Dear all -- The next few years are going to be interesting. We have reached the limits to economic growth in our civilization and entered a period of...
Dear Stan, I am writing a short paper for a philosophy class on alternative energy and wildlife concerns, and I would like to use the burrowing owl/Altamont...
Hi Larissa --  Firstly, this forum is owned by Ryan ___ and not by me. I just turned out to be the most vocal participant, so you would have to ask Ryan...
Hi Stan, Interesting ideas, I think you have hit a number of topics some even beyond the scope of this forum.  I have been fascinated by economics since...
Hi Larissa, Check the files section. The conservation assessment should be there, among other papers. I'm fine with any quotes from the forum although you may...
Hi Ryan -- I generally agree with your points. I thinkt the growth paradigm as we have known it in California is now or soon to be permanently a thing of the...
Hi Larissa, (I know you aren't asking me specifically, but here goes...) I've been delving into the burrowing owl literature for my thesis and there's a whole...
Hi, Sara, thanks for the information! I will look into it. And when you finish your thesis, I would love to see it. What I'm learning is that there are...
Oh that it were so, to paraphrase, that growth at the scale we have seen is a thing of the past, or that economic contraction will stop the denuding of native...
Hello -- Â I think you are going to find that in the near future the entire paradigm of growth, including growth of "green" projects is going to cease in...
Hello All. I am a graduate student at San Jose State University and I am studying the effects of passive relocations on burrowing owls. I've read a little bit...
Hi Sara -- Here is a suggestion: See if you can work with Doug Bell of the East Bay Parks and access to EBParks land with burrowing owls already on it. I...
Stan,  Thank you for clarifying what you meant. Apparently we agree entirely on many points. I am also a strong proponent of mitigation implementation...
Wendy, I would appreciate location/s of the JT removal areas. Are they in LA County unincorporated or other City limits? Thank you. Scott ... Stan, Thank you...
Scott,  The best location information and photos are posted at http://www.avhidesert.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=673&highlight=solar  Allegedly, in...
Thanks for the heads up, Wendy. My computer is having problems and I cannot access my Yahoo account from home right now, but I do check from the public...
Thank you Wendy. I think LA Co. called me about this asking for mitig.language for JTrees and were trying to find regulatory a hook to address this activity. ...
Dear all -- I notice this book in the new arrivals section of Buteo Books online store at http://www.buteobooks.com This is a great resource. You can...
You would find the Little Owl (Athene noctua). And below is a relatively new book advertised at Buteo Books (http://www.buteobooks.com) that can tell...
Dear all -- I am on the advisory board of the Western Watersheds Project (http://www.westernwatersheds.org), which uses litigation, recommended legislation,...
FYI. The LA County Dept. of Regional Planning is reviewing a 2,100 acre solar voltaic project at their 1:00 PM SEATAC (Significant Ecological Area Technical...
Scott --  Thanks for sharing this heads up announcement. Unfortunately because of computer problems I did not get this message in time to forward it in...
A color banded burrowing owl was observed outside my dentist's office in Chula Vista, California on Oct. 20, 2008. Based on photos of the bird the left leg had...
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For anyone interested -- The Tejon Ranch has applied for permits that would allow development of approximately 10% of the ranch. Conservation organizations,...
See SEATAC Minutes for Centennial, one of the Tejon Phased Development projects. Centennial is slated entirely w.i. LA County. Comments on grasslands/raptor...
Thanks for this very helpful analysis, Scott. I believe it is important to question the science and management recommendations on issues like this. I...
Dear Sirs -- Â First of all, I would like to thank the Tejon Ranch for recently issuing me a permit to access the ranch in order to view planned development...