Bear Lake buckwheat is a small shrub found exclusively on a .18-acre parcel of land along the south shore of Big Bear Lake.
When untreated sewage and fertilizers flow into the estuary, they add nitrogen, phosphorus and other nutrients that drive excessive algal growth. These harmful algal blooms deplete oxygen levels and ...
An extremely rare subspecies of plant that only grows on a tiny sliver of land in Southern California may soon be protected before it gets wiped out. Bear Lake buckwheat is only found in one place in ...