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Bike Camp PNW. Photo by Carl Uebelhart.

Carl Uebelhart's journey to the San Juan Islands and beyond.

The Outdoor Poet: Dana Gioia

Photo by Jeremy Ginsberg/Creative Commons.

Two by the poet, onetime Jell-o ad man and former NEA chair.

Hot Day Cures

Tom 'n' Jerry and Esther Williams keep their cool in 'Dangerous When Wet,' a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film from 1953.

Five ways to stay cool in a Santa Cruz heat wave.

Two Local Authors Featured in National Geographic

Illustration by Dana Berry/National Geographic.

Science writer Rob Irion describes our solar system’s chaotic origins, and novelist Jonathan Franzen illustrates the slaughter of migratory birds.

The Outdoor Poet: David Swanger

The fin of a humpback whale surfaces just feet from a kayaker. Photo by Diane Wallace.

The county's Poet Laureate recalls the great humpback event of 2011.

Mermen at Pleasure Point

The Outdoor Poet: Stephen Kessler

Anderson Valley grapevines photographed by T Chu.

A prosem not quite in praise of California vines.

The Outdoor Poet: Alan Cheuse

Sunset in Santa Cruz by Mark Sebastian on Creative Commons.

NPR's "voice of books" reflects on summertime in Santa Cruz.

Beneath The Waves Film Fest

What better way to celebrate World Oceans Day? Photo by Brendan Bane.

June 8th marked World Oceans Day and the launch of the Sanctuary Exploration Center’s first annual Beneath the Waves Film Festival, a screening of short films on ocean life and conservation.

High-Speed Slo-Mo Nature

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