Now poachers going after ancient Coast Redwoods

This is a law enforcement issue, yes. But it's also indicative of just how some people view Wild Nature - as nothing more than a simple "resource." I always hated the language on Pennsylvania's "conservation" license plate, which asks passersby to "conserve wild resources" Nature is not a simple "resource," something to be harvested for human good and then trashed with other throwaways.
Read about the poaching of California's redwoods.

Calif. court: Leave water for imperiled fish

A great uninformed human body has apparently forgotten (or never knew or cared to know) that humans are part of the Web of Life. Read about a court's decision regarding water and the Delta Smelt.

Don't use the drought as an excuse to gut Endangered Species Act

That's the gut-level hope expressed by this American Rivers action alert. Legislators, most of them Republicans, will stoop to any new low in serving the wishes of their campaign contributors.