I don’t usually advocate violence. But beachcombing for agates is one of my exceptions. Use the following info and tips to get an edge on the retirees and their horrible grandchildren who dominate agate collecting. You may get life in prison, but it’s worth it because agates are super cool. Most rounded beach agates formed […]
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State Approves $40 Million for Environmental Studies at Last Chance Grade
The California Transportation Commission has agreed to provide $40 million in funding to complete environmental studies of the Last Chance Grade project, North Coast State Sen. Mike McGuire announced this morning. “We all made a commitment four years ago to get the job done with the Last Chance Grade and today’s vote moves the project […]
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Apocalypse Now?
This morning, as in 12/21/12, the Mayan’s last day, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s office posted this photo of a cataclysmic rending of asphalt on Covelo Road, aka Highway 162, described by friend of the Journal Mike Wilson as, “Kind of like every scene in the movie 2012, only a much much smaller version.” Is this […]
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When Winter Met Summer
“Kissing fish” by Joel Lueders We always knew there was something peculiar about our Eel River steelhead — those two “standoffish fish clans,” as writer Sid Perkins refers to the Eel’s winter run and summer run steelhead in a story this week in Science Magazine‘s online edition. They don’t mingle, they hang out in different […]