Habitat and Extinction

Habitat Loss a Challenge for Inland Valley Area   By Frank Schiavone Habitat and species loss is a major challenge in Southern California. In fact, Southern California has been identified as one of eight “hot spots” worldwide where species loss is occurring at unprecedented rates. Many of the plant and animal communities here rank as some of the most threatened in the world. According...

Value of wilderness parks?

Why can’t policy makers see value of wilderness parks?   By Frank Schiavone Recently, I visited an old friend. Well, actually it’s a place, a very special place called the Santa Rosa Plateau. It’s just north of Murrieta. The last time I was there was about 12 years ago or so. Now an ecological reserve, it could easily have become a hodgepodge of mini-mansions and tract homes. A...