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Boony Doon Gets Cemex Access Preview

The 8,500-acre site of the old Cemex cement plant and quarry was preserved in the north coast's largest land-protection deal. Photo by William Matthias.

The atmosphere was more country club social than town hall meeting last night as representatives from the Cemex Redwood partnership met with members of the Rural Bonny Doon Association to explain the ins and outs of choosing public access points.

The Outdoor Poet: Len Anderson

Tuolumne Meadow in Yosemite. Photo by Hilltromper.

Four poems from the co-founder of Poetry Santa Cruz.

It Takes a Village

Laureen and Boogie Bill—reunited after 25 years.

Surfer girl finds love and money at Pleasure Point.

The Outdoor Poet: Beau Blue

The view from the studio at The Oak Grove. Photo courtesy the poet.

Beau Blue (aka JJ Webb) has lived and worked in the Santa Cruz Mountains for the past 30-plus years.

The Outdoor Poet: Richard Levine

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Clear Lake, California. Photo by C Fang/Wikimedia Commons.

The Oakland-based poet and magazine writer muses upon a birthday in a lovely place.

Surprise! Sea Otters Save Eelgrass

Just call them the heroes of Elkhorn Slough.

One Small Beach, Off-Leash Full-Time?

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Rocko and Moose (not their actual names) at Corcoran Lagoon Beach, site of a proposed dog beach. Hilltromper photo.

Now this is a proposal that makes sense.

The Outdoor Poet: Susan Cohen

Brown pelican photographed by Scott Bourne/Creative Commons

"You aren’t pretty/ or songful, and yet,/around your extrovert’s beak – /hints/ of a satisfied smile..." —from "Ode to A Brown Pelican"

Blundering into Desolation

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Desolation Wilderness, just south of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada, draws throngs to picturesque spots like Island Lake. Photo by Brooke Wright.

Even making every rookie mistake in the book can't spoil the splendor.

The Outdoor Poet: Lucille Lang Day

Aerial view of gray whale and calf off the coast of California. Photo by NOAA.

From the Oakland-based poet, intimations of whale lullabies and wonder at the courtship dances of spring.

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