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Minus tides expose wilderness below the waves

June 28, 2012 by Claire Peaslee

Point Reyes Peninsula is rimmed along its rocky sections with a living fringe so diverse and wildly colorful – so dense with phenomenal creatures – that when the tides recede there’s a gravitational pull to go there and explore. Tidepools are literally the wilderness next door, yet accessible only when the moon and sun conspire to exert extra pull on the Earth’s oceanic sheath, thereby exposing the coastline. May through July is one of the two periods in the year when extreme low tides occur.

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Western gray squirrels, the forest thumpers

June 22, 2012 by David Rains Wallace

Tree squirrels can seem marginal in cities. But in the bishop pine forests at Point Reyes National Seashore, Western gray squirrels are the only animals known to open pine cones and disperse the seeds. They are bold, sizable, and entirely wild — unlike their urban cousins. And their sheer bravado shows what a spirited creature a squirrel can be.

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A West Marin Walkabout

June 22, 2012 by Beth Slatkin

Jules Evens has lived next to the Point Reyes National Seashore for most of his four decades in the Bay Area. With the park’s 50th anniversary at hand, Jules decided to honor this milestone by trekking every one of of the Seashore’s 154 miles of trails on foot.

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Nabokov’s Blues along the Estero Trail

June 20, 2012 by Jules Evens

Searching for butterflies at Point Reyes–and finding them! Hike along with Jules Evens on a 7.5 mile loop with planty of winged beauty.

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A shrubland lover lives here

June 18, 2012 by Judith Larner Lowry

Chaparral and scrublands are often overlooked, dismissed even, as valuable habitat in places like Point Reyes National Seashore. But the unassuming assemblage of low-lying shrubs and herbs are the right tools for the job in many difficult landscape situations, and hold a beauty of their own. Perhaps it’s time to rethink scrublands as a rightful native habitat, good in the wild and garden.

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Olema Valley Trail: Texiera Ranch to Five Brooks. (4.7 miles one-way)

June 06, 2012 by Jules Evens

Stinging nettles and horsetail, plus lots of wildflowers, on the trail at Point Reyes.

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A Naturalist’s Vow at Point Reyes: Obedience to Awareness

June 02, 2012 by Jules Evens

Jules Evens continues his year-long trek on all the trails of Point Reyes. this time out, it’s the Bayview Trail, short on views but long on wildlife and the interesting ecological processes of the bishop pine forest, much of which burned in the 1995 Vision Fire.

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In the Splash Zone at Point Reyes

May 26, 2012 by Jules Evens

In his quest to hike every trail at Point Reyes, Jules Evens takes a short walk rich in wildlife sightings, from butterflies to black oystercatchers.

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Eight Miles at Point Reyes for a Warbler, with Bonus Damselflies and More

May 22, 2012 by Jules Evens

Jules Evens heads out on an eight-mile loop, timed with the nesting, and singing, of some of Point Reyes’s least-common warblers. Follow along and see what else he finds!

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An Easter morning hike in Point Reyes’s Church of Nature

April 17, 2012 by Jules Evens

Hiking along Drakes Estero, Jules Evens meditates on eelgrass, sea geese, and the footprint of humanity in a wild place.

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