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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Couldn't the Bureaucrats Just Call it a Preserve?): Spring Update

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Welcome to one of the most unique ecosystems and habitats in California's wealth of incredible places. It was ignored initially by miner...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Those Things We Scientists Never Talk About...

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I am often asked if I have run across strange phenomena in my travels. My journeys take me to many different places and environments, and fr...
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Friday, March 25, 2022

A Tale of Two Pullouts: Yosemite Valley From a Different Angle

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El Capitan and the Merced River from the east I know that I am truly privileged living as I do only a two-hour drive from one of the most su...
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Monday, March 14, 2022

The Merced River of California: A Place for Wildflowers and Landslides (and Yosemite Valley)

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The Merced River is one of California's extraordinary waterways. First and foremost, it is the river that carved Yosemite Valley, which ...
Saturday, February 5, 2022

Winter Days at the National Wildlife Refuges of the Great Valley, and Remembering What Once Was

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What's the largest number of birds you've ever seen from one spot? The Great Valley of California is a great place to see a lot of ...
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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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