“You don’t have to go somewhere really far away,” says Li, “to see interesting plants.”
Tag: Point Reyes National Seashore Association
Bay Nature Local Heroes
Julia Clothier, Point Reyes National Seashore Association
Every year, Bay Nature Institute selects three people whose extraordinary work on behalf of conservation and environmental education in the Bay Area warrants special recognition and appreciation. This year’s Local Hero for Environmental Education is Julia Clothier, Education Director of the … Read more
Point Reyes Walkabout
Twenty miles of Point Reyes
Tag along with Jules Evens on two 10 mile hikes as he closes in on hiking every mile of trail at Point Reyes National Seashore in 2012.
Point Reyes Walkabout
Limantour Beach to Five Brooks Pond—coyote leads the way.
Few coastlines are as pacifying as the broad sandy beach at Limantour in Point Reyes. Come along on a 14 mile hike across the peninsula.
Point Reyes Walkabout
Trail to the tip of the hummingbird’s bill at Tomales Point
Take a walk with Jules Evens to see tule elk and the reef at the northern tip of Point Reyes, surrounded on three sides by ocean.
Point Reyes Walkabout, Trails, Wildlife
All Abuzz on Muddy Hollow Trail
“Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.” —Mary Oliver See this hike mapped: Muddy Hollow Trail This short (1.5 mile), gentle walk follows the course … Read more
Point Reyes Walkabout, Trails
In the Fog Drip at Point Reyes
“To find new things, take the path you took yesterday.” —John Burroughs I was thinking about John Burroughs, “the Grand Old Man of Nature,” as I walked the trails that climb from Bear Valley up to Inverness Ridge. Although I’ve … Read more
Point Reyes Walkabout, Trails
Point Reyes: Palomarin to Bear Valley
Last night, for the first time in their 132-year rivalry, the San Francisco Giants swept the L.A. Dodgers with a shutout. This morning my granddaughter, Kalia, took her first steps and the Supreme Court upheld “Obamacare.” To celebrate, I decided to take a long “walkabout.”
Summer Issue 2012
Crowning Glories: 50 Years of Point Reyes
Point Reyes for millennia provided rich habitat to a diversity of plant and animal species. Its discovery and settlement by Europeans and then Americans altered the landscape, but not irretrievably. And thanks to some determined visionaries, the peninsula and its habitats were protected 50 years ago.
Point Reyes Walkabout, Trails, Wildlife
Nabokov’s Blues along the Estero Trail
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.
