Mark Larson
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Photos: Lupine Bloom Boom

by Mark Larson

Despite the ongoing drought, Mother Nature delivered this month on the long-anticipated “super bloom” of lupines along Bald Hills Road in Redwood National Park. It’s been at least four years since the last large display of lupine appeared on the hills 18 miles east of the intersection withU.S. Highway 101 north of Orick. The lupine […]

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Restoring Sumêg Village

by Mark Larson

A hike at Patrick’s Point State Park north of Trinidad always appeals to me, given park access to Agate Beach, Ceremonial Rock, Wedding Rock’s ocean viewpoint and the excellent Rim Trail. But if you go now, you can see work being done at Sumêg Village by a crew of Yurok Tribe members using traditional methods […]

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Photos: Flying Fish and a Jolly Giant

by Mark Larson

Next time you’re in Arcata, head for the Creamery District (Ninth and L streets) and check out the two new “Homeward Leaping” stainless steel sculptures that evoke coastal cutthroat trout and the ecosystem of Jolly Giant Creek. Walk the L Street Bike Path between Eighth and Ninth streets to catch a close-up view of the […]

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Godwit Days Starts Flapping

by Mark Larson

My first introduction to bird watching on Humboldt Bay came on a guided April walk years ago offered by the Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival. We paused at a viewpoint at the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary and, to my amazement, looked out at tens of thousands of migratory shorebirds feeding on the exposed […]

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2020: A Photographer’s Look Back

Mark Larson

As I reflect back on the year 2020 from before — and after — the coronavirus pandemic, I have to agree with the CNN editor who said, “It may not be a year you want to remember, but 2020 is one you’ll never forget.”  In the “before” era, my life in January and February included photographing […]

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