The California Department of Fish & Wildlife is hosting a cool youth art contest and the subjects are nutrias.

https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Kids-are-being-asked-to-help-in-nutria-eradication-efforts-in-California-507924061.html

Thanking his colleagues Bob Blumenfield and Mitch O'Farrell for their leadership and partnership, he proclaimed, "We're excited to bring an end to a cruel and inhumane practice."

Now the issue has captured the attention of San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, who wants to see all commerce of fur-bearing mammals stopped by the latest symbol of California's humaneness, AB 273, a very complex bill in the Sacramento legislature to ban trapping of fur-bearing mammals or nongame mammals.

https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/2016-01-01-13-17-00/animal-watch/17391-giant-rodents-invade-ca-as-assembly-bill-273-urges-ban-on-trapping-fur-bearing-animals

“Gray whales generally stay around the continental shelf and are truly a coastal species…[and] migrate relatively close to shore,” the Marine Mammal Center writes on their website. “Concern has grown about the impact of boat traffic around whales, and the number of boats allowed in the breeding lagoons is restricted. Along the migration route, boats’ proximity to whales is also limited.”

https://smmirror.com/2019/04/gray-whale-woes-in-socal/

Southern resident killer whales wowed California on Sunday, with more than 30 members of L pod seen in Monterey Bay, including the oldest member of all the southern residents and the newest baby.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/puget-sounds-southern-resident-orcas-wow-california-in-rare-sighting/

As harbor seal pup season arrives in California, the San Francisco Bay Area’s Marine Mammal Center, headquartered in Sausalito, posted a warning on Facebook about the dangers of hands-on interactions with baby seals that are resting on the beach.

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/nation-world/national/article228803559.html

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article228839964.html

There are approximately 300,000 sea lions who call California home currently. Sea lions were listed as protected species where their numbers began dwindling in the past.

https://www.thelog.com/local/what-in-the-world-to-do-with-californias-sea-lion-population/

Wildlife videographer and whale-watcher Domenic Biagini recorded this video in March of a pair of humpback whales lunge-feeding simultaneously near San Diego, California.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/two-humpback-whales-lunge-sync-082436874.html

With recreational salmon season having opened this weekend, it’s expected the waters of Monterey Bay will be crowded with fishing boats in coming days.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/07/fishermen-warned-to-watch-out-for-the-otters/

Six bears left trash scattered in a Monrovia neighborhood early Monday morning as they searched for discarded food and an easy snack.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Bears-Monrovia-Trash-Bins-Video-508264321.html