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Fire Restrictions

Date: July 3, 2012 Los Padres National Forest 6755 Hollister Ave. #150 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Goleta, CA 93117 CONTACT: Andrew Madsen (805) 961-5759 http://www.fs.usda.gov/lpnf Fire Restrictions in Los… more →

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Mono Narrows Camp — 4 comments

Jack Elliott wrote 20 hours ago: Mono Jungle under early morning fog. I walked so much I wore down my feet— Do you know how weird tha … more →

Tags: Santa Barbara County, Camping, backpacking, Hiking, Mono Creek, Nature, photos, Pics, Landscapes

Fire burns 3,800 acres in Calif. national forest

Cyndee Maxwell wrote 2 days ago:   FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighte … more →

Tags: News, california news, features, California, Los Angeles, Kern County California, Kern, Wilford, Kern County Fire Department

Grand Fire burns 3,500 acres in Los Padres National Forest

Cyndee Maxwell wrote 2 days ago: FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a sl … more →

Tags: News, california news, features, California, frazier park, Frazier Park California, Kern, Kern County Fire Department, Los Angeles

'Grand Fire' burns 3,000 acres in Calif. national forest

Cyndee Maxwell wrote 3 days ago: FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — Cooler temperatures and lighter winds are helping hundreds of firefighte … more →

Tags: News, california news, features, California, Los Angeles, Calif., Kern, Frazier Park California, frazier park

UPDATE: Frazier Park fire burns 750 acres in Kern County

Cyndee Maxwell wrote 3 days ago: FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are using heavy aerial artillery against a fast-moving brus … more →

Tags: News, california news, features, California, Los Angeles, Kern County California, Bureau of Land Management, Kern, Wilford

Frazier Park fire burns 400 acres in Kern County

Cyndee Maxwell wrote 3 days ago: FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are using heavy aerial artillery against a fast-moving brus … more →

Tags: News, california news, features, California, Los Angeles, Kern County California, Bureau of Land Management, Kern, Wilford

My Nipples

nicholshuffles wrote 5 days ago: This isn’t actually about my nipples or your nipples or anybody’s nipples for that matte … more →

Tags: Trail Running, TRAI, LMP amendment, BCNM, Back Country Non-Motorized

Cold beer, clean water and natural capital — 1 comment

Ruskin K Hartley wrote 5 days ago: Barely a day goes by that I don’t read a news article about the economic values of the natural … more →

Tags: Conservation, conservation, Save the Redwoods League, Nature Conservancy, big sur, Beer, natural capital, ecosystem services

California: Bear Sighting Triggers 5 Agency Response, Lockdown

forgottenman2013 wrote 1 week ago: A 250-pound animal sent Morro Bay High School into lockdown Thursday and garnered the attention of m … more →

Tags: Facts, Shelter in Place, Cal Fire, California, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, california state parks, jim allen, morro bay high school, Morro Bay Police

Indian Creek Waterfalls and Narrows — 6 comments

Jack Elliott wrote 2 weeks ago: Santa Barbara backcountry “My companion and I, for I sometimes have a companion, take pleasure … more →

Tags: Santa Barbara County, Dick Smith Wilderness, waterfalls, Camping, backpacking, Hiking, Nature, photos, Pics

Lyrid

cnollphotography wrote 3 weeks ago: For those of you who didn’t know, the Lyrid Meteor Shower peaked this past Sunday night. Unlik … more →

Tags: Travel, Photography, Travel (2), Photography (2), California, ca, united states, RoadTrip, LA

Figueroa Mountain Wildflower Update 4/19/13 — 1 comment

Sandy Steinman wrote 4 weeks ago: submitted by Helen Tarbet Adventure Pass Field Ranger Santa Lucia Ranger District  Los Padres Nation … more →

Tags: Wildflowers, Wildflower Bloom Reports, Figueroa Mountain Wildflowers, Santa Lucia Ranger District

Figueroa Wildflower Tour 4/20/13

Sandy Steinman wrote 1 month ago: There will be a Figueroa Wildflower Tour  in Los Padres National Forest on April 20, 2013  from 9:30 … more →

Tags: Wildflowers, Figueroa Mountain, Figueroa Wildflower Tour

Observations, Photos — 6 comments

lyndaterrill wrote 1 month ago: Hello again: For three weeks I’ve been trying unsuccessfully (until today) to write a new post for t … more →

Tags: Places, Zion National Park, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, A Field Guide to Western Birds, Aphorisms, Snake River Bluffs, Eel River, Virgin River, big sur

Solvang: Figueroa Mountain — 1 comment

nancyyu7 wrote 1 month ago: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Click here to view a slide show of all 120 Picasa Web photos Click here to … more →

Tags: Solvang, Los Olivos, alamo pintado rd, Figueroa Mountain, grand ave, old mission dr, alamo creek rd, San Rafael Mountains, sawmill basin

Montecito Overlook via Cold Spring Trail Loop — 1 comment

dlockeretz wrote 1 month ago: Looking south from the Montecito Overlook Through the oaks on the Cold Spring Trail, descending from … more →

Tags: Difficulty PG, Distance 2.1 to 5 miles, General information: Dogs allowed, General information: Hikes with free parking, General information: Waterfall hikes, Rating: 7-8, Santa Barbara/Ventura, Season: All year, adventure

Mountain Pools — 1 comment

Jack Elliott wrote 1 month ago: Several pools along a tributary of Sespe Creek. … more →

Tags: ventura county, Creeks, Hiking, iphoneography, Nature, photos, Pics, sespe wilderness, Streams

Wild Cucumber, Trout and Pictographs — 8 comments

Jack Elliott wrote 1 month ago: Wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpus, previously called Echinocystis macrocarpa), also known as Manroot … more →

Tags: Reference, Chumash, rock art, Pictographs, Indians, Native Americans, Flora, Foraging, Hiking

Figueroa Mountain Poppy and Lupine Bloom — 1 comment

Jack Elliott wrote 1 month ago: Figueroa Mountain wildflowers on Wednesday. … more →

Tags: Santa Barbara County, Wildflowers, Poppies, lupine, Figueroa Mountain, Flora, Hiking, Nature, photos


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