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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Tag Archives: Wildlife
Claw Marks In the Tiny Tank
I went for a walk to a tiny tank high on the mountain. The rain had fallen for days, for hours non-stop, in amounts not common around this neck of the woods. Records were set. And so we have to … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Adventure, backcountry, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wilderness, Wildlife
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County Dumps Debris In Sensitive Habitat Off-Limits To Recreational Spearfishermen
An angelshark swimming up Goleta Beach Slough, a State Marine Conservation Area. David Bacon pinned a righteous note to the bulletin board over at Noozhawk decrying the dumping of tons of sediment from local creeks into Goleta Bay. Santa Barbara County … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Beach, Endangered Species, Estuary, Fish, Fishing, Goleta Beach, Halibut, Ocean, Slough, Spearfishing, Wildlife
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Bald Eagle, Gaviota Coast
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Adventure, Bald Eagle, Beach, Birding, Gaviota Coast, Nature, Ocean, Raptors, Santa Barbara, Wilderness, Wildlife
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Condor Man
Sespe Wilderness The condor soared for hours on its nine-and-a-half-foot wing. The great vulture had drifted one hundred miles without a single flap floating on plumes of heat blowing skyward, the radiant land shimmering under the sun far below like … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Condors, Fiction, Hiking, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Nature Writing, Public Lands, Santa Barbara, Wilderness, Wildlife
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Halibut Surf Fishing
“Conservation of animals and plants was a burning, emotional, personal issue. A properly socialized individual had a powerful sense that the wild world was feeding him, and he ought to be as grateful and as anxious to act decently as … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Beach, Fish, Fishing, Halibut, Nature, Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara, Sea, Wildlife
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