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This is according to a recently published report. report from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The 2024 survey found anticoagulant rodenticides (a fancy name for one of the most toxic types of rat poison) in the bodies of 95% of mountain lions and 83% of bald eagles tested, as well as dozens of other species, including endangered foxes, bobcats, owls, hawks, black bears and California condors.

Even river otters have been poisoned, a sign that these chemicals may be infiltrating waterways.

For more than two decades, California has passed laws to limit the use of certain pesticides. Starting in 2020, the state passed a series of laws banning some of the most toxic types: The Ecosystem Protection Act of 2020 (AB1788) placed a moratorium on all second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, which are stronger and last longer in animal tissue than earlier types. And the California Ecosystem Protection Act of 2023 and the Poison-Free Wildlife Act of 2024 extended that moratorium to first-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, including chlorophacinone and warfarin, which are older versions of rat poison that take longer to build up in the body.

However, there are exemptions in those laws, including the use of such rodenticides in agriculture, certain public health settings, such as hospitals, and others. sensitive settings.

State and regional elected officials are welcoming an innovation at Fort Bragg that could be a savior for water-stressed coastal communities.

After a long wait, Oneka Technology’s wave-powered desalination buoy now rests at Fort Bragg. Nicknamed “iceberg,” the wave-powered desalination unit holds 22 tons of bright yellow solid metal.

Dragan Tutic is the founder of the Quebec-based company. “For Oneka, our mission is to make the oceans a sustainable and affordable source of drinking water,” Tutic said at the opening ceremony. “The oceans are very abundant and have a lot of wave energy, so why not harness them to create water for California’s coastal regions?”

The city of Fort Bragg has repeatedly faced water shortages, especially during the drought years of 2014 and 2021. The city uses between 700,000 and one million gallons of water per day. That figure dropped to about 637,000 gallons per day in 2021 as residents were forced to conserve water. The shortage has made city officials eager to diversify their freshwater sources. It’s the main reason they partnered with Oneka to bring a desalination buoy to Mendocino.