A sea lion pup has been stranded this week on Seal Rock near the Cliff House in San Francisco. Photo: David Cruz.

Sea lion pups, pot farming and tree-sitters

by Alison Hawkes

April 3, 2013

Happy Wednesday! Enjoy these Bay Area nature news items:

“Unusual morbidity event” among sea lion pups this year. [Marin Independent Journal]
Chevron readying to restart Richmond refinery after August fire. [Contra Costa Times]
Could West Coast pot farming be driving some species to extinction? [Huffington Post]
Statewide plastic bag ban moving ahead in Sacramento. [Marin Independent Journal]
Protests against 101 Bypass in Willits becomes violent as police extract tree-sitters. [Santa Rosa Press Democrat]

More video on that stranded sea lion on Seal Rock by David Cruz/Natures Lantern.

About the Author

Alison Hawkes was a Bay Nature editor from 2011-2017. Before Bay Nature she worked in journalism for more than a decade as a former newspaper reporter turned radio producer turned web editor with each rendition bringing her closer to her dream of covering environmental issues. She co-founded Way Out West, a site dedicated to covering Bay Area environmental news.