When I first see Alan Washburn on a foggy November morning in Pebble Beach, he is on his knees among the pine needles of the Del Monte Forest.…
A 4.6-acre habitat reserve in Del Rey Oaks, encircled by barbed wire, is vulnerable to a new threat.
On April 22, Nikki Nedeff, a volunteer with the Monterey chapter of the California Native Plant Society, addressed the Del Rey Oaks City Counc…
It takes a village to balance an ecosystem.
On June 4, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a pilot project to help fund the removal of invasive eucalypt…
ACROSS MANY OF THE LANDSCAPES ONE FINDS IN MONTEREY COUNTY, A QUIET WAR IS UNFOLDING. As with many wars throughout history, this one is over r…
TORO PARK SHOWS A DIFFERENT FACE AT 12:30AM. WITH THE MOON SMOTHERED BEHIND A LAYER OF CLOUDS, THE PARK’S TOWERING OAKS STAND AS SHADOWS OF TH…
AT THE TROUGH… Squid never quite understood why zombie flicks became so popular in recent years, but now Squid is starting to get it: Some thi…
While clearing thousands of eucalyptus trees around Palo Colorado in Big Sur in 2018, Pat Riparetti’s team discovered in the thick forest a gr…
Late last summer, biologist Rachel Anderson was working at the small c-shaped Animas Pond in the mountains above Carmel Valley, and she was ex…