Sen. Boxer Moves to Elevate Pinnacles National Monument to National Park Status
The landscape of Central California is some of the most sublime in the nation, especially in early spring when the hills and valleys are equally green and lush with new grass and colorful poppies from winter rains. However pleasant, the placid oak tree-dotted landscape is also deceptive, and does nothing to prepare you for the jarring change of scenery and outright primeval weirdness upon entering Pinnacles National Monument.
Paul Remeika and the Edge of Creation at Anza-Borrego
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A Career Exploring the Desert
Tommy Hough and Treehuggers International recently had the chance to connect with and interview author, retired California State Parks ranger, and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park paleontology expert Paul Remeika.
Now working on a revised edition of his landmark book Geology of Anza-Borrego: Edge of Creation, Paul Remeika provides a fascinating look into the layers of fossils, rock, and time captured in the Salton Trough and on natural display at the “out of doors museum” of Anza-Borrego, and discusses the myriad of fault blocks and tectonic forces which make Anza-Borrego one of the most seismically active areas in North America.
Barrel cactus in full bloom, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
The Santa Rosa Mountains lie along the north end of Borrego Valley.
Earthquake Country
The author of dozens and books and papers on seismology, Dr. Pat Abbott, Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University, discusses Southern California’s most dangerous seismic regions and faultlines, including the southern San Andreas, San Jacinto, and Elsinore Faults, and the history of the 1812 and 1857 Southern California earthquakes.
