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"Drought-Stricken Streams Threaten Calif. Salmon" [1]

"California's third year of drought has worsened the already dire outlook for endangered coho salmon, as coastal creeks used for spawning dwindle into disconnected pools where fish get trapped and die."
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: AP [5], 09/07/2009
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"Angeles National Forest Fire Takes Toll on Wildlife" [6]

"The Station fire in the San Gabriel Mountains has taken an enormous toll on the environment."
Disasters [7]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: LA Times [8], 09/04/2009
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"Firefighters Wage 5-Day Battle To Save Mt. Wilson Observatory" [9]

"In a mile-high duel, driven firefighters are determined to keep flames from the historic facility."
Disasters [7]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: LA Times [10], 09/03/2009
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"California: Urging Water Rules Change" [11]

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke asking them to reverse the federal government’s restrictions on water use intended to protect fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta."
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: NYTimes [13], 09/03/2009
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California Water Wars Continue [14]

"San Francisco Bay and the delta are dying. Salmon runs are collapsing. Droughts are getting worse. And big agriculture still wants more water."
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: SF Bay Guardian [15], 09/02/2009
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LA Blaze Consumes 105,000 Acres; No End in Sight" [16]

"The Station blaze [near L.A.] has destroyed more than 50 buildings and burned more than 105,000 acres of mountainous brush. Little hope of containment is seen as long as hot, dry conditions continue."
Disasters [7]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: LA Times [17], 09/01/2009
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Fire Near L.A. Claims 18 Homes and Two Firefighters [18]

"The giant fire in Angeles National Forest continued its slow-motion rampage through the mountains Sunday, causing the deaths of two firefighters as it bore down on the semirural community of Acton and threatened to overrun Mt. Wilson."
Disasters [7]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: LA Times [19], 08/31/2009
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"Northrop To Clean Up Calif. Water At Superfund Site" [20]

"Northrop Grumman Corp on Thursday reached a settlement with U.S. environmental regulators that requires the aerospace giant to spend about $21 million to clean up groundwater pollution dating from World War II manufacturing through the 1980s."
Pollution [21]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: Reuters [22], 08/28/2009
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"Steamy Heat More Common In California: Study" [23]

"Bouts of extreme muggy heat lasting for days, once rare in California, are becoming more frequent and intense due to ocean patterns altered by climate change, scientists said in a study released on Tuesday."
Climate Change [24]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: Reuters [25], 08/28/2009
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Fire Crews Battle To Save Hundreds of Homes in California [26]

"Fire crews were battling to save hundreds of homes that were threatened by two wildfires burning in dry, explosive brush near La Cañada Flintridge and on the Palos Verdes Peninsula."
Disasters [7]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: LA Times [27], 08/28/2009
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/drought-stricken-streams-threaten-calif-salmon [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [5] http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iVzx-SvHIQSviw_4ZxPG9k5sP2QgD9AHUL8G2 [6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/angeles-national-forest-fire-takes-toll-wildlife [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [8] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/09/fire-environment.html [9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/firefighters-wage-5-day-battle-to-save-mt-wilson-observatory [10] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mtwilson3-2009sep03,0,3994284.story [11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-urging-water-rules-change [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [13] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/us/03brfs-URGINGWATERR_BRF.html?ref=earth [14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-water-wars-continue [15] http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=9088&catid=4&volume_id=398&issue_id=447&volume_num=43&issue_num=49 [16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/la-blaze-consumes-105000-acres-no-end-sight [17] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fires1-2009sep01,0,4163152.story [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fire-near-la-claims-18-homes-and-two-firefighters [19] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fire31-2009aug31,0,6751191.story [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/northrop-to-clean-up-calif-water-at-superfund-site [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [22] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/54430 [23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/steamy-heat-more-common-in-california-study [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [25] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/54425 [26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fire-crews-battle-to-save-hundreds-homes-california [27] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/fire-crews-battling-to-save-hundreds-of-homes-as-wildfires-rage-in-southern-california.html [28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=208 [29] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=205 [30] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=206 [31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=207 [32] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=210 [33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=211 [34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=212 [35] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=213 [36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california?page=215