Latest California Gnatcatcher Stories

ROCKLIN, Calif., Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wildlands announces the final approval and establishment of the Buena Creek California Catcher and Coastal Sage Scrub Conservation Bank in Northern San Diego County. The bank has been approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to mitigate permitted impacts to federally listed California gnatcatcher habitat. Conservation credits can be purchased by public and private development projects to offset permitted impacts to gnatcatcher...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Coastal Commission today took final action to permanently protect 75 acres of undeveloped land in the southern section of the City of Laguna Beach, known as the Hobo Aliso Ridge. The settlement with Driftwood Properties, LLC addresses the unpermitted clearance of several acres of rare habitat, as well as the unpermitted placement of several thousand sandbags, gravel/dirt berms, drainage pipes, and other development...