Archive for August, 2007
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Truth becomes an endangered species at the Point Reyes National Seashore
A spotted axis doe with a white fallow doe in the Olema Valley. Ever since the Point Reyes National Seashore in defiance of public opinion set out to eradicate their herds, the park administration has repeatedly contradicted itself regarding who would benefit from their meat. (Photo by Janine Warner, founder of DigitalFamily.com) . Seldom are [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in General News,History,Marin County,The Point Reyes Light Newspaper,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
‘Possums,’ a sequel to the musical ‘Cats’
Using flash photography last Friday night, I managed to get neighbors Jay Haas’ and Didi Thompson’s Charlie cat climbing into a field of horses.…which is better than getting a Charlie horse climbing into a field of cats. Cats, the musical, was loosely based on a collection of poems by T.S. Eliot titled Old Possum’s Book [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Marin County,Photography,Point Reyes Station,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
The KWMR/Love Field ‘Far West Fest’
KWMR and Love Field in Point Reyes presented a “Far West Fest” Saturday, Aug. 18, as a fundraiser for the community radio station (90.5 FM in Point Reyes Station and 89.3 in Bolinas). Throughout the fair, which ran from 11:30 a..m. to 7 p.m. at the privately owned baseball field, acoustic music and amplified music [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in General News,Marin County,Photography,Point Reyes Station by DavidMitchell
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Quotes Worth Saving & the Inverness Fair
The band System 9 entertained several hundred Inverness Fair goers Saturday, Aug. 11, in First Valley. The fair ran from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gene Ptak of Inverness and Nav Singh, an owner of the Inverness Store, shucked and barbecued oysters throughout the fair as a benefit for Papermill Creek Children’s Corner preschool. Fairgoers [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General News,History,Inverness,Photography by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Watching the Point Reyes National Seashore obliterate cultural history
Last week’s posting discussed Senator Dianne Feinstein’s challenging Point Reyes National Seashore Supt. Don Neubacher’s plans to close Drakes Bay Oyster Company. County supervisors had asked Feinstein to intervene after hearing from members of the public, including UC Berkeley biologist Corey Goodman, who revealed the park administration had misrepresented research to justify closing the company. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in General News,History,Inverness,Marin County,Photography,West Marin nature,Wildlife,agriculture by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
Congress sees through National Seashore claims
Threatened with extinction in the Point Reyes National Seashore, black and white versions of fallow deer browse in the park’s underbrush. Generations of the deer, whose ancestors came from in the Near East, had lived on Point Reyes before the National Seashore opened in 1965. The National Seashore now wants to eliminate them as non-native [...]
