Not much water flowed into the Carmel River Lagoon
Last week’s rain marked the first serious winter storm to hit the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur Coast since December, 2012. It was badly needed.
Rain Gets Rivers Flowing, But Water Still in Short Supply
March 5, 2014
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Rain Making
February 6, 2014
Lake Nacimiento
The Reservoir Operations Committee of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board meets today to discuss options for dealing with the shrinking San Antonio and Nacimiento reservoirs.
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Talking Drought
January 30, 2014
The bone dry Nacimiento River
Rain. For the first time in a long time it actually rained a little last night. Little being the operative word as, on the Monterey Peninsula, it amounted to only a couple hundredths of an inch. But that’s OK. We’ll take what we can get. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rainy Day
November 30, 2012
Lifting Clouds: 2:30pm November 30, 2012; as at least 9 solid hours of rain finally ends
It’s been awhile … a long while … since we’ve had as many hours of continuous rain as we had today. It’s early in the season, though, with the streams low and the watersheds still pretty dry, so it hasn’t created as much havoc as it might during wetter times. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Saturday on Rattlesnake Creek
January 28, 2012A Saturday with no obligations! I head off to the Ventana Wilderness with no particular destination in mind …
The parking lot for the trailhead at Los Padres Dam is gated for some reason these days, so it’s necessary to park down the hill at the Forest Service Station. Read the rest of this entry »
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Spectre of Drought
January 11, 2012
The sun sets over Soberanes Pt., bringing yet another week without rain to an end.
The ground is drying out, there’s no rain in sight, and the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is calling for drought through at least the end of March. Read the rest of this entry »
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From the Vault: The Carmel River Mouth in the 1940’s
November 30, 2011We found some old 4X5 negatives in an envelope at the bottom of a drawer and ran them through the scanner …
This view of the Carmel River Lagoon with a “Carmel Meadows” free bluff in the background has “Laidlaw Williams 7 Sep. ’47” sketched in tiny print along its margin. Read the rest of this entry »
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San Clemente Dam Removal: A Job for the Army?
November 29, 2011
The silted up, useless, unsafe, and steelhead blocking, San Clemente Dam awaits removal Read the rest of this entry »
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Garland After the Rain
March 27, 2011
The Mesa at Garland Regional Park
Hard to remember the last day without rain. With the sun finally shining, we take a look at what’s up at Garland.
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Runoff Roundup
March 25, 2011
The Carmel River pushing better than 5,000 cubic feet per second across the sandbar this morning at 7:30am Read the rest of this entry »
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