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Hands Off Our Snakes, Saint Patrick!
According to lore, Saint Patrick once rid Ireland of its snakes. In truth, post-glacial Ireland never had snakes, and “snakes” may have...
Mar 12, 2024


EPIC's Reflections on the 2024 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
From Friday, March 1st to Sunday, March 3rd, three EPIC staff attended the 42nd annual Public Interest Environmental Law...
Mar 11, 2024


How Beaver Dams Taught Salmon to Jump: An Ecological Tale of Coevolution
Happy Leap Day! In honor of this quadrennial day, let’s reflect on how beavers taught salmon to “leap.” The industrious beaver, with its...
Feb 27, 2024


We Need Broad Rodenticide Bans to Protect Wildlife
On an afternoon in November 2023, a Portland Parks & Recreation staffer found an injured northern spotted owl in Mount Tabor Park, a...
Feb 26, 2024


Governor Newsom’s New Salmon Strategy at Odds with Recently Approved Delta-Bay Tunnel
On January 30, 2024, Governor Newsom announced California’s first-ever strategy to protect the future of salmon in our state's waterways....
Feb 13, 2024


Superb Owl Sunday 2024
Superb Owl Sunday, our yearly day of celebration of the outstanding owl species of the world, is upon us! The NFL even puts on a special...
Feb 11, 2024


California Gray Wolf Update: 6 Wolf Packs Statewide, 2 New Packs Named
The Golden State now harbors up to six known wolf families! After nearly a century of statewide extinction from 1924 to 2011, gray wolves...
Feb 5, 2024

