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This blue heron is having lunch in a Mountain Center backyard. Photo by Bethany Pulliam

Astrocamp boasts one of the premier science and adventure programs in California. It’s residential science and summer camp programs are designed to totally immerse campers in new experiences and to help them gain new skills. Astrocamp is unique in having programs specializing in physics, astronomy, and space exploration. Its mission is to expose kids to…
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In Mountain Center, a couple of rodents, a.k.a. chipmunks, are taking over the bird nest box. They are making themselves at home, leaving the chickadees homeless …
Above, Joel White (in black) and Cody Fogle (background) playing for the Black Lightning soccer team go head to head with Brighton Millhouse (in blue) of the Lightning Strikes Friday at Idyllwild School. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
The Cleveland, Los Padres and San Bernardino National Forests are participating in a one-year visitor survey called the National Visitor Use Monitoring. The survey will be conducted from Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 30, 2014. Interviewers will be stationed at key forest roads or exits from recreation areas. They will ask national forest visitors what…
The San Jacinto Mountain Community Center board shared its plans for the Idyllwild Community Center site.