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KCET's award-winning environment news project Redefine ran from July 2012 through February 2017. For ongoing environmental coverage please visit our show Earth Focus, or browse Redefine's archives below for historical material.

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Wildlife rescuer holds terminally poisoned bald eagle | Image: Dwickish
One of the Obama administration's last acts was a ban on using lead ammo in wildlife refuges. Ryan Zinke couldn't have that.
Signs warn of sewage contamination on beach at Border Field State Park | Photo: Brian Auer, some rights reserved
Neither the U.S. or Mexican federal government has responded to the 145 million-gallon spill that befouled rivers and beaches.
Parrot greets the morning on a West Covina power line. | Photo: John Liu, some rights reserved
Exotic parrots are increasingly common in California cities — and scientists don't really know whether they're doing other species harm.
Smug coyote | Photo: Josh More, some rights reserved
The study, already in progress in Los Angeles, is expanding to the community near Thousand Oaks.
At extinction's door; the Amargosa vole | Photo: UC Davis
California has more than its share of endangered wildlife. Here are ten of the most-imperiled species.
Below the Oroville Dam on February 18, 2017 | Photo: Florence Low / California Department of Water Resources
The repair bill should go to those who use the water.
A Chinook salmon in the "parr" or fry stage | Photo: Oregon State University, some rights reserved
Flooding along the banks of the Sacramento may be a boon to young salmon... if they survive long enough to get there.
Coyote at Bolsa Chica wetlands | Photo: Teddy Llovet, some rights reserved
Some in the San Gabriel Valley community want to abandon a non-lethal control policy.
Young people from the Coachella Valley set out on their first backpacking trip in Joshua tree. | Photo: Seth Shteir
If we're counting on future generations to protect our desert treasures, they need to get to know them now.
Water Protector rides an Appaloosa at Standing Rock | Photo: Dark Sevier, some rights reserved
The Army Corps of Engineers did an about face on the Dakota Access Pipeline. But they're about to face more opposition.
Monarch Butterly
They're delicate and bright and in trouble and they eat milkweed. But there's more.
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