extirpation

Last year, the Commission and the state Senate passed resolutions recognizing the centennial anniversary of the extirpation of the California grizzly, with the Senate declaring 2024 the “Year of the Grizzly.”

California’s gray wolves were hunted and trapped to extirpation about 100 years ago, with the last documented wild wolf shot in 1924.

The Golden State’s gray wolves were hunted and trapped to extirpation a century ago.

Fortunately, the pumas’ extirpation from the region doesn’t mean they’ll be extinct everywhere in the U.S.

The groups said the company’s taking of water has “caused the extirpation of native species and the destruction of riparian habitat — clearcut harm to the public trust.”