View Post

Wolves in California

In California by TwowolvesLeave a Comment

Clear historical records from 1750 to 1850 indicate that wolves were once present in the Coastal Range from San Diego to Sacramento when Europeans first began exploring and settling these areas (Schmidt 1987, 1991). From 1850-1900, wolves were seen in Shasta County and in the central Sierra Nevada (Schmidt 1987, 1991). These historical reports of wolves appear in divergent areas …

‘Dwarf’ foxes, saved from extinction, make an incredible recovery : TreeHugger

In California by TwowolvesLeave a Comment

While they may be a bit smaller than your average house cat, what these ‘dwarf’ Island foxes lack in stature, they make up for in resilience. Not long ago, the future looked bleak for the distinctly diminutive fox species that reside on California’s Channel Islands. In the mid-1990s, the island fox’s numbers had plummeted from the thousands to, in some …