

Chipmunks displace chickadees
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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. Photo by Doris Lombard

Geri Peterson plays pool. She plays pool extremely well.
In September, the Forest Service carried out its long planned foray against the expanding tamarisk in Pinyon and Palm Canyon. Kate Kramer, Forest Servcie biologist, who did the planning, led the team which Outward Bound kids also joined in the tamarisk assault. Below, Kramer explains the tamarisk biology to one of the Outward Bound participants.
Idyllwild Arts Academy senior Dayeon Han, 19, took first place in the two-dimensional art category at the annual Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards.
Or gray santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus)is a fine-textured, bushy and mound-forming shrub …