Heron Flees, Scores
As I watched, a Great Blue Heron flew in from the North Basin and landed on the grass near the
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Issues
Why Do Burrowing Owls Perch “Out of Bounds”?
One of the questions I heard most often from park visitors watching the Burrowing Owls last winter was, “Why aren’t
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Dog Baron Visit
His or Her Highness the Dog Baron was in the park again and took the trouble — for which we
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Zombie Cannabis Project Dead Again… For Now
The project to promote cannabis at the park, risen from the dead last week, ran into strong opposition at the
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The Cannabi$ Scam Again
At the end of April, the Mayor yanked from the City Council agenda, at the last minute, a plan to
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Checking Out the Rip-Rap Job
The rip-rap rehab job is over, all but the landscape repair and the tidying up. A rusting bucket from a
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Welcome Ruderals
I learned the word “ruderals” when I started looking at the plants in the park. It turns out that a
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Needed or Not
Around the house when it’s time to clean up a really awful mess, the joke is “whether it needs it
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Rip-Rap Continues
In the second week of the rip-rap rehab project in the park, workers laid down heavy cloth over the old
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Rip-Rap Music
The roar of diesel engines. the crash of rocks. and the whistle of backup beepers make up the sound track
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