Archive for April, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Why bottom of Drakes Estero can never become part of a wilderness area
Because the bottomlands of Drakes Estero are under the jurisdiction of the State of California, which by law must forever protect them for fishing, including aquaculture, they can never become part of a Wilderness Area of the National Park Service. This legal fact may in the long run be the main obstacle to the Point [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General News,Inverness,Marin County,agriculture by DavidMitchell
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Badger, Ratty, and the sensual raccoon
“Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing,” Kenneth Grahame wrote in The Wind in the Willows. “The badger is a wary animal,” concurs Point Reyes Station naturalist Jules Evans in his book The Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula. Badgers dig a “wide, oblong burrow,” Evans notes. The [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Photography,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
‘And how the wind doth ramm!/ Sing: Goddamm’ — Ezra Pound
Windstorm destruction. The historic house where Dave Dinsmore lives on Nicasio Square has withstood more than a couple of blows over the years from speeding southbound vehicles. Coming at the end of a long straightaway into town, Nicasio Valley Road’s 90-degree turn in front of the house has sent nighttime speeders flying off the road [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General News,Point Reyes Station,The Point Reyes Light Newspaper,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
A tailgate gallery of bumper-sticker humor; Point Reyes weather both Arctic & tropical
In San Anselmo last Thursday, an SUV parked near my car caught my attention because its tailgate was plastered with bumper-stickers, some of which had a Stinson Beach or other West Marin theme. When the driver returned to the vehicle, I asked if he was from Stinson Beach. No, he replied before driving off, the [...]
