If you would like to learn more about the lives of El Dorado County wildlife, or if you are interested in caring for orphaned and injured birds or animals, Sierra Wildlife Rescue will continue its 2008 classes for the general public and potential and current rehabbers in March and throughout the spring. The following classes will be held in March: Raccoons, March 29, 10 am–Noon.
All classes will be held at the SWR Center, 6236 Pleasant Valley Road, in the El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado. Classes are free to members of Sierra Wildlife Rescue; a $5.00 donation would be appreciated from members of the public. For more information on classes, please call Barbara Barker, at 530-621-2650.
Additional information on volunteering with SWR, events, classes, and our wish list for donations can be found on-line at www.sierrawildliferescue.com.
Hurricane Ike slammed into the Turks and Caicos on Saturday as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm. Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast watched Ike's approach with apprehension.
Ike is still far out in the Atlantic, but it's getting a close look from those who weathered 1992's Andrew, the devastating Category 5 storm against which all other Florida hurricanes are measured.
Hundreds of people fled Gonaives, Haiti, on Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm.
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday that he is unlikely to delay plans for an important test in North Carolina that could disrupt television service for some viewers in the path of Tropical Storm Hanna.
Fragile barrier islands from Texas to New England take a beating, especially during hurricane season, that cause their beachfronts to wash away and gradually return with the tides. Yet authorities spend large sums to "fix" them by replenishing sand.
The U.S. has offered Cuba in emergency aid for the victims of Hurricane Gustav and is willing to send far more if a U.S.-approved disaster assessment team is allowed in for assessment.
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