The maps are part of a 40-year-old program in which the state Forestry and Fire Protection Department, or Cal Fire, periodically documents areas that are most prone to having a wildfire within the ...

has delivered the most comprehensive seafloor and habitat maps in Waitaha/Canterbury to-date. After several years exploring marine habitats in this culturally, ecologically and economically ...

The maps they produced were then compared with satellite data of the same regions, with analysis showing an average accuracy of 78% – and a high of 92%. The fishermen's maps were also 11% more ...

All these, combined with loss of habitat and food sources due to urban development, add up to bleak long-term prospects for manatees’ future. In 2009 the Center petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...