Los Padres ForestWatch and the California Chaparral Institute today filed a lawsuit seeking to force the Forest Service to comply with federal law and allow meaningful public input into Forest land use decisions. Far from inviting public participation, the Forest Service, as we have often pointed out, usually attempts to conduct planning in total secrecy. Read the rest of this entry »
Groups Trying to Force Forest Service to Allow Public Participation in Land Use Decisions
December 15, 2009
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Third Carmel River Lagoon “Emergency” Since October
December 13, 2009
Some gentle rain, a high tide, and it’s another “emergency” for the homes on the bottom of the Carmel River Lagoon – the third since October. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cloud Seeding Program Hopes to Intensify Big Sur Rainfall
December 4, 2009
Keeping the highway open is a challenge even in good weather
While Big Sur residents and Cal-Trans pray for mild rains, the Monterey County Water Resource Agency is preparing to intensify this winter’s rains by seeding clouds off the Big Sur coast with silver iodide. The goal is to fill the San Antonio and Nacimiento reservoirs by producing heavier rain. Read the rest of this entry »
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More Alta Vista Memories
December 2, 2009
Last week’s post, Remembering Alta Vista, has generated so much interest, as well as some wonderful photos from Judith Goodman and Mark P., that we’ve been inspired to dig even deeper into our own dusty boxes of photos.
So here they are – a whole new batch of Alta Vista memories … Read the rest of this entry »
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Remembering Alta Vista: An Historic Big Sur Homestead Lost in the Basin Complex Fire
November 24, 2009
Alta Vista in 2005
While we realize that nothing is forever and that acceptance of impermanence and change is the first step on the road to happiness and enlightenment, we still haven’t been able to shake a strong sense of loss over the enormous amount of Big Sur history wiped out by the Basin Complex Fire. Read the rest of this entry »
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San Clemente Dam to be Torn Down After All?
November 16, 2009
The silted-up, unsafe, San Clemente Dam
With its reservoir filled in, the San Clemente Dam is useless for water storage. It prevents steelhead from reaching their spawning grounds and, as the nearly 90 year old structure is fragile enough to fail in even a moderate earthquake, it poses a serious threat to downstream communities. Read the rest of this entry »
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Second Carmel Lagoon “Emergency” in Less Than a Month
November 7, 2009
The water rises
Heavy surf began throwing waves over the sandbar late last night and by four in the morning a new “emergency” had been declared and the County Dozers were back in action trying to breach the bar and keep the water out of the lagoon-bottom homes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Gathering Boletes
November 6, 2009
King Bolete, Porcini, Cep, Steinpilz … no matter what language you speak, Boletus edulis is one of the world’s most prized mushrooms. Read the rest of this entry »
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Surf City Halloween Costume Cross
October 31, 2009
Waiting for the start of the Costume Cross Read the rest of this entry »
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Waves Rebuild Carmel River Lagoon Sandbar
October 18, 2009
Less than a week after the County drained the Carmel Lagoon to prevent flooding, waves have thrown up a new sandbar Read the rest of this entry »
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