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students observe coho salmon stocking in Sonoma County

6,000 Coho Salmon Find New Home

It was a magical day for me, a dozen high school students, assorted conservation folks and two generous and wise land owners who offered their property as a new aquatic home for 6,000 coho salmon.  I was impressed with the organization of the team from the Coho Salmon recovery program for the Russian River. I’ve tried [...]

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Roblar Road Barn

Roblar Road

Serendipidy can be your friend. In my case, a maps.google.com search for the fastest route to Dillon Beach told me part of my drive should be on Roblar Road. It’s been a while since I drove that stretch of Sonoma County between Petaluma and Sebastopol, so this morning I went for a drive. Man, it [...]

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Inverted lawnmower in Freestone

Twin Valley, home of the Macmurray Ranch used to have the most wonderful trimmed redwoods. The underside of the trees along the fence line of their western pasture used to be groomed as crisply as a golf course green…just upside down. It was the cows, of course, reaching as high as they could to nibble [...]

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