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    Mad River v. McKinleyville. January 22, 2006. Photo by J. Patrick Cudahy.
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    Homes on the brink: Karen Earls (right) and her Verwer Court neighbor, Beryl Feldman, on the Mad River bluffs. Photo by Bob Doran.
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    Slipping away: Erosion of the Mad River bluffs, January 2006. Tom Marking and others are concerned that a peninsula created by accumulating sediment (shown at lower left) is contributing to bluff erosion. Photo by J. Patrick Cudahy.
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    Map sources: U.S. Geological Survey; TerraServer-USA.com; californiacoastline.org.
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    Tom Marking.
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    The vagaries of the Mad River: Tom Marking shows aerial photographs. Photo by Bob Doran
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    The vagaries of the Mad River: Karen Earls’ diagram of the bluff’s erosion near her home. Photo by Bob Doran.