We all know the plants and animals are extraordinary in Humboldt, but the kingdom of fungi is probably the most prolific. Edible, medicinal, psychoactive or deadly, there are many varieties of each. Some, though, are just unbelievably strange looking. Until the middle of the 20th century, fungi were placed in the plant kingdom. The separation into its own […]
Rowdy Kelley
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Dog Paradise
The inspiration to create a Humboldt Geographic Facebook page came from sharing a few scenic pictures on my personal page. That sparked a friend’s idea to start a separate page just for my pictures. I look back over the couple years the page has been going and I do realize there’s another inspiration to get […]
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High Rock on the Eel
More than two decades ago, I was a frequent swimmer at this spot. That came to a brief stop after I saw a 5-foot sturgeon come to the surface right before I was going to dive in. At the time, I didn’t know what it was but was amazed that such a large fish would be […]
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Ranch Land
This is an old ranch entrance on Kneeland Road. The grassy upland meadows make up the spine of Humboldt County. A third of the county’s land is occupied by ranches and many utilize this difficult agricultural land for cattle grazing. Some 100 years ago, the primary livestock on these upland meadows was sheep. The grazing […]