Stinging Lupine (Lupinus hirsutissimus) becomes the first plant to recolonize a severely burned slope. Read the rest of this entry »
9 Months After the Fire – Photos Taken When the Ground was Hot Compared to Photos Taken Yesterday
April 3, 2009
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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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Forest Service Once Again Mistakes Itself for CIA
March 31, 2009
Ventana Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus bill, provides $650 million to the Forest Service for “road maintenance and decommissioning, deferred maintenance work, abandoned mine cleanup, and other related critical habitat, forest improvement, and watershed enhancement projects.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Palo Corona Regional Park
March 13, 2009
View of Carmel River mouth from “Inspiration Point”
When a coalition of state and private funders acquired the 10,000 acre Palo Corona Ranch in 2004, they created a protected wildland corridor reaching from the mouth of the Carmel River all the way to the Ventana Wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »
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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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Ventana Wilderness Trail Report
January 30, 2009
A well-scorched trail
In the absence of serious rain and the law-abiding public, Forest Service BAER crews have remained hard at work on the Ventana Wilderness trails. 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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2008 Year in Review
December 31, 2008Well it’s been an interesting year, here at Xasáuan Today. We’ve looked at the Monterey Peninsula’s water supply problems and picked apart the county’s transportation dilemma. We’ve questioned development on eroding beaches and dissected the Light Brown Apple Moth. We’ve chimed in on local political issues. We’ve gone on some bike rides, examined some mushrooms, and even found time for a visit to Pat Springs.
But nothing gets attention quite like a fire. Read the rest of this entry »
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MIRA Caretaker Charged with Battery & Interfering with a Firefighter during Basin Complex Fire
December 19, 2008The Carmel Pine Cone is reporting that MIRA caretaker, Ivan Eberle (no fan of Xasauan Today), has been criminally charged with battery on a firefighter in the line of duty and interfering with a firefighter in the line of duty. Read the rest of this entry »
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