Creature Corner: November 20, 2014
Boomer just can’t believe he has lived at ARF for more than a year now. His birthday is Feb. 27, and even though he...
Journal from the James: Shepherds of nature …
Greetings from the James Reserve. In the first installment of our column, we introduced the James Reserve and promised further “peeks into the natural...
Fashion Jack: Tags and numbers …
Q. When should the tags be taken off new clothes? -Wally, Escondido
A. You can’t take the tags off right away or people won’t...
Dr Know It All: Too much chatter …
Dr Know It All can answer any of your questions. He just happens to know everything. Dr Know It All selects a few letters...
Past Tense: November 13, 2014
65 years ago - 1949
A group of volunteer searchers plucked a lost deer hunter out of the rugged North Fork canyon just as he...
Off the Main Roads: A wall of green …
If you’re similar to most of the Hill populace, many of your trips into nature are characterized by toiling up a dusty path through...
Creature Corner: November 13, 2014
Four paws up to Buddy the beagle. It was hard to get past those sad eyes and great personality and now you are in...
Before our Time: Sawmills were common in the forest …
Between 1875 and 1900 loggers and sawmills were the dominant human activity in the San Jacinto Mountains. They appeared first on Indian Creek in...
Fashion Jack: Favorite shirt and more …
Editor’s Note: Since Jack has somewhat of a reputation for “sartorial splendor” (as some of you may have, ahem, noticed), we asked him...
Fire and Forest: GSOB growth and response …
A meeting last week of interested parties on the Goldspotted oak borer provides a good moment to take stock of where we are in...