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"Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty ." John Lennon
Hi Mountain Lookout Project & the California Condor Recovery Program
Come and discover one of the largest and most endangered flying birds of North America. California Condors are radio tracked from Hi Mountain Lookout , flying near release sites in Big Sur and Pinnacles National Monument in Central California and Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, the Sespe Condor Sanctuary and Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in Southern California. This is an opportunity for you to learn more about condor biology and the reintroduction of these magnificent birds back to the wild. Read More
It Is Time to Deliver State Water to the North County of San Luis Obispo
The water shortage in Northern San Luis Obispo County requires both short- and long-term strategic thinking and an understanding that there are no simple solutions. There is no single answer that can be the sole solution for the problem. Careful consideration of this situation must include the following three-part analysis. Read More
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Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
Our offshore waters have qualified for sanctuary designation since 1990. Now, with new marine sanctuaries possible, we propose the California Central Coast Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. To achieve the best water quality, vibrant marine ecosystems, and to protect the Chumash cultural heritage, our efforts are focused to fill the unprotected gap between the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Chumash villages and cultural heritage lie submerged within the proposed sanctuary area as well as along the shoreline, many continuously occupied for over 10,000 years. Read More
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Anti-Firing of Lueker, Schultz Buried in Politics
by Jack McCurdy
Last month two City Council meetings, focused on whether City Manager Andrea Lueker and City Manager Rob Schultz might be reprimanded or fired from their jobs, drew packed audiences scarred by attacks on the Council majority of Jamie Irons, Christine Johnson, and Noah Smukler, who were accused of needlessly considering the dismissal of the two administrators. Those attackers claimed it was all about them being fired when it could just as easily be reprimands. Read More
New Council Majority Attacked Atrociously
Have you ever heard such appalling and shocking words as those that were used to attack Morro Bay City Council members during meetings over the last two weeks? Not just the worst attacks over the past 20, 30 or 40 years but . . . ever?!!! If you haven't heard them, well, you have some shockers coming to your ears and mind.
These atrocious and disgraceful words were hurled at the new three-member majority of the Council at two City Council meetings on June 12 and 24, meetings that were to review the possible "discipline, dismissal or release" of Morro Bay city manager Andrea Lueker and city attorney Rob Schultz. Read More
Irons Responds to Recall Move
Monday, September 30, 2013, Morro Bay Mayor Jamie Irons filed a response (attached Answer of Jamie Irons to Notice of Intention to Circulate Recall Petition) to the recall petition with the city clerk of Morro Bay and served Bill Peirce, one of the petitioners. "I can only assume that this recall is a politically-motivated action that might require Morro Bay residents go to the polls three times in 2014," Irons stated. "It does not make sense, especially given how vague the grounds are and that it was initiated with few facts and much emotion." Read More
A Bird's Eye View — Blue-footed Booby by Mike Stiles
It's not often a bird will make national headlines, but such is the case with the recent "invasion" of Blue-footed Boobies, making their way up the California coast as far north as Point Reyes. From the Los Angeles Times to Fox News, local newspapers, blogs, and television stations: all are reporting on the sudden increase in sightings of this bird. Local birder Kaaren Perry found the first of our (San Luis Obispo County) Blue-footed Boobies. She was very excited about the sighting and wasted no time in getting the word out to local birders. Read More
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Shutterbugs by David E. Holmes
I photograph primarily in black and white, in part because I find that view of the world to be the most esthetically fascinating and because it reduces the photographic viewpoint to it's most basic and simple elements, just concentrating on light and dark. But if a scene is really about the colors, I'm glad to try to capture that too. See More |
Video by Joyce Cory |
