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Citizens For Los Angeles Wildlife, Inc. works to protect, promote, and restore LA's native wildlife and their habitat.

10/28/2026

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As daylight hours (photoperiod) shorten, behaviors such as the one captured in this video are triggered. A shortening photoperiod combined with rising testosterone levels leads to the deer rut, or the annual deer mating season. This cycle lasts for a few weeks, typically from late October through early December.

This video captured on September 12th of this year shows two young bucks engaged in very early pre-rut behavior. The pre-rut is characterized by rubbing trees with antlers, older bucks checking areas that does frequent, and bucks engaging each other with light sparring.

Hopefully as the season progresses, we can observe more of this year's rut.

10/27/2026

🚨 URGENT: Don’t Let California Roll Back Bobcat Protections! 🚨

In 2019, thanks to your voices, CLAW helped lead the statewide push to pass AB 1254. The law banned bobcat trapping and suspended bobcat hunting across California.

Now, those protections are at risk. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released a draft management plan that could open the door to hunting wild cats once again. Nothing has changed to justify reversing this suspension.

Bobcats already face severe threats from habitat loss, wildfires, vehicle strikes, and rodenticide poisoning. Reopening hunting offers zero conservation benefit. IT IS PURELY FOR TROPHIES AND FUR.

CDFW needs to hear from YOU, not just trophy hunting lobbyists.

HOW TO TAKE ACTION BY NOV 1:
-Send an email to: [email protected]
-Use the subject line: California Bobcat Conservation and Management Plan
-Tell them to keep bobcat hunting permanently prohibited in California!

Let’s keep California moving forward in wildlife protection, not backward. 🐾

10/22/2026

Another successful Rewinding Event, in the books! 📚 By nurturing native plant species, we lay the foundation for a thriving local ecosystem. Check out the incredible native plants and pollinators that call this restored habitat home, including:

🫛 California Bee Plant / California Figwort (Scrophularia californica): This resilient native plant features teardrop-shaped capsules bursting with seeds. It provides rich nectar for bees and hummingbirds during its bloom and serves as a crucial larval host plant for native butterflies.

🦋 Native Butterflies, including the Common Buckeye, Dusky Metalmark, Pygmy Blue, and Funereal Duskywing.

Shout-out to Jerome for the butterfly photos and identifications!

And deep gratitude to Saskia for her wonderful photography and her dedicated, continued leadership on the Rewilding project 💚

And finally, a huge THANK YOU to all of our volunteers who continue to come to these events! Your actions make a big difference in protecting and restoring our local ecosystems.

If you’d like to join us for a future Rewinding event, sign up using the volunteer form on our website: https://www.clawonline.org/volunteer

Hope to see you at the next one!

10/21/2026

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During this time of the year, the Western fence lizard (𝑆𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠) is preparing to switch from active foraging to brumation, or a period similar to hibernation but in cold-blooded reptiles and amphibians. Their diet generally consists of various insects, but as they prepare for brumation, they start heavily feeding on mainly ants.

They're a very important species for humans, as their presence leads to fewer incidents of Lyme disease. When a tick feeds on this lizards blood, a specialized protein kills the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, cleansing the tick.

So if you see one of these guys in the wild, make sure to thank them!

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10/14/2026

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Today we've got another mountain lion (𝑃𝑢𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟) sighting! This was taken sometime last week outside resident's home in the Laurel Canyon area.

Just like coyotes, mountain lion activity increases during the fall. Young males, around a year or two old, leave their mothers in search of their own territory. Adults increase their hunting efforts as prey behavior changes in response to the cold weather approaching.

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10/13/2026

Angelenos! It's time to use your vote to protect LA's wildlife.
VOTE NO ON PROP 45

For over 50 years, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has been our state’s cornerstone environmental law. It protects clean air, local water, and the habitats our wildlife depends on. CEQA has helped safeguard beloved species like our California mountain lions, mule deer, western burrowing owls, and Quino checkerspot butterflies.

But right now, a group funded by corporations and data centers is pushing Prop 45 to permanently dismantle these protections.

Prop 45 weakens public input and opens the door for habitat-destroying projects across California.

Together, we can stop this. Protect LA’s wildlife and natural heritage by voting NO on Prop 45.

🗓️ Key Voting Dates to Remember:

-Oct 6: Vote-by-mail ballots arrive & early voting begins

-Oct 19: Last day to register to vote

-Oct 24/31: In-person early voting locations open

-Nov 3: Election Day! Polls close at 8 PM

Take action now by returning your ballot early AND share this post to spread the word!

