http://journowl.com Wildlife news, Wildlife conservation Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:26:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is always great when people within the community come together for the betterment of a species. Whether it is a common mammal, a threatened bird or an endangered amphibian, the notion of conserving habitat is no doubt a worthy cause.  In this particular case, the city of Antioch's burrowing ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1294 It sounds too good to be true.  Owls returning to the habitat from where they had just been evicted.  Owls re-establishing themselves just in time for breeding season and able to contribute to a declining Bay Area burrowing owl population.  Incredible! Incredible is indeed the word and I must say perfectly ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1285 The day has come for a response from the California Attorney General's office in regards to my letter and request for burrowing owl assistance.  After numerous calls and emails to the 'Office' over the last month regarding burrowing owl evictions, I was informed during today's conversation that there may be ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1280 I don't often find myself quoting World War II Japanese Admirals, but I do believe it is most fitting considering a complete lack of response and acknowledgement from the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG).  Believe me I am more than willing and quite ready to give the agency ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1273 And just when one thought the burrowing owl dilemma in the East San Francisco Bay Area could not get any more incredible, a series of shady events unfolded during the last two weeks.  I held off reporting some of these facts because I have been in direct contact with and ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1268 I find myself in awe over what appears to be overwhelming support for a cause in which I have become completely ensconced.  As I sat on the runway in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday my only concern was that I could potentially miss a slot that had been scheduled for me ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1261 Perhaps in a bid to counterbalance the relentless activities of humankind upon the Earth, Mother Nature intervened just as time was running out for the Blue Ridge burrowing owls.  The finale was a spectacular culmination of a rather innocuous series of events that when I now look back appear to ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1258 Over the last 9 years I have found myself many a time contemplating aberrant results.  If ever there was (or is) an inevitable lesson that one encounters in biology it is without a doubt a need to be at one with the occasional unexplainable event.  I can tell you firsthand ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1250 Dear Attorney General Brown, I am formally requesting that an investigation be implemented into the current California Department of Fish & Game's (CDFG) burrowing owl eviction policies.  As you may be aware, the S.F. Bay Area has become enveloped in an owl eviction controversy because of a CDFG approved eviction plan ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1243 A government cover-up.  Policies established that cater to industry.  A few officials pulling the strings.  Millions of dollars at stake.  And a lone report that trades hands under the cover of night exposing the plot.  We have all seen fictionalized  stories unfold at the movies, and have undoubtedly read actual ... http://journowl.com/index.php/archives/1236