Coyote Crossing

Louie

By Chris Clarke on 2011 09 07 at 9:56:49 pm | 1 comment | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x7he

I have a few thank-you notes to write in the next day or so, for those of you who kicked in to the “feed the rabbit” fund after this recent post. I am breathing a little easier. I still have tough decisions to make, but I now have more than just a

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Regarding the use of the phrase “Yucca Palms” in 19th Century discourse

By Chris Clarke on 2011 06 08 at 9:53:03 pm | 3 comments | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x7Yd

An excerpt of From San Francisco to Yuma City by “G.D.F.”; June 6, 1878, published in the July 1878 issue of the Monthly Journal of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

Here we begin the ascent of the Sierras via the Tehachapi Pass, “over the

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Panamint Valley 2009

By Chris Clarke on 2011 04 15 at 11:06:22 pm | 0 comments | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x6Ad

Climate, Biodiversity, and Colonizing the Desert (Three Maps)

By Chris Clarke on 2011 04 02 at 10:03:13 pm | 3 comments | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x3kd

I went to a conference today, and I learned some good things about which I will be writing shortly, but before I do that I wanted to share with you a couple of maps I saw at the conference, and a third I decided to put together myself to see what

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Uncertain Future for Joshua Trees Projected with Climate Change

By Chris Clarke on 2011 03 24 at 2:33:53 pm | 2 comments | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x66c

This image, from April 2004, shows mortality of some adult Joshua trees resulting from years of hot-dry climate. During the prior year, this area received only 17 percent of its average precipitation and was 4 degrees F warmer than

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Darwin: No Services Ahead

By Chris Clarke on 2011 02 03 at 12:00:14 am | 0 comments | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x8wc

This film screened tonight in Santa Barbara. I need to see it. Actually, I need to get a copy of it.

Here’s the trailer.