Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
The Bush Administration at Point Reyes: Part I
Fallow deer in the Point Reyes National Seashore range from white to spotted to black. Naturally gentle, they are among the few deer that can be easily domesticated, and they are widely raised for meat. The fallow herd was periodically culled by the park until Don Neubacher became superintendent in 1994. He stopped the culling [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in General News,History,Inverness,Photography,West Marin nature,Wildlife,agriculture by DavidMitchell
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Marin supervisors refuse to tilt at McEvoy windmill
Nan McEvoy’s olive groves on Red Hill. (Photo by Jim Kravets) It took 3.5 years of permit hassles, but Marin County supervisors Tuesday finally told Nan McEvoy she can erect a 149-foot-high wind turbine at her olive-oil-producing ranch along the Point Reyes-Petaluma Road. County planning commissioners had previously rejected the windmill proposal in a 6-to-1 [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Marin County,Uncategorized,agriculture by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part VII: Rats v. dishwashers
Exotic rat at Point Reyes This week I shot a rat. With my camera, that is. To be precise, I photographed a roof rat foraging under a flowerpot for stray birdseed. It was a lucky shot, for an instant after I snapped the picture, the rat was gone. For 30 years, I have been aware [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in History,Inverness,Marin County,Photography,Point Reyes Station,Uncategorized,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part VI: How Flashing Affects Wildlife
Flashing wildlife makes some nature photography possible that would otherwise be difficult at best. * The results of flashing, however, can be gratifying or frustrating, depending on how one sees things. Flashes often give humans red eye, and I don’t mean conjunctivitis (AKA pink eye). In fact, possums are the species that end up with [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Marin County,Photography,Point Reyes Station,Uncategorized,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part V: By Means of Water
“By means of water, We [God] gave life to everything” — The Qur’an My two acres adjoin the land of Point Reyes Station’s venerable Toby Giacomini, and one of the stockponds on his property is only 10 yards from our common fence. Living next to that pond for the last 30 years has been an [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Marin County,Photography,Point Reyes Station,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Light publisher Plotkin allowed to hold onto portion of his ‘profits’ that came from swindled people
Point Reyes Light publisher Robert Israel Plotkin — a defendant in a federal bankruptcy case growing out of a $77 million Ponzi scheme — will be allowed to keep some money swindled from other people. That was the word this past week from Plotkin’s lawyer, Robert H. Powsner of Point Reyes Station. Powsner did not [...]
