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Spawning Chinook in Putah Creek

Anadromous fish do not make their way into Cold Creek, but Cold Creek is a tributary…
October Visit (10/31/2016)

On a cool gray day, I thought that a scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica) in a gray…
September Visit (9/29/2016) 3 of 3

Having established a pattern of drawing the view at the trailhead every six months, I am…
September Visit (9/29/2016) 2 of 3

It’s oak gall season! I spotted the leaf below right in the middle of the trail,…
September Visit (9/29/2016) 1 of 3

At the end of September, summer was officially over, but summer weather here lasts well into…
Press for Wildfire to Wildflowers!

My Stebbins Cold Canyon fire recovery blog, Wildfire to Wildflowers, was featured in the Woodland Daily…
August Visit (8/25/2016)

A hot and dry August day: first I noticed that heavy stillness particular to the very…
Cold Fire Burns just North of Cold Canyon (8/3/2016)

Almost exactly one year from the start of the Wragg Fire, the Cold Fire burned the…
July Visit (7/21/2016)

On a hot but not scorching morning, butterflies of all sizes were abundant: Lots of summer…
June Visit (6/29/2016)

By June, Cold Creek was dry, at least in the lower part. It is possible that…
Moth Collecting with John De Benedictis (5/18/2016)

John De Benedictis, a Research Fellow at the Richard M. Bohart Museum of Entomology, has been…
May Visit (5/6/2016)

In May, I enjoyed new blooms, still-green hills, and the cool shade along the Homestead Trail. …
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 2016 Conference

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) Conference & Annual Meeting July 3 – 9, 2016 Join…
March Visit (3/23/2016) 3 of 3

Because the green hills will not last long, I wanted to capture the great difference in…
March Visit (3/23/2016) 2 of 3

This is the second of three posts covering my March visit to the Reserve. Wildflowers were…