Showing posts with label California prairie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California prairie. Show all posts
Sunday, January 1, 2023

Dry Creek: Anatomy of a Flood (One of Many Across California Today)

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  After days of gloomy and wet weather, New Year's Day dawned bright and sunny, and we couldn't resist driving out into the Californ...
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Fall in California: On the Way to Yosemite Valley

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Have you ever felt a sense of joy that could hardly be contained? It doesn't happen much in life, and when it does, don't you wish y...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Out on the California Prairies: Taking Stock of California's Most Powerful Storm Ever

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There are many ways to describe the power of a storm: monetary damages from flooding, rainfall totals, rise of reservoirs and rivers, and ot...
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Saturday, October 9, 2021

The Prairies of California: the Most Extraordinary Landscape (and Ecosystem) in California

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The Tuolumne River on the east side of the Great Valley I admit this statement is a hard sell, especially among those who live here, but hea...
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Sunday, April 4, 2021

California's Rarest Ecosystems: The Prairies and Vernal Pools (Part One of a Two-part Miniseries)

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The lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada are one of the most unique and almost universally ignored parts of California. Caught between the f...
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Saturday, May 18, 2019

Tales from the Semi-Super Bloom Tour, Part 5: Coming Home

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" We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for...