For arroyo toads, sand is de rigueur. Whether in a seasonal creek or during extended dry seasons, these toads endure harsh conditions by burrowing into sandy streamsides and sealing themselves within ...

Apart from the fact that most ordinary Americans, last I checked, are not arroyo toads, PFAW’s real dispute is with the Supreme Court’s decisions in Lopez and Morrison (opinions that O ...

They are home more than 17 million Californians and endangered and threatened species, such as mountain lions and the arroyo toad. They also contain some of the largest swaths of bigcone Douglas fir.