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Stella McMillin remembers the day a dead coyote from Santa Cruz came into her lab for testing. When the examination started, McMillin, a scientist for California Fish and Wildlife, realized the cause of the animal’s death was probably rat poison.
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Local Market Offers Carbon Reduction Program
NewsEnvironmentLocalBusinessCommunity Jun 18, 2013, by Aaron Carnes
Most people have heard by now of the concept of reducing humans’ “carbon footprint.” For years, it’s been talked about most often in relation to big companies, but there’s an increasing focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions at smaller and even individual levels.
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The Catfight Over Santa Cruz’s Backyard
NewsEnvironmentLocalCommunity Jun 11, 2013, by Georgia Perry 1 Comments
Project Purr has an innovative way to deal with the local feral cat population. But birders and local shelter officials say the cats are a danger to other species, including endangered ones.
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Local Cleanup Group Draws Controversy
NewsEnvironmentLocalCommunity Jun 11, 2013, by Jacob Pierce 4 Comments
When TJ Magallanes cofounded the Clean Team last fall, he never wanted the group to focus on organizing weekly cleanups, which have become the Santa Cruz coalition’s calling card.
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Grafting Blooms in Santa Cruz’s Urban Space
NewsEnvironmentLocalCommunity May 28, 2013, by Georgia Perry 1 Comments
“This tree is a complete abomination of nature,” says Andy Moskowitz, with a laugh.
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The Truth About Spirulina
NewsEnvironment May 14, 2013, by Maria Grusauskas 2 Comments
On a recent layover in Chicago, I found myself standing in the smoothie line at the airport, dazed, jet-lagged, and craving kale. Or anything green. I’d been away from California too long.
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Urban Backpacking Offers Hikers a Fresh Take
EnvironmentLocalCommunity May 07, 2013, by Georgia Perry
What’s the allure of urban backpacking? Only that it’s saving the Earth, inspiring art and making hikers look at their local environment in a completely new light. Here’s how one reporter took the first step.
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Greenspace’s Lydia Corser Ahead of the Curve
EnvironmentLocalCommunity Apr 23, 2013, by Aaron Carnes
Lydia Corser remembers when, nearly 20 years ago, she told people that she was a “green” interior designer. She got some confused looks.
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Permaculture Takes Root in Santa Cruz
NewsEnvironmentLocal Apr 23, 2013, by Sally Neas 2 Comments
“It’s spring time,” proclaims permaculture teacher David Shaw, as he clutches a hunter green steel digging fork. “Time to go.”
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Santa Cruz’s ‘Nuclear Terminator’
NewsEnvironment Mar 26, 2013, by Sally Neas
Many locals know Ben Davis Jr. as a painter, the resident artist at Santa Cruz’s Sones Cellars. His work is so colorful and bright it almost seems to glow. But as he sits in the Sones Cellars tasting room, sipping a glass of Cancion Del Mar, he has an entirely different kind of glow on his mind.
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