Reis Valley and Mudville
A blog about California, sustainability, restoration, history, and more
Saturday, October 12, 2024
October 2024 Heat Wave
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The October 2024 heat wave was the warmest early-October weather in the Bay Area since 1980. Above average temperatures began for San Geron...
Friday, August 9, 2024
The California Water Cycle
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The causes of most problems are solutions. We rarely unbuild big things that we've built. Instead we layer on solutions--some of them b...
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Soil Science Joke
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Mono Basin Textural Triangle: Note that in some lentic zones you might encounter loamy sand, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, or sandy clay. Bu...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Insurance
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Last week, the Marin Open Space District created a "shaded" fuel break along a fire road in French Ranch. They chipped and bucked ...
Monday, February 20, 2023
Honorable Mention
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About thirty years ago, when I was at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, I took an environmental law class. At the end of the class we had to write ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Storm Totals, Storm Damage, Power Outages, Falling Trees, and Moving Logs
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January 2023 will go down in the record books as one of the stormiest, snowiest, and rainiest months for many parts of California. As of Jan...
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Inhabiting a fire-adapted land
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The land used to be inhabited. People lived some or all of the year in almost every place in California, with exceptions of extreme high ele...
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