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April 24, 2010 -- UWG co-founders Catherine Rich and Travis Longcore were recognized by Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society with the 2010 Audubon Conservation Award for their "tireless, successful dedication to environmental protection."
April 10, 2010 -- Nice coverage of the efforts being taken to recover Lange's Metalmark , including our captive rearing efforts at Moorpark College.
March 2010 -- The captive breeding program for Palos Verdes blue butterfly at the Defense Fuel Support Point in San Pedro and at Moorpark College, under the leadership of Dr. Jana Johnson (profiled here ), was able to release butterflies at Deane Dana Friendship Park and Linden H. Chandler Preserve . Coverage in the Daily Breeze Los Angeles Times CBS Evening News . We thank the Department of Defense for ongoing funding for this project and the especially the landowners: the County of Los Angeles and Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy .
March 4, 2010 -- Science Director Travis Longcore is featured on Swedish Public Radio program Klotet (The Globe) talking about the impacts of trash on stormwater and wildlife (text and video ).
January 12, 2010 -- Los Angeles Times columnist Hector Tobar has an excellent essay supporting the use of native plants in Los Angeles gardens , featuring background from Science Director Travis Longcore.
January 7, 2010 -- Science Director Travis Longcore and colleagues have published a new paper on butterfly conservation at San Bruno Mountain, just south of San Francisco, in the international Journal of Insect Conservation . The article emphasizes the importance of good monitoring for endangered species and the need to manage native vegetation to maintain habitat for early-successional species. These issues were in the forefront of a recent vote on further development on San Bruno Mountain.
Longcore, T, C.S. Lam, P. Kobernus, E. Polk, and J.P. Wilson. 2010. Extracting useful data from imperfect monitoring schemes: endangered butterflies at San Bruno Mountain, San Mateo County, California (1982–2000) and implications for habitat management . Journal of Insect Conservation online early.
November 27, 2009 -- The British Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution released a report on the environmental effects of light pollution , relying on and confirming the information and outlook set forth in Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting here .
October 22, 2009 -- Science Director comments in the LA Weekly on the role of Toes Beach in Playa Del Rey as part of a network of conserved urban lands.
October 11, 2009 -- A new review of impacts of artificial night lighting is published by Miller-McCune magazine.
August 2009 -- Our paper with Christoph Aubrecht on coral reefs and night lighting is profiled in the current issue of Oceanography .
J The Urban Wildlands Group is highlighted by the Fish and Wildlife Service as a partner in conservation efforts that are bringing two California butterflies back from the brink. The Endangered Species Bulletin describes efforts to restore Palos Verdes blue butterfly and El Segundo blue butterfly by UWG and other collaborators.
June 17, 2009 -- Science Director Travis Longcore was interviewed by Swedish Public Radio on how "green" President Obama is in the early days of his administration. Longcore noted that protection of species, habitats and natural landscapes appear to be subordinate to production of alternative energy on natural lands.
April 19, 2009 -- Science Director Travis Longcore was quoted in the Newark Star-Ledger on the importance of natural areas in cities.
April 4, 2009 -- Travis Longcore was quoted in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on the current southern California drought.
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Projects
Ecological
Consequences of
Ecological Consequences of
Artificial Night Lighting Catherine Rich and Travis Longcore
Purchase
here .
See reviews in
Science , The Quarterly Review of
Biology, Biological Conservation , The
Auk , The Condor , and
Northeastern Naturalist .
Book news and new
information
VIDEO: Lights Out! For Nature
"Ecological Light
Pollution" in Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment
Conference Information
Vincent Thomas Bridge, San
Pedro
Habitat
Protection and Restoration
Vision for El Segundo dunes at
LAX
Successful Opposition to Waterview
Street Landscaping Project at LAX
Beach
Bluffs Restoration Project
Ecological Effects of Fuel
Modification (Fire Clearance)
Urban
Oaks
Spiraling Roots (collaborative project on
phytoremediation of urban soils with native
plants; report )
Western Snowy
Plover
Status
and Trends in Recovery Unit 5
www.westernsnowyplover.org
Butterflies and
Moths
Palos
Verdes Blue Butterfly
El
Segundo Blue Butterfly
Lange's Metalmark
Butterfly
Quino Checkerspot
Butterfly
Callippe Silverspot
Butterfly
Santa
Monica Mountains Hairstreak
Kern
Primrose Sphinx Moth
INCA (INsect Count Analyzer for
transect counts)
Humane
Considerations in Wildlife
Management
Lake Skinner
Beavers
Resolving Wildlife
Conflicts
