PS Wildlife Advocates

10/19/2026

The Coachella Valley Water District should be installing these in our CV canal. Many Bighorn sheep including lambs die every year in the canal.

08/10/2026

Such sad news. We are grateful for the time we had to observe the magnificent Jackie through the Big Bear we**ams. 🦅

RIP: Jackie, the beloved bald eagle whose adult life was chronicled on a live we**am at Big Bear Lake, has died, the Ojai Raptor Center announced Monday. Story: https://ktla.com/news/california/jackie-the-beloved-big-bear-bald-eagle-dies/

07/21/2026

Excellent news! 👏 to Indian Wells!

The City of Indian Wells has temporarily suspended enforcement of its palm tree trimming ordinance through the end of September. The pause will allow city leade

07/18/2026

Happy news for today! Wildlife bridges work!

🎥 Discover the full story in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18azvsDMsPU

07/16/2026

Happy World Snake Day! 🐍

06/17/2026

Advocates, this is an excellent news story about the effort to raise $10 million by July 31 to preserve the land near Jackie and Shadow‘s eagle 🦅 nest. The link to the fundraiser is in the article.

As supporters honor late Friends of Big Bear Valley leader Sandy Steers, the nonprofit races to raise millions to protect what it says is vital foraging habitat for the famous eagles.

06/11/2026

Very cool video of a jaguar in Southern Arizona!

We are watching a new video that shows a rare wild jaguar roaming a southern Arizona mountain range. The Center for Biological Diversity says the footage, re...

04/23/2026

Ventura bans glue traps because of how cruel and harmful they are to wildlife. We need to do this in Palm Springs! Palm Springs City Government
https://www.facebook.com/thedodosite/posts/pfbid0BHH88XwZeiJLzhsV6JyPLoibD4RopaTQABTyjHLUhztWEz7cEfRD75NznFMp4jgDl

The move follows growing concerns about their impact.

Ventura, California, has voted to ban the sale and use of glue traps, becoming one of the largest U.S. cities to take this step. Officials cited concerns about the harm these traps can cause to animals, including birds, small mammals, and pets.

Supporters say the ban reflects a shift toward more humane control methods, focusing on prevention rather than trapping.

04/21/2026

Tomorrow is Earth Day. The most impactful thing that you can do for the planet is to support wildlife. Here are some easy things an individual can do:
-End your pesticide company's contract: rodenticides and insect sprays cause secondary poisoning and disrupt the ecosystem.
-Only trim trees after nesting/fledging season (in September till January): trimming during nesting seasons destroys eggs, nests and nestling babies.
-Support wildlife with water during extreme heat.
-Create backyard habitat: rock piles for lizards, native plants for pollinators, dead branch piles for burrowing animals

04/08/2026

This is a good explanation of the reasons that went into the Annenberg Wallis overpass:

As part of the feasibility study, planning and environmental review for our project, a tunnel was eliminated from consideration as a solution as it does not provide for a fully connected ecosystem and not all wildlife will use a tunnel. The goal of the Liberty Canyon crossing is to reconnect an entire ecosystem in the middle of one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, and allow for connectivity of flora and fauna, as well as save the local mountain lion population.

A tunnel would also have been more expensive given some original Caltrans estimates, as you cannot drill the needed size given the distance, and Caltrans would have had to perform a “cut and cover,” which uses excavation equipment to dig a trench and then cover it with concrete. To do this would have required the 101 Freeway—one of the busiest freeways in the world—to close for a period of time.