West Sacramento

Oct 11, 2024 | ledger.news | Mike Costello |West Sacramento

Our eyes on El Dorado County … First, let’s establish the fact that nearly 100 percent of humans think mountain lions are spectacular animals that should thrive on our wildlands. Mountain lion abundance in the wild is very different than in backyards, greenbelts, public parks and school yards. Like a Jeff Foxworthy joke gone bad, you don’t have to be a redneck to wonder about mountain lions in your neighborhood, in California.

Oct 2, 2024 | lassennews.com | Mike Costello |West Sacramento

First, let’s establish the fact that nearly 100 percent of humans think mountain lions are spectacular animals that should thrive on our wildlands. Mountain lion abundance in the wild is very different than in backyards, greenbelts, public parks and school yards. Like a Jeff Foxworthy joke gone bad, you don’t have to be a redneck to wonder about mountain lions in your neighborhood in California. Mountain lions are not in danger of extinction in California, they’re abundant.

Jun 21, 2023 | westsacramentosun.com | West Sacramento

West Sacramento, CA (MPG)  |  By Kristin Thébaud Communications   Share this pic with friends! Students gather on the blacktop at Elkhorn Village Elementary School in West Sacramento.

May 30, 2023 | link.springer.com | West Sacramento |Ft. Collins |Barnard College

AbstractWinter annual plants play an important role in arid and semiarid ecosystems because of their rapid response to resource pulses, which drive primary production that provides resources for herbivores and pollinators. Understanding the factors that control annual plant growth is key to predicting how arid and semiarid ecosystems will respond to changes in climate and resource availability from anthropogenic activities.

May 26, 2023 | journals.plos.org | Melinda R. Baerwald |West Sacramento |Nicole Kwan |Catarina Pien

Calculations and statistical analysesIn addition to collecting information on weight and length, we also calculated Fulton’s Condition Factor (K) to provide a metric of general health of each fish. where weight is in grams and fork length is in centimeters. For analyses of how growth differed between cages, we chose weight as our key metric and calculated proportional change in weight: (Weightpost-deployment − Weightpre-deployment)/Weightpre-deployment.