Our final camp of the summer was something different: the air was crisp at 6000 feet, and laced with the…

Just six more days left in the field season was still enough time to experience a whole summer’s worth of…

Back here again. Fortunately, the view has improved. Bakersfield was not among my favorite locales from last summer – the…

I typically aim to illustrate my writings with copious photos of the landscapes I visit. But there’s only so many…

The Cuyama Valley is a between place. It sits between the Central Valley and the coast, in a strange circle…

Though my survey sites often bring me to hidden pockets of lush vegetation, the vast majority of the Central Valley…

This is as far north as the valley goes. Any farther, and the flat plains rise rapidly into still snow-capped…

“You’ll fall in love with this place in no time,” they told me. And I can see why. I began…

I’ve spent three days trying to decide whether I like this place. On the one hand, all my survey points…

Never have I seen two sites so perfectly identical as the ones Logic and I surveyed over the past three…