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Focuses on the activities of the Los Angeles, California strike force, a governmental unit tasked to apprehend corporate polluters. History of the formation of the unit; Investigative strategies used by the unit; Contributions of the agency to the conservation of the natural resources in the city.

This article presents information about an unlikely place where birds and other wild creatures can be viewed. Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, home of the former maximum-security prison, is one of the most popular sites to view several species of seabirds including Brandt's cormorant, pigeon guillemots, snowy egrets, and western California gulls. The island had long been a haven and roosting area for many birds, but when the prison was opened in 1934, human activity had driven the birds away. After Alcatraz closed in 1963, birds began to return to the island.

Presents a list of golf courses that were designed or retrofitted with environmentally beneficial features. Presidio Golf Course in California; Collier's Reserve in Florida; Hapuna Golf Course in Hawaii.