Articles tagged as: pacific southwest research station

Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frogs Feeling the Heat

BERKELEY, California, December 15, 2008 (ENS) – Climate change is affecting the Sierra Nevada’s high elevation lakes and the imperiled yellow-legged frogs that depend on them, according to scientists with the U.S. Forest Service and the University of California, Berkeley. The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog once was common in these high elevation lakes and slow [...]

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Camera Captures First California Wolverine Seen in 90 Years

ALBANY, California, March 8, 2008 (ENS) – Scientists believe a wolverine was photographed with a remote-controlled camera on the Tahoe National Forest, the first evidence of wolverines in California found in at least 90 years. U.S. Forest Service scientists believe an Oregon State University graduate student working on a cooperative project with the agency’s Pacific [...]

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