Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
Picture from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonevines/

Friday, September 19, 2014

Officials submit a confidential proposal to extend the deadline for complying with the cutback in pumping from the Carmel River


Monterey Peninsula officials have already submitted a confidential proposal to extend the approaching deadline for complying with the state-ordered cutback in pumping from the Carmel River set to take full effect at the end of 2016.
The cutback order would cost the Peninsula more than two-thirds of its water supply and an estimated $1 billion in economic activity.

From: The Monterey Herald 
Picture from: SFGate 

Monday, September 15, 2014

The Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)


Lifeguards, researchers and boaters have made numerous sightings of great white sharks in Carmel Bay.
From: City on a Hill Press
Picture from: SFGate

Friday, September 12, 2014

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)


The Monarch Butterfly population has sharply declined since the 1990s, going from an estimated 1 billion in 1997 to 35 million in 2013

From: The Monterey Hearald 
Picture from: NatHab

Monday, September 8, 2014

2014 Drought: The Carmel River is no longer flowing out of the Ventana

Tuesday, August 26, 2014: The Carmel River is no longer flowing out of the Ventana Wilderness and into the Los Padres Dam reservoir.

The state Water Resources Control Board has ordered California American Water Co. to cut back 70 percent of its river pumping by December 2016.

From: http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/drought-watch-carmel-river-goes-dry-above-los-padres-dam/article_17bc6adc-2d90-11e4-8c51-001a4bcf6878.html
Picture from: http://www.1hope.org/watersit.htm