago, herds of tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) roamed freely along the California coast. However, as American expansion pushed westward, their numbers plummeted drastically as they were hunted for their meat and hides.…

Rep. Jared Huffman Explains His Position Top-to-Bottom in the Battle to Manage CA’s Rare Tule Elk (EnviroNews in-Depth Exclusive)

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) has one of the highest environmental scorecards in Congress, a lifetime rating of 98 percent, and a perfect score on his 2020 voting record, according to the League of Conservation Voters. He has fought…

War on Wildlife: Trump Admin, GOP, Going Apeshit Ballistic Delisting Species, Denying Habitat, Killing the Endangered Species Act

(EnviroNews Nature) — In response to Donald Trump being elected president in 2016, environmental NGO Defenders of Wildlife (Defenders) launched the Center for Conservation Innovation (CCI) on March 30, 2017 in order to save 14,000 documents related to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). They had good reason to be…

Vegan Celebrity Chef Miyoko Schinner at Tule Elk Protest: ‘I Have 3X the Amount of Employees as All the Dairies Here… I’m Not Getting a Handout!’

(EnviroNews California) — Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California — Nearly 300 “elktivists” made their voices heard on September 27, 2020 at a large demonstration inside the Point Reyes National Seashore at the gates of Clover Dairy. The crowd gathered to support tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) and…