Might be short window for area waterfalls - San Francisco Chronicle

Might be short window for area waterfalls
San Francisco Chronicle
Some aquifers, like the Berry Creek Canyon at Big Basin Redwoods State Park, don't need much rain to recharge their waterfalls. At most Bay Area parks in high rain areas, at Mount Tamalpais and in the Santa Cruz Mountains, storm totals this winter are ...

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Is Brown's plan to close state parks all a political gimmick? - San Jose Mercury News

Is Brown's plan to close state parks all a political gimmick?
San Jose Mercury News
But in the end, most are worried that once parks are closed -- something that hasn't happened since California's state park system began in 1902 with the opening of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County -- parks facilities could be ...

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How Can We Support SC State Parks Marked for Closure? - Patch.com

How Can We Support SC State Parks Marked for Closure?
Patch.com
The two things I know are that people love their parks and I can't do it alone. This is going to take a village.” Mountain Parks Foundation has funded the nature education and enrichment programs offered at Henry Cowell and Big Basin Redwoods state ...

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DEP to fix 100 storm basins in Ocean - Asbury Park Press

DEP to fix 100 storm basins in Ocean
Asbury Park Press
Neptune Twp. NJ 02/08/12 - Asbury Park Press Editorial Board meeting with NJ DEP Commissoner Robert Martin Tim McCarthy/Staff Photogrpher NEPTUNE — State highway workers will clean out and fix more than 100 stormwater basins along major highways in ...

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Mountain lion attacks 6-year-old boy in Big Bend National Park - DigitalJournal.com


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Mountain lion attacks 6-year-old boy in Big Bend National Park
DigitalJournal.com
Alpine - Big Bend National Park's Chisos Basin was the scene of a mountain lion attack against a 6-year-old boy hiking with his family on Sunday, and traps have been set in an attempt to capture the “haggard looking” animal. The young boy, whose name ...
Big Bend National Park: Boy Attacked By Mountain Lion Long Island Press
BC-US--Big Bend-Mountain Lion Attack,126 WGME

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Arts and Entertainment: This Weekend and Coming Up - The News Herald

Arts and Entertainment: This Weekend and Coming Up
The News Herald
Royal Kids' Ball is at 6:15 pm Thursday at St. Andrews Civic Club, 2629 W. 10th St., across from Oaks by the Bay Park. Doors open at 6 pm and tableau begins at 6:15 pm Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children ages 5-10. There will be food, ...

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Not a lot of snowpack in state, yet - Longmont Daily Times-Call

Not a lot of snowpack in state, yet
Longmont Daily Times-Call
72 percent of its 30-year average, while the Colorado River Basin on the Western Slope is at 71 percent of average and the South Platte Basin, which includes the St. Vrain creeks and the Big Thompson River, is 78 percent of average.
Colorado has less snow than average this year, but a storm today could help ... ReporterHerald.com

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