There’s a move afoot to ban car traffic at the Marin Headlands on some busy weekends, the Chron reports. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area has been circulating a plan that would improve roads and parking, add bike lanes and…
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Three dogs die after hike
by tmangan • August 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Something — and perhaps someone — claimed the lives of three dogs after a walk in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Chron reports: Marin Humane Society Capt. Cindy Machado said the three large dogs — two black Labrador…
Calaveras Big Trees State Park profiled
by tmangan • August 10, 2007 • 1 Comment
This is a park I’ve been meaning to check out — one of its salient attractions is a sequoia stump that once doubled as a dance floor. From a Contra Costa Times story of a few days ago: With two…
4WheelBob profiled in the Contra Costa Times
by tmangan • August 3, 2007 • 0 Comments
Ned MacKay, who writes a weekly column about the East Bay parks, mentions Herr Coomber. His favorite park is Morgan Territory Regional Preserve east of Mount Diablo, because trails radiate out from it for miles in every direction. From there…
Giving it up for the Clair Taappan Lodge
by tmangan • August 3, 2007 • 1 Comment
The Chron has an update on the Sierra Club’s Clair Tappaan Lodge, which the club has been threatening to sell. Seems a couple donors have come through with $250k worth of breathing room for the lodge. Their most recent score…
Hiker dies in Marin
by tmangan • July 25, 2007 • 0 Comments
Searchers found the body of Barbara Cooper, 56, who had been missing since July 20, yesterday on a hillside in the Terra Linda Ridge area. From cbs5.com: Cooper, an artist and avid hiker, was reported missing July 20 when a…
ATV menace, revisited
by tmangan • July 24, 2007 • 2 Comments
A news release about Rangers for Responsible Recreation landed in my in-box yesterday (sometimes they think I’m an actual journalist or something). The rangers are putting the word out on reckless use of ATVs on public lands. BLM statistics obtained…
Drastic cuts for state parks funding
by tmangan • July 20, 2007 • 1 Comment
If you think the facilities at Big Basin and Castle Rock are looking a little ragged, just stand by. Next year’s proposed state budget cuts state parks funding by 30 percent. A press release from the office of state Sen.…
All (ladies) hail the Shewee
by tmangan • June 26, 2007 • 7 Comments
That other outdoors columnist named Tom says a device to help the ladies go pee-pee in the wilderness is taking a trade show by storm. At first, the new “Shewee” looked like a gimmick, advertised as the “ultimate portable urinating…