Reis Valley and Mudville
A blog about California, sustainability, restoration, history, and more
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
No More Dam Sites
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I had a day to myself, so I did what I do best: I chose to climb a peak. Naturally, it was a county highpoint--Snow Mountain East, the highe...
Monday, October 20, 2014
A Great Great Grand Coincidence?
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My last update on the mystery of my great-great-grandparents left off with a probable coincidence in similar names. The essence of the myst...
Saturday, October 11, 2014
I Should Have Been a Schnautenhaus
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I wanted to post it here, but the script wouldn't work on blogspot, so here is my family tree , color-coded with the migration status of...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Reading the Rocks on Reading Peak
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Reading Peak - 8,714' Lassen peak was closed. This season was the 100th anniversary of the mountain's volcanic explosion in 1914, ...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
The California Grizzly
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There have been many ideas for returning grizzly bears to California. Most of these ideas, such as the Center for Biological Diversity's...
Monday, August 4, 2014
Man Accidentally Tears Online Map
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BREAKING NEWS: Today a 53-year old man in Los Angeles, California, tore Google Maps while trying to unfold it. He had previously worn thin a...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Awash in a Colorful Landscape
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California is a land of extremes, both temporally and spatially. And visually. In much of low-elevation undeveloped California, the landsc...
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