Californias Exotic Pet Ban Protects Native Wildlife and Public Health

CDFW often receives inquiries about why certain exotic animals - allowed as pets in other states - are NOT allowed as pets in California. The most common examples are ferrets, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, gerbils, monkeys, and monk parakeets.These animals are prohibited because they pose...

Susanville Native Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse of Minor Boys

A federal investigation is underway of Susanville native Bradley Reger, a local nurse practitioner, and ambulatory service operator, for alleged sexual abuse of boys.Lassen County Sheriff Dean Growdon says this Fall, the sheriff's office received initial reports from the church of the Nazarene in...

SPI Begins Construction on Native Seed Nursery

Sierra Pacific Industry is bringing a native conifer seedling nursery to the Gazelle area.One of the Largest landowner and lumber manufacturers, which manages nearly 2%of all land in California, Oregon, and Washington and 2.4 million acres of Timberland in the state, PSI met on...

USDA Awards $10M for Nursery and Native Seed Partnerships

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a $10 million investment in forest nursery and native seed partnerships with President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding.Of the total funding, $4.5 million will go to modernizing forest nurseries in 29 facilities across states, U.S. Island territories,...