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Sunday, April 3, 2016

There are Islands in the Desert: A Look at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

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There are islands in the desert. One might argue that islands are supposed to be surrounded by water, and water is in short supply in the ...
Monday, March 2, 2015

How Did Fish Get into the Desert of the Basin and Range Province?

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Source: "Pleistocene Lakes and Rivers of Mojave" by Philip Stoffer (14 January 2004). Changing Climates and Ancient Lakes (.html...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Strangers in a Strange Land: Salt and the end of all things

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In February and March I made a series of trips to the Mojave Desert and Death Valley, and since then I have been conducting a blog journey...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Last Animal Anyone Expects to Find: The Rarest Creature in Death Valley

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Looking over the blasted barren rocks of Death Valley National Park, one is struck by the apparent lack of life. A region that averages less...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

I Don't Believe in Evolution Either...

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I'm off to Death Valley for what promises to be a wet and wild weekend in drought-stricken California. The storm door is open across th...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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