San Diego City College Audubon Club

During a late evening patrol earlier this month CDFW Fish and Wildlife Officers aboard patrol boat Coho issued multiple misdemeanor citations to two recreational anglers offshore of Rancho Palos Verdes in Los Angeles County. Officers observed a commercial lobster trap line attached to the anglers’ vessel that immediately raised suspicions. Tampering with or stealing catch from any commercial fishing trap is a misdemeanor violation punishable up to a fine of $1,000 for each violation and/or up to six months in jail. Due to quick actions of the officers and an inspection of the vessel, violations were found along with evidence of robbing commercial lobster traps. In total, the suspects were cited for an overlimit of lobsters (22 total lobsters), undersized lobsters (20 undersized lobsters), unmarked hoop nets, failure to prefill a lobster report card and for tampering with commercial lobster traps.

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Visitors can expect to see significant smoke impacts throughout Sequoia National Park and surrounding areas as the weekend continues. Yesterday, grass and brush fuels produced more visible smoke than had been previously seen with higher elevation timber fuels. This photo was taken from Lookout Point yesterday, where Mineral King Road is closed to the public for recreational access.

Current smoke conditions can be found at fire.airnow.gov. Detailed information about the Coffee Pot Fire can be found at inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/caknp-coffee-pot-fire.

Visitors can also view conditions as seen from the Giant Forest we**am at www.nps.gov/subjects/air/we**ams.htm?site=seki.

If you are visiting the park this weekend and have current photos of conditions, please feel free to share in the comments below!

Alt text: Smoke columns rising from mountains fill the sky behind park infrastructure.
NPS Photo

Heads up! There's a cattle drive on Highway 26/89/191 early Saturday morning, August 3rd. The road will be closed between Elk Ranch Flats and Moran Junction from around 7 to 8 am.

To avoid delays, drive the Teton Park Road between Jackson Lake Junction and Moose.

NPS Photo/C. Adams

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