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San Vicente Redwoods Preserve to Open

December 3, 2022December 6, 2022 Julie Horner0 comment

By Julie Horner Outdoor enthusiasts eager to explore fresh territory can look forward to setting boots down on 7.3 miles of ecologically integrated trail in the 8,852-acre San Vicente Redwoods Preserve starting on December 3, 2022. This new multi-use trail system traversing sensitive coastal redwood habitat supports hikers, walkers, bicyclists, and equestrians. San Vicente Redwoods Preserve spans the seaward side… Read More

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Photographing Local Creeks

July 17, 2022August 8, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Bruce Sudweeks I have a chemical addiction to a compound that is composed of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom. I find it amazing that hydrogen gas and oxygen gas bond together to produce liquid water at temperatures between 32 degrees F and 212 degrees F. My addiction prompts me to SCUBA dive in Monterey Bay and… Read More

Fire Recovery Local News Outdoors

Big Basin Park Reopens July 22

June 30, 2022July 21, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner Big Basin Redwoods State Park reopens on Friday, July 22, 2022, with limited day-use access by reservation only. The reservation system opens on Friday, July 1, 2022. The Redwood Loop near the former visitor center and approximately 18 miles of fire roads near the park’s core have been cleared for visitor access with limited services available. Highway… Read More

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Albino Redwoods: The Ghosts of the Forest

June 13, 2022May 13, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

Contributors to a Mighty and Interconnected Family By Gale McCreary It is a student, crouched in the shamrock-like oxalis plants on the shady redwood forest floor, who first alerts me to the mutant. With careful steps I approach the young man as he poses, one knee on his flattened blaick backpack, the other raised as a writing table for his… Read More

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Wildflowers and Native Habitat Restoration

April 23, 2022May 5, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Pamela Morgan The air is crisp, the sky is blue, and everything is coming back to life! The trees are greener, the flowers growing, and the feeling is divine. Songbirds wing their way through the forest amidst the colors of the season; it’s as if you’re dreaming and you remember what the breeze feels like on bare skin. The… Read More

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Abuzz About the Felton Discovery Park: San Lorenzo Valley Native Habitat Restoration Program Busy with Bees

July 11, 2021July 18, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner Earlier this year the Valley Women’s Club engaged AmeriCorps NCCC Team Fire 5 to remove embedded plastic sheeting and invasive growth from under the San Lorenzo Valley Water District Kirby Road substation solar panels that border the Felton Discovery Park adjacent to the new Felton Library. An effort driven by the VWC’s San Lorenzo Valley Native Habitat… Read More

Pileated Woodpeckers Big Basin Boulder Creek California

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A Woodpecker’s View of Big Basin

May 19, 2021June 5, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Brenda Holmes As I sit down to write this article, parts of Big Basin are still burning. The fire that left people homeless, burned historic buildings to the ground, and damaged the infrastructure of California’s oldest state park is still smoldering under the surface in places. Thousands of trees succumbed to the fire, and tree canopies scorched by the… Read More

Checker Lily Wildflowers Santa Cruz Mountains

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An Insider’s Guide to Spring Wildflowers at Quail Hollow

April 12, 2021April 17, 2021 slvpost.com1 Comment

By Pamela Morgan April and May always remind me of renewal, birth, and the blooming calla lilies, forget-me-nots, daffodils, and tulips. I become giddy with the first sightings of native wildflowers! I was introduced to coastal wildflowers while hiking with the Santa Cruz and Monterey chapters of the Sierra Club in the mid-80s, gravitating to hikers with an eye for… Read More