6:45PM April 19, 2009
It’s been a hot day and, sure enough, the CHP is receiving reports of a fire burning near Pfeiffer Beach. Firefighters and air support are reported to be on the way …. Read the rest of this entry »
Fire Near Pfeiffer Beach
April 19, 2009
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Debris Flow in Pfeiffer Creek Closes Highway
April 7, 200910:00PM April 7
Today’s rain set off a debris flow in Pfeiffer Creek. The flow may have put some water into the Big Sur Lodge. The highway is completely blocked and is expected to remain closed until sometime tomorrow. The Big Sur CATS site has posted some pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
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9 Months After the Fire – Photos Taken When the Ground was Hot Compared to Photos Taken Yesterday
April 3, 2009
Stinging Lupine (Lupinus hirsutissimus) becomes the first plant to recolonize a severely burned slope. Read the rest of this entry »
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Broad Coalition Backs Return to Early Silurian Conditions Along Big Sur Coast
April 1, 2009
Death Valley’s “Early Silurian” landscape attracts plenty of tourists
The Big Sur Property Owners Association announced today that they are asking the Forest Service and other agencies to manage public lands in the Big Sur area so as to return those properties to the natural conditions prevalent during the Early Silurian period, more than 425 million years ago.
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Mudslide Closes Highway 1 as Rain Totals Climb
March 2, 200911:00PM Monday March 2
As 24-hour rainfall totals are now above 5 inches at some Coast Ridge locations, there is obviously a potential for debris flows should significant additional rain arrive tonight. Already Highway 1 has been closed, at least temporarily, by a mudslide/debris flow between Fernwood and the State Park Entrance (the slide occurred about 10:30PM). At least one vehicle is reportedly trapped in the slide, which involves mud, rocks and trees and covers the entire roadway. CalTrans hopes to have the road reopened by around 2:00AM. We’re guessing that’s a bit optimistic.
Tuesday Morning Update
The slide was cleared by about 2:30AM and the Highway was fully reopened a few hours later. We just hope the people caught in the slide weren’t wearing their best shoes …
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Big Sur Weathers the Storm
February 17, 2009
Clearing Storm
The storm the National Weather Service predicted would stall out over the Santa Lucia Sunday night, instead stalled out just off the coast. Read the rest of this entry »
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2002 Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp Steelhead Massacre Back in the News
February 1, 2009
A large steelhead summers over in the Little Sur River downstream of the Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp. Dozens of endangered fish like this one were killed in 2002 (and quite probably in other years as well) by camp operators who apparently felt that getting their lake filled quickly was more important than keeping the fish alive. Read the rest of this entry »
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State Budget Mess Halting Post-Fire Erosion Control Projects?
January 23, 2009The San Francisco Chronicle has reported that among the thousands of projects stopped by the budget roadblock in Sacramento are “a dozen projects to prevent erosion after last year’s wildfires along the Carmel and Big Sur watersheds …” We’re not sure which projects they’re referring to, but the bottom line is this: the state budget crisis is now creating real problems for all of us – and the situation is becoming more and more serious every day. Read the rest of this entry »
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More Than $1 Billion Spent Fighting California Fires in 2008
January 21, 2009
Burned Home, Big Sur
We highly recommend this LA Times report on the high cost of fighting last year’s fires Read the rest of this entry »
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Finally: A Genuinely Informative, Fact-Based Article on Fire in the Chaparral Environment
January 6, 2009
Local luminaries inspect the remains of old-growth chaparral that burned during the first week of the Basin Complex Fire – not much regrowth yet in this spot (1-3-09) Read the rest of this entry »
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