California’s Sierra Nevada provides habitat for a wide variety of wildlife, making it a place to admire, visit and protect. California is ranked as one of the top states with the highest number of endangered or threatened animal or plant species ...

In the southern Sierra Nevada, the Pacific fisher – a carnivore in the weasel family that eats birds and even porcupines – is now on the endangered species list for these mountains partly due to the loss of their habitat from wildfires. ...

CHINO, Calif. — When Brian Bielfelt had an opportunity to help build artificial burrows in Chino for burrowing owls, he jumped at the chance.“I’ve loved burrowing owls for a ...