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	<title>Ojai Wildlife League</title>
	<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com</link>
	<description>If you need help dealing with a bear or other wildlife call:  (Ventura) 805-498-2794 (Ojai) 640-0187 or 765-7305</description>
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		<title>Legislative Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[​​​Paw PAC
New address/phone: PO Box 20425, El Sobrante, CA 94820. 510/222-2236
www.pawpac.org. info@pawpac.org  
2011 CALIFORNIA ANIMAL LEGISLATION FINAL EDITION
 
“A dog starved at his master’s gate predicts the ruin of the state.” William Blake
 
PASSED
 
AB 42 by Jared Huffman re: State Parks. Support.  
  Authorizes agreements with non-profit organizations for the care and maintenance of state parks 70 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/legislative-report/</link>
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		<title>OWL Meeting with F&amp;G</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, August 25 at 7 pm at Theatre 150, 316 E. Matilija, Ojai  will be the next meeting of OWL.
We will be joined by  Lt. Mike Stefanak, the warden supervisor for the Ojai area, and Andrew Hughan, public information officer. In addition, Marc Kenyon, the DFG bear biologist, hopes to attend. Individuals from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/owl-meeting-with-fg-2/</link>
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		<title>Current (Revised) Bear Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CDFG- Black bear and human interactions policy, 2010
Consistent with sections 1801, 4181 and 4181.1 of the Fish and Game Code, the
purpose of this black bear policy is to minimize bear/human conflicts and damage
to private property while not significantly affecting California’s bear population.
This policy addresses situations where bears have entered residential areas and
the Department must respond.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/current-revised-bear-policy/</link>
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		<title>Previous Bear Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statewide Black Bear Policy	2071
Consistent with sections 1801, 4181 and 4181.1 of the Fish and Game Code, the goal of the statewide black bear policy is to minimize damage to private property, without posing a threat to local bear populations. This policy is intended to address situations where bears have entered residential areas and to minimize [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/previous-bear-policy/</link>
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		<title>Bear Shooting in Ojai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently a mother bear was shot and wounded in the East End of Ojai.  It&#8217;s cub of approx. 50 lbs. ran away.  CA Fish and Game tried tracking the wounded bear, but failed to locate it.
The bear was shot by a resident, according to some sources, because it was trying to get into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/bear-shooting-in-ojai/</link>
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		<title>Update on the new Lake Casitas Fence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With warmer weather upon us, people are wondering where we are with our efforts on making the new Lake Casitas fence more wildlife friendly. Here is an update.
Ojai Wildlife League (OWL) members Suza Francina and Sholom Joshua addressed the Casitas Municipal Water District Board of Directors at their February 9 and March 9 meetings. 
We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/update-on-the-new-lake-casitas-fence/</link>
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		<title>Another threat to increase Bear killing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The CA Fish and Game Commission is again proposing to increase the bear quota from 1700 to 2000 per year.
They are also proposing eliminating any limit on tags issued for archery hunting of bear.  This attempt is a modification of an even worse proposal that was stopped last year.  You can review that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/another-threat-to-increase-bear-killing/</link>
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		<title>Proposed chain-link fence at Lake Casitas is a huge mistake and waste of money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by Suza Francina on November 1, 2010
 To a wild animal there is a world of difference between the current open barbed-wire fence and a six-foot chain link fence topped with barbed wire.
 In spite of the protests of the Ojai Wildlife League and other citizens since last May, the California Bureau of Reclamation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/proposed-chain-link-fence-at-lake-casitas-is-a-huge-mistake-and-waste-of-money/</link>
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		<title>New Threat to CA Wildlife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention California Wildlife Activists,
The California Department of Fish &#038; Game is studying a proposed plan to close 19 California State Game Refuges, and open them up to hunting. The deadline for public comments on this plan is December 1, 2010.  Go to the DFG web site http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/gamerefuges/ .  The DFG focuses on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/new-threat-to-ca-wildlife/</link>
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		<title>Casitas Fence Approved????</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Bureau of Reclamation has completed one environmental
evaluation of the Casitas fence project and has given it a Categorical Exclusion.  That means they have approved the installation of a 6 foot high chain link fence with barbed wire on top along Santa Ana Road.  However, it isn&#8217;t over until they build the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com/casitas-fence-approved/</link>
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