The San Lorenzo is the largest (and possibly the most beautiful) watershed in Santa Cruz County, spanning 135 square miles. The last stretch of the river with predominant...
Pilkington Creek lies behind the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History building and continues roughly ⅛ mile (500 feet) down river ending at Seabright Beach. The land alon...
Post Updated on June 22, 2016 Santa Cruz’s Sandhill habitat is highly sensitive so it is important to stay on designated paths when visiting them. The Sandhills in...
Surf scoters are named for their propensity to forage in ocean surf and dive through the foam of breaking waves. A flock of surf scoters will often dive in unison to conf...
California’s Santa Cruz Wharf is a common resting place of the oft-noisy sea lion (Zalophus californianus). You may also see harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) but they...
In May marine mammals are reproducing and/or still migrating. Some have already given birth but are still heading north towards summer feeding grounds. May is typically a...
Located near the west entrance to UC Santa Cruz, Cave Gulch has many charms. The majestic redwoods are the most obvious one and they set the stage. Their thick tall trunk...
“Mountain Charley” McKiernan had finally met his match. Face to face with a 1,000 pound grizzly bear, standing almost ten feet tall on her haunches, McKiernan was acutely...
On the rolling fields of the lower UCSC campus lies a geological mystery that still puzzles scientists to this day. Dubbed “Mima Meadow,” it is a terrain covered in small...
I’m sure many Californians have marveled at the thousands of wind turbines spinning atop the golden hillsides along Highway 580 between eastern Alameda and Contra Costa c...
