Eastern Mojave Vegetation
Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation
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Junction: US Interstate 5
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Junction: Washington Highway 20
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Junction: E. Front Street and 1st Street
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Intersection: Race Street, to Mount Angeles Road and Hurricane Ridge Road
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Locations: Port Angeles.
| Port AngelesIntersection: Lincoln Street, US Hwy 101 turns south, continue straight for the Victoria BC — Port Angeles, WA Ferry.
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Intersection: 2nd Street,
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Intersection: E. Lauridsen Blvd.
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Junction: Washington Highway 117 “S Tumwater Truck Route”, also into downtown Port Angeles.
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Washington above … | Oregon below …
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 Astoria-Megler Bridge across Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon.
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| Port of Astoria
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Junction: US Highway 30, "W. Marine Drive," and "Columbia River Highway" | US Highway 101 circles around and climbs toward the Astoria-Megler Bridge without actually entering the town of Astoria.
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Junction: Oregon Highway 104, to Fort Stevens, and Fort Stevens State Park.
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| Seaside
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Junction: US Highway 26
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| Cannon Beach
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| Haystack RockHaystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) tall monolith (or sea stack) on the Oregon coast in the northwestern United States, the third-tallest such "intertidal" meaning it can be reached by land, structure in the world. A popular tourist destination, the rock is adjacent to the beach and accessible by foot during low tide. Haystack Rock tide pools are home to many intertidal animals, including starfish, anemone, crabs, chitons, limpets, and sea slugs. The rock is also a refuge for many sea birds, including terns and puffins.Composed of basalt, Haystack Rock was formed by lava flows emanating from the Grand Ronde Mountains 10 to 17 million years ago.
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 Haystack Rock, off Cannon Beach, Oregon
View Point
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 Life Jacket Loaned Station, Nehalem Bay, Oregon
 Nehalem Bay, Oregon
Nehalem Bay State Park
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| Nehalem
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| Garibaldi
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| Tillamook
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| HeboHebo
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| NewportJunction: US Highway 20
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| Yachats
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| Cape Perpetua Interpretive Center
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| Heceta Head Lighthouse
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 Heceta Head Lighthouse from view point.
Viewpoint for Heceta Head Lighthouse.
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Sea Lion Caves
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 Interpretive sign for Darlingtonia State Wayside
 Darlingtonia californica
Darlingtonia State Wayside
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| Florence
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Junction: Oregon Highway 126, east to Eugene, Redmond, and Prineville.
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 Sailboat on Woahink Lake
Jessie M. Honeyman State Park and Woahink Lake.
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| Reedsport
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| Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
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 Mouth of Umpqua River, Oregon
Viewpoint of mouth of Umpqua River.
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Junction: Newmark Street, to state parks. | The hill is pretty steep at this end of Newmark St. If I had a big rig, I would use a more gentle route, to be found either to the north or the south.
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| Coos Bay
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Junction: West Beaver Hill Road, back road to state parks.
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Junction: Seven Devils Road
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Locations:
Bandon.
| Bandon
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 Ellen Warring Learning Center at New River ACEC
 Information about New River ACEC
 Cranberry bogs along Croft Lake Road.
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New River is a dynamic, ever-changing system influenced by biological, climatological, geo-physical, and fluvial processes. The river and adjacent lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are in a special management category known as the New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). The New River ACEC is managed to maintain biodiversity and quality habitats for native communities of plants, birds, animals, and fish. It also provides protection to cultural sites and affords educational, interpretive, and recreational opportunities to the visiting public in a manner consistent with the primary goals of protecting natural and cultural resources. BLM’s vision of the New River area includes protecting or enhancing habitats for a diversity of wildlife and plant species. Varied ecosystems such as meadows, forests, wetlands, coastal lakes, open sand dunes, and the New River estuary will continue to support this biodiversity. This includes a more stable meandering river with greater riparian vegetation. BLM also envisions a visiting public that will appreciate and enjoy the varied ecosystems protected at New River in a way that will not degrade the naturalness of the setting or the quality of the visitor experience. BLM will manage the ACEC primarily for non-motorized public use that is compatible with the semi-primitive natural setting evident throughout most of the area. In 1983, BLM designated 686 acres of federal lands along New River as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) to protect this unique natural area. In 1989, a land acquisition plan was completed, and over the next eight years, BLM acquired an additional 670 acres of private lands from willing sellers, bringing the current total land base of the ACEC to 1,356 acres. The primary resource values for the New River ACEC include:
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| Langlois
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 Hughes House
 Plaque for Hughes House
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Junction: Cape Blanco Road, west to Cape Blanco Lighthouse, and Hughes House.
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| Port Orford
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| Gold Beach
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| Brookings
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Oregon above .. | California below …
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| Crescent City
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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
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Junction: Bald Hills Road, to Lady Bird Johnson Grove, and eventually to California Highway 169 at Martins Ferry.
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| Orick
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| Trinidad
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Junction: California Highway 299, east through Redding to Alturas and beyond.
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Locations: Arcata.
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Locations: Eureka.
| Eureka
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 Southport Landing Bed and Breakfast
This was one of the best bed and breakfast experiences I've had.
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Locations: Loleta.
| LoletaLoleta is a small town by the side of US Highway 101.
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Loleta.
The Loleta Cheese Factory is a interesting one-hour stop to watch the cheese being made.
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| AltonJunction: California Highway 36, east to Susanville.
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Locations: Scotia.
| ScotiaLumber town in northern California, owned by Pacific Lumber Company.
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 Heisler locomotive at the Scotia Museum.
Heisler geared locomotive at the Scotia Museum.
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 Helicopter takes water from the Eel River
CDF helicopter takes off from the Eel River with water to dump on a small fire.
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Locations:
Eel River.
The railroad bridge at Dyerville.
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| Dyerville (Site)The former site of Dyerville is on a bluff on the west side of the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Eel River. Across the river, to the south, is Founders Grove of Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
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Locations: Leggett.
| LeggettJunction: California Highway 1, a twisty road that follows the California coast all the way to San Juan Capistrano.
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Junction: Branscomb Road, west to CA Highway 1 at the Pacific Ocean.
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| Laytonville
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| Willits
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Junction: California Highway 20, west to Fort Bragg.
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Junction: California Highway 20
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| Calpella
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Junction: Redwood Highway to California Highway 128, west through the Anderson Valley, and Boonville, to the California coast just south of Mendocino.
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| Cloverdale
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Junction: California Highway 128, on the south end of Cloverdale.
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Locations: Healdsburg.
| HealdsburgLocation of a high-grade metamorphic block of Franciscan Formation, sampled by Wakabayashi et al. (2010).
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Locations: Mill Creek.
Junction: Mill Street, Westside Road, accessible from north only, use Healdsburg Avenue if coming from south.
| Along Mill Creek Road is a Wakabayashi et al. (2010) sample locality for a high-grade metamorphic block of Franciscan Formation.
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Locations: Terra Linda.
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Junction: U. S. Interstate 580, west across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, to Oakland, and Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Junction: Sir Francis Drake Blvd, west to Point Reyes.
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Locations: Mill Valley.
| Mill ValleyJunction: California Highway 1.
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Golden Gate Bridge.
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