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UCLA La Kretz Center 2011 Annual Report

The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science is pleased to issue its inaugural Annual Report, presenting highlights of our achievements in 2011 and some of our planned activities for 2012.
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Institute's Brad Shaffer delivers keynote address

The IoES and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor and La Kretz Center Faculty Director was the guest speaker for the Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation's 45th Annual Banquet held in Malibou Lake on April 27th.
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UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Annual Lecture - Sunday, May 6, 4:00 PM - Presented by Oceanographer Sylvia Earle

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Hiding in plain sight, a new frog species with a ‘weird’ croak is identified in New York City

Biologists, including IoES & Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Brad Shaffer, discovered a new species in Staten Island.
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Ecology, evolution, and conservation science in Los Angeles

A University of California research profile on Brad Shaffer, IoES and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professor and UCLA La Kretz Center faculty director.
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Longtime national park official Woody Smeck moving on

The Ventura County Star reports that after 11 years as superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Woody Smeck is moving on to work in Yosemite National Park.
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Beaches, good weather and wine: Protecting the world's five Mediterranean climates

When researchers from around the globe converge at UCLA on Sept. 6 to discuss the small 2 percent of the planet covered by the world’s five Mediterranean-climate regions, they’ll be focusing on how to protect the whopping 16 percent of Earth’s plant species that call those regions home.
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Mountain lion P-18 killed while attempting I-405 crossing

On early Tuesday morning, P-18, one of the mountain lion kittens born in the Santa Monica Mountains in May, 2010 was hit and killed while attempting to cross I-405 just south of the Getty Center southbound on-ramp.
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MEDECOS XII - Linking Science with Resource Management - Registration Now Open

The international MEDECOS Conference will take place September 6-9, 2011, in Los Angeles at the Covel Commons Conference Center on the UCLA campus.
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A conversation with Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University Bing Professor of Population Studies

Highlights of the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Public Lecture: "California, conservation, and the globe: Why we need to close the culture gap and all become Mahbsters."
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IoES Center for Tropical Research Director Tom Smith receives California Landscape Conservation Cooperative Grant

The California Landscape Conservation Cooperative (CA LCC) awarded more than $831,000 for climate science projects in California.
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Protecting nature...one park at a time.

The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and UCLA Center for Climate Change Solutions partnered with the National Park Service for a 2-day climate change summit at UCLA.
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UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science off to an ambitious start in 2011

The UCLA La Kretz Center will spearhead a number of conservation initiatives throughout the year.
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Inquiring minds learn about conservation & more at the Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival

The Festival had talks, hands-on demonstrations, nature walks, family activities, live animal displays and meet and greets with scientists, including researchers and staff from the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and Center for Tropical Research.
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Significant finding on loss of species diversity in the Santa Monica Mountains

National Park Service and USGS scientists working in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area have published the first peer reviewed evidence of significant population genetic changes caused by habitat fragmentation.
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UCLA establishes La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science

Created through a gift from UCLA alumnus and philanthropist Morton La Kretz, the Center aims to preserve California's biodiversity and ecosystems through research, education and public outreach in a groundbreaking partnership with state and federal agencies.
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