This month, Ruth Moon takes us to visit “the unknown Waterfront” as part of her Eureka Discovery Walks. She says: Called the ‘Unknown’ Waterfront, because this stretch of the bay’s waterfront is actually not visible or accessible along much of the way, this walk features several stunning views and some interesting back trails. We’ll visit [...]
Posts Tagged ‘landscape’
Walk: The unknown Waterfront
Posted in local, nature, tagged california, humboldt, landscape, local on 17 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Camping!
Posted in family, local, nature, Personal, tagged california, camping, humboldt, landscape, Personal on 23 June, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My husband, a friend, and I spent a 3-day weekend at Baxter Environmental Camp in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. We left Friday night and came back Monday afternoon. Along with some of the other environmental camp sites like Hamilton Barn, also at Humboldt Redwoods State Park, and Dry Lagoon at Humboldt Lagoons State Park, this [...]
Lovely weekend
Posted in local, Personal, tagged humboldt, landscape, Personal, photography, shopping on 8 June, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On Friday night my husband and I went to to take a walk and do a little bird watching and photographing at the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge near Table Bluff. Even in overcast weather, it’s lovely to walk along Hookton Slough between the large heron and crane rookery at the foot of the bluff [...]
General Plan town hall meeting
Posted in current events, local, tagged california, housing, humboldt, landscape, local, management, planning, politics on 3 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Humboldt County General Plan Update news: the next “town hall”-style meeting is planned for June 11; it’s a continuation of the April 30 meeting. Land Use Element “Town Hall Style” Continued Planning Commission Meeting Humboldt County Draft General Plan – Land Use Element June 11, 2009 The Humboldt County Planning Commission will host a public [...]
Google Earth for northern California
Posted in local, technology, tagged california, google earth, humboldt, landscape, local, software, tools on 19 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve mentioned several times things I love about Google Earth. I use it a lot for my work, but I also find it to be a lot of fun. Today, I’d like to share some interesting resources and tips on more geographic information about local features that can be explored in Google Earth. Google Earth [...]
GPU “town hall” meeting on Thursday
Posted in current events, local, tagged california, humboldt, landscape, local, management, natural resources, planning, politics on 28 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Humboldt County General Plan Update news: notice received Monday from the Planning Division of Humboldt County Community Development Services: Housing Element “Town Hall Style” Planning Commission Meeting Humboldt County Draft General Plan — Land Use Element April 30, 2009 The Humboldt County Planning Commission will host an informal public workshop on the Draft Land Use [...]
Lovely landscapes
Posted in current events, local, nature, tagged art, events, humboldt, landscape, local on 27 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, my husband and I spent the afternoon at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary for a little photography and a little bird-watching. We stopped at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center and discovered that artist Jay Brown was exhibiting some of his works there and was holding an Artist’s Reception. We had a chance to [...]
Happy Earth Day
Posted in environment, nature, science, tagged ecology, events, habitat, landscape, media, photography, physics on 22 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We live on a beautiful, fragile yet amazingly resilient world, which we celebrate on April 22. It’s the third planet from our star, the sun, formed over four and half billion years ago from accreting stellar matter, along with the rest of our system. Life developed rapidly on the new planet, taking merely half a [...]
Google Earth: Wilkins ice shelf collapse
Posted in current events, science, technology, tagged climate, environment, google earth, landscape, maps, media, science, software, tools on 17 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The various stages of collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in the Antarctica has been in the news over the past couple of weeks. Now you can watch an animation of the process in Google Earth, as assembled by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). After downloading the file and opening it with [...]
Geotourism map: California North Coast
Posted in current events, local, society, technology, tagged california, google earth, history, humboldt, landscape, local, maps, media, native peoples, software, tools on 6 April, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, the Crescent City Daily Triplicate introduced us to an exciting mapping project: the North Coast California Geotourism project, covering the Del Norte to Marin areas, including Lake County. Working with the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations, the North Coast Tourism Council and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are [...]
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