The ambitious tree-planting project falls under the purview of Rachel Malarich, the city’s forest officer — a job that was just created in August to “oversee the growth of Los Angeles’ urban forest” as part of Garcetti’s Green New Deal. An arborist with more than a decade of experience in urban forestry, Malarich was appointed just days before the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that emphasized the role of trees and forests in combatting climate change. The project will grow what’s already the largest urban forest in the country, making what happens in Los Angeles an important model for other cities looking to go green.

https://grist.org/article/l-a-s-first-tree-officer-is-trying-to-plant-90000-trees-by-2021/

A team from Aquarium of the Pacific, with the help of lifeguard area supervisor Corey Westmoreland, releases a 160-pound rehabilitated female green sea turtle in Seal Beach, CA on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. The turtle was rescued a month ago when it was found dehydrated with a fishing hook lodged in its esophagus near the stomach, officials said.

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/10/08/endangered-160-pound-green-sea-turtle-with-fishing-hook-lodged-near-stomach-released-into-wild-along-san-gabriel-river/amp/

OCTOBER 19, 2019 • 11AM • GRIFFITH PARK

Hey fans! Don’t miss my big party—the 4th annual P-22 Day Festival!
Join us for the 4th annual P-22 Day Festival & Urban Wildlife Week! Over 6,000 people attended the P-22 Day Festival last year, and thousands more at the events throughout Urban Wildlife Week.

https://savelacougars.org/p-22-day/

Not just people are being affected by the Tick fire raging in Northern Los Angeles County in Canyon Country.

The Gentle Barn, an animal protection organization on Sierra Highway in Santa Clarita, was one of many areas forced to evacuate on Thursday, Oct. 24.

https://www.dailynews.com/2019/10/24/the-gentle-barn-asks-social-media-for-help-as-tick-fire-forces-evacuation/amp/