Mark Larson
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Still Wild
An unexpected “staycation” benefit of this pandemic era has been getting to know local locations I hadn’t spent much time visiting. Next time you’re driving in northern Humboldt County, take one of the U.S. Highway 101 bypass exits onto Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway into Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Fifty miles north of Eureka, […]
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Photos: Redwood Sky Walk Grand Opening
Beginning with a traditional Wiyot blessing by former Tribal Chair Cheryl Seidner and ending with the red ribbon cutting by Eureka Mayor Susan Seaman, the weekend-long grand opening of the Redwood Sky Walk began last Friday morning under the redwoods on the newly paved path at the Sequoia Park Zoo. Over a decade long in […]
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Five North Coast Otters Public Art Initiative Sculptures Installed
The North Coast Otters Public Art Initiative otter sculptures are being delivered and ready for the ultimate North Coast scavenger hunt.
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Photos: Lupine Bloom Boom
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
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
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
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 […]