The U.S. Navy has for decades deployed bottlenose dolphins to search for underwater mines and detect enemy divers. Now the versatile sea mammals and their San Diego-based trainers are preparing for an unprecedented challenge: locating some of the few surviving vaquita porpoises in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-navy-dolphin-20161228-story.html

California’s wolves are on the move. Just how many are haunting Northern California’s backcountry, and where, shifts with the weather and prey. What’s certain is that the elusive predators are here and more are coming.

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article124812009.html

A light rain is falling as I write this on Thursday, Jan. 19, and we're predicted to have alternating rain and snow for the next four days. It feels more like the Tehachapi winters of my youth, when it seemed that puddles and pools and storms were more abundant.

http://www.tehachapinews.com/lifestyle/pen-in-hand-rain-and-snow-bode-well-for-bobcats/article_ea437d6a-dec3-11e6-acdb-9f6d6a576bfc.html

For the fifth year, The Hopland Research and Extension Center, in partnership with UC Cooperative Extension Mendocino County is offering the 2017 California Naturalist certificate class in Mendocino County.

http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/general-news/20170113/california-naturalist-program-accepting-applications-in-mendocino-county

The demonstration will be in opposition to the administration’s plans to delete climate change data and gag scientists

https://www.google.com/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/science/donald-trump-science-march-washington-climate-change-global-warming-a7547206.html%3Famp

The People’s Climate Movement is planning a massive mobilization on the National Mall on April 29—Donald Trump's 99th day in office.

http://dcist.com/2017/01/climate_change_march.php