Environmental
Feb. 24, 2012
Environmental prosecutions drop as funding dries up
Since 1998, the Environmental Circuit Prosecutor Project has helped train local authorities in environmental enforcement. But in recent years, funding has been drying up and the number of prosecutions has dramatically fallen.
By Fiona Smith Daily Journal Staff Writer When state fish and game wardens searched a ranch in rural Colusa County, they found a den of death - half-rotted coyote and ram skulls dangling from fences; the decapitated head of a bear that had been snared around the neck, shot and left to die; blood-stained swords decorated with skulls and crossbones and the antlers of a large tule elk and countless deer h...
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