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Klamath River Project 2023
The Klamath River is free to flow through Ward’s Canyon for the first time in a century. Copco 2 and its headgate were fully removed in fall of 2023. Three more dams will be removed in 2024. Slide Show – Twenty Four Photographs In Retrospect It’s been eight months since last posting. Despite the apparent…
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Undamming the Klamath
After decades of peaceful protest, scientific study, and political wrangling, four Klamath dams are finally coming down. River renewal has begun. The Klamath River Renewal Project is managed by the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) whose mission “is to remove the Klamath hydroelectric dams and restore a free-flowing river.” This is a remarkable turning point…
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The Only Other Thing is Nothing
Searching the phrase “the only other thing is nothing” will most likely reveal this artwork by MIDABI (aka, Michael Daniel Birnberg). The first Internet hits may refer to a pristine version installed in 2021 in New York City’s Union Square, but the Salton Sea of California has its very own weathered version from March 2019.…
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On the Road in California
On the Road: January 12, 13, 16, 17. A good road trip makes room for the journey where experience becomes the destination…. Twelve selections from January 13 – 17 click to view.
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Under Construction Again
Big change in progress – website maintenance through January, 2023. Expect a few bumps with occasional nonsense. Thank you for visiting. About the photo and video: I was curious about these large boulders seen being transported from a quarry near my home. Hundreds of them, over two years, some weighing 15 tons, were delivered to…
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Wrecking Ball at the Playground
The area behind the Bayshore Mall, known as the Palco Marsh, is named after the Pacific Lumber Company who at one time operated a kiln drying lumber mill at this location. In recent years, this abandoned post-industrial wasteland became property of the City of Eureka and came under increasing scrutiny as folks began to congregate, making it…
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McDaniel Slough, Arcata
2005-2015: On September 24, 2013 the tide gates at McDaniel Slough were removed as part of the McDaniel Slough Restoration and Enhancement Project at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, California. Designed to accommodate sea-level rise, the project returned 250 acres to natural tidal influence for bird and fish habitat as well as improved…
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Instagram
On August 24, 2015, I discovered Instagram. At the time, it felt like I was three years behind everyone else, but with an iPhone 4s it was fun to catch up. Then Facebook acquired Instagram and, like a curmudgeon, I lost the vibe. Despite the loss of heart, ones’s IG profile does provide an excellent opportunity…
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Under a Smoky Sky
I just read from the US National Weather Service, Eureka, that: “According to the Cal OES wildfire list, the 9 named fires/complexes in the Eureka forecast area have burned 72, 241 acres of land since July 30, 2015. And they are still burning. To put that into perspective, the total acreage of land burned is…
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Chagdud Gonpa Rigdzin Ling, Junction City, CA
Rigdzin Ling is a Tibetan Buddhist Center located in Junction City, California. The Center’s focus is on preservation of the arts, philosophy, and meditation practices of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. I was mesmerized by the large mechanical prayer wheels. The embedded video above is made from a sequence of several hundred images exposed 1 second apart and played…