Tag Archives: Outdoors

Big Bummer At Baron Ranch: Trashing the Place To Save It

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Jack Elliott

Yikes. Alright already, sheesh. A wall of nearly impenetrable willow needs no sign. Nobody is going in there. And we destroy everything we can find And tomorrow when the human clock stops and the world stops ticking We’ll be an index fossil … Continue reading →

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Restoration Travesty, San Marcos Foothills Preserve

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Jack Elliott

The filthy-toed plebe at the gate.  He’s the latest superhero with powers so profoundHe can leap a dotted line in just a single bound   I know you must have seen him in the books and magazinesHe’s the quintessential mindless, … Continue reading →

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Mammoth Rubbing Rocks

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Jack Elliott

Edge of the continent, Sonoma County “Groovy, man. How much do you want for this special battery-powered back-scratcher in the showcase, man.” “Cost you one dollar and ninety-five cents.” “A necessary item, man, haul it out.” —The Fan Man by … Continue reading →

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The Great Valley Oak Death Rattle, Fish Creek Camp

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Jack Elliott

‘Tis yet another devastating blow. Like the death of the live oak of Mono Narrows Camp. The immolation by wildfire of the disjunct relictual stand of Ponderosa pine along Dry Lakes Ridge. And so too the palisades of tall timber … Continue reading →

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Resuscitation

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Jack Elliott

Car headlights swept the blackness revealing a whirling glimpse of dirt parking lot that flashed in the night. Boulders ringed the empty lot before a backdrop of lumpy drab forest. Two men stood bound in a sleepless stupor gazing at … Continue reading →

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