10/07/2026

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The summer months coincide with peak coyote sightings and activity. Coyotes are reading pups and need more food, so these normally crepuscular animals extend their hunting hours into the day, People are more active during cooler morning and evening hours, overlapping with peak coyote hunting times. As summer fades into fall, keep an eye out for coyotes on your morning and evening walks. Give them space, admire them from a distance, and enjoy the chance to see one of our wild neighbors. 🐺

10/02/2026

It's Feel Good Friday and we have some AWESOME news about three laws that were recently passed in California!

But first, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to reach out to Governor Newsom. Your voices were heard and helped secure big victories for California’s wildlife during this legislative session.

Here are the key bills SIGNED into law that will directly protect our wild neighbors and habitats:

✅ SB 1135 (Blakespear): Human-Wildlife Conflict Program
Formally re-establishes and expands critical funding for California’s Human-Wildlife Conflict Program, which provides communities with non-lethal solutions to foster coexistence.

✅ SB 1250 (Cortese): Wildlife Connectivity at Caltrans
Establishes wildlife connectivity as an official objective for Caltrans. It prioritizes safe passage over and under roadways for migratory species to reduce vehicle collisions.

✅ AB 2045 (Connolly): Habitat Restoration Act Extension
Extends the Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act, keeping streamlined approvals in place for urgent habitat restoration projects across the state.

Policy work is a long game, but bringing these essential protections across the finish line is a massive victory for biodiversity and peaceful coexistence with our wild neighbors 💚

09/23/2026

Another successful Rewilding in the books! We'd like to extend a HUGE thank you to our dedicated volunteers, who have been showing up month after month to protect and restore Southern California’s native plant species 💚

Thanks to their ongoing care, these native species are surviving and thriving (see if you can spot them in the pics!):
-Sugar Bush (Rhus ovata): A chaparral powerhouse with tough, folded evergreen leaves shaped like little troughs to minimize water loss in the hot sun.
-California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum): A cornerstone restoration species whose dense flower clusters provide essential nectar for local pollinators and food for native birds.
-California Black Walnut (Juglans californica): A protected regional native tree whose broad canopy and edible nuts offer critical shelter and forage for local wildlife.

We also came across an antler that was likely shed by a buck earlier this year 🦌

Every w**d pulled, bucket carried, and native seed planted helps the entire ecosystem, from bumblebees to bobcats!

If you'd like to participate in our next Rewilding, sign up using the volunteer form on our website: https://www.clawonline.org/volunteer

09/19/2026

The MRCA has won an important Court of Appeal decision upholding its right to enforce a conservation easement protecting a wildlife corridor in Laurel Canyon.

The case, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority v. Bakalinskaya, originated in 2015, when the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy waived its right of first refusal to a City of LA-owned parcel that was being sold as “exempt surplus land” to an adjacent private property owner. In exchange for the waiver, the private party agreed to dedicate a conservation easement covering an 8ft strip along the border of the property & to donate a separate parcel to MRCA in fee title for the purpose of establishing a “habitat linkage,” a corridor that allows wildlife to move freely between larger areas.

After signing the settlement & executing the easement, the property owner proceeded to develop within the conservation easement. MRCA subsequently determined that improvements, including an elevated parking deck, artificial lighting & numerous retaining walls, blocked the conservation easement. MRCA staff attempted to have the owner address the violations, but those efforts were unsuccessful.

In Aug 2022, MRCA filed suit seeking to enforce the conservation easement. Represented by Richards, Watson & Gershon, MRCA prevailed at a jury trial in Nov. 2024. The jury found that the defendants had breached the easement, & the trial court subsequently ordered specific corrective work to bring the property into compliance with the easement. The defendants appealed.

The Court of Appeal heard oral arguments on Sept 10, 2026, & issued its decision on Sept 15, affirming the trial court’s judgment in favor of MRCA. The Court also affirmed the trial court’s determination that MRCA was the prevailing party and entitled to recover its costs on appeal.

“The bottom line is that the MRCA will enforce its conservation easements to the fullest extent of the law,” said Chief Staff Counsel Jeff Maloney.

The decision leaves in place the judgment requiring corrective work to bring the property into compliance with the conservation easement, which was established to protect the wildlife corridor.

Read full court opinion at mrca.ca.gov

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