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Guest Video.
We will be featuring guest video on this site on a regular basis. Send
us your links paints@crystalinecove.net. We also love to feature good
pics, so send them along!
Recently,biologists were pleasantly surprised to find a condor chick
(one of three wild chicks in Big Sur this year) safe and sound inside
it's redwood nest tree. Amazingly, the young condor chick survived
after a large wild fire ripped through it's nest area in mid-July 2008.
This is a true miracle of nature and we're so happy the young condor
is still with us. For more info: Ventana Wildlife Society,
www.ventanaws.org
We will be featuring guest video on this site on a regular basis. Send
us your links paints@crystalinecove.net. We also love to feature good
pics, so send them along!
Recently,biologists were pleasantly surprised to find a condor chick
(one of three wild chicks in Big Sur this year) safe and sound inside
it's redwood nest tree. Amazingly, the young condor chick survived
after a large wild fire ripped through it's nest area in mid-July 2008.
This is a true miracle of nature and we're so happy the young condor
is still with us. For more info: Ventana Wildlife Society,
www.ventanaws.org
Welcome to California's beautiful Central Coast. We enjoy some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.
Sheer cliffs plunge to rocky beaches; pelicans and California Condors soar through our skies. Whales, dolphins
and sea otters frolic in our seas. Wild and pristine, this is some of the most sensitive and protected land in
California. Photo Gallery.
Sheer cliffs plunge to rocky beaches; pelicans and California Condors soar through our skies. Whales, dolphins
and sea otters frolic in our seas. Wild and pristine, this is some of the most sensitive and protected land in
California. Photo Gallery.
| This is Your Central Coast. Crystaline Cove is a place for all residents and visitors who love the beautiful Central Coast. This is your website! Get Involved! Pictures are always welcome, as well as articles, poetry, and information. Send to Deci at deci@crystalinecove.net. |
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We're back!
We took Crystaline Cove down for a while because we were
relocating 35 miles south to the bayside community of Los Osos.
At the time of our move, wildfires were raging in Big Sur. Thankfully,
that time has passed. It was a stressful time, and we had little time
to devote to this website.
We are settled in, and looking forward to the changes to come. Keep
checking back as we will be exploring our new location, and still
keeping our strong connection to San Simeon and Big Sur.
We took Crystaline Cove down for a while because we were
relocating 35 miles south to the bayside community of Los Osos.
At the time of our move, wildfires were raging in Big Sur. Thankfully,
that time has passed. It was a stressful time, and we had little time
to devote to this website.
We are settled in, and looking forward to the changes to come. Keep
checking back as we will be exploring our new location, and still
keeping our strong connection to San Simeon and Big Sur.
Montana de Oro State Park, Los Osos, CA.
| Burning Redwood Stump in Big Sur, June 2008 |
Big Sur Erosion Warning
The U.S. Forest Service this week warned that residents of Big Sur
and Carmel Valley could face severe erosion and mudslides
this winter as a result of the Basin Complex and Indians fires.
The two fires burned more than 240,000 acres and destroyed 28
homes. With entire hillsides stripped of vegetation, officials now
worry that mudslides could devastate rural communities just
beginning to recover from the fire.
According to the report, which was released this week, residents of
rural communities such as the Tassajara Zen Center and the Pico
Blanco Boy Scout Camp could not only find themselves isolated
after a storm, but face the additional risk of flooding.
The U.S. Forest Service this week warned that residents of Big Sur
and Carmel Valley could face severe erosion and mudslides
this winter as a result of the Basin Complex and Indians fires.
The two fires burned more than 240,000 acres and destroyed 28
homes. With entire hillsides stripped of vegetation, officials now
worry that mudslides could devastate rural communities just
beginning to recover from the fire.
According to the report, which was released this week, residents of
rural communities such as the Tassajara Zen Center and the Pico
Blanco Boy Scout Camp could not only find themselves isolated
after a storm, but face the additional risk of flooding.
For other residents, mudslides could curtail access to their homes. In particular, Big Sur residents living between
Pheneger Creek and Rat Creek could find themselves cut off. Tassajara Road residents could end up in a
similar predicament.
Pheneger Creek and Rat Creek could find themselves cut off. Tassajara Road residents could end up in a
similar predicament.
The welfare of a variety of animals is also addressed in the report. Two aquatic species, the tidewater goby and the
steelhead trout, could find their habitat diminished due to erosion and sedimentation. Meanwhile, the California
condor, the Smith’s blue butterfly, the California legless lizard and the Coast horned lizard were identified as
species that suffered greatly from the fire.
steelhead trout, could find their habitat diminished due to erosion and sedimentation. Meanwhile, the California
condor, the Smith’s blue butterfly, the California legless lizard and the Coast horned lizard were identified as
species that suffered greatly from the fire.
While the report identifies the threats residents could face from mudslides and storm runoff, it concedes there isn’t
much that can be done to avert the risks. There’s really no effective measures you can take on slopes like that.
much that can be done to avert the risks. There’s really no effective measures you can take on slopes like that.
Hwy 1 in Big Sur to experience delays next week
Roadwork will delay motorists on Highway 1 through Big Sur from
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Caltrans has
announced.
Crews will remove rocks and debris that might fall from cliffs by
Highway 1 during the rainy season.
Drivers may be delayed up to 30 minutes while one-way traffic
control is in effect.
Work is scheduled between Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park and Juan
Higuera Creek Bridge on Tuesday and between Torre Canyon
Bridge and Grimes Canyon on Wednesday and Thursday.
Roadwork will delay motorists on Highway 1 through Big Sur from
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Caltrans has
announced.
Crews will remove rocks and debris that might fall from cliffs by
Highway 1 during the rainy season.
Drivers may be delayed up to 30 minutes while one-way traffic
control is in effect.
Work is scheduled between Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park and Juan
Higuera Creek Bridge on Tuesday and between Torre Canyon
Bridge and Grimes Canyon on Wednesday and Thursday.
California condors
A team of U. S. and Argentine scientists are proposing to join forces
in a five-year project to bolster the number of condors soaring above
the high peaks of the Andes and California.
Scientists from Pinnacles National Monument in Central California
visited Argentina this week to improve tracking and studying
techniques of the birds, whose 9-foot wingspan has inspired
reverence among indigenous people of the Americas for centuries.
The team is developing a five-year scientist exchange program with
Argentina aimed at preserving the threatened scavenger.
A team of U. S. and Argentine scientists are proposing to join forces
in a five-year project to bolster the number of condors soaring above
the high peaks of the Andes and California.
Scientists from Pinnacles National Monument in Central California
visited Argentina this week to improve tracking and studying
techniques of the birds, whose 9-foot wingspan has inspired
reverence among indigenous people of the Americas for centuries.
The team is developing a five-year scientist exchange program with
Argentina aimed at preserving the threatened scavenger.
Argentine and U. S. scientists have been working together since the early 1980s, when the California condor was on
the brink of extinction. U. S. scientists applied successful efforts in Argentina to breed condors in captivity and then
release them to salvage a waning California population.
the brink of extinction. U. S. scientists applied successful efforts in Argentina to breed condors in captivity and then
release them to salvage a waning California population.
San Luis Obispo County is part of the condor’s range. It sits between two of the largest condor restoration areas—one
in the Ventana Wilderness Area of Big Sur and the other in the Sespe Wildlife Area of Ventura County.
in the Ventana Wilderness Area of Big Sur and the other in the Sespe Wildlife Area of Ventura County.
The number of California condors is estimated around 300—half of which are in captivity — and they are still in danger
of extinction.
of extinction.