#SantaCruzMountains hashtag - Bluesky

John Howard

@joho1564.bsky.social

11 hours ago

Wow this one was killer! @maridara.bsky.social #winesky #santacruzmountains #piontnoir

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Dustin Mulvaney

@dustinmulvaney.bsky.social

1 day ago

Stanford Jasper Ridge Biologica 'Ootchamin 'Ooyak SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES NEW DATE! Dr. Dustin Mulvaney Professor School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies San José State University Tuesday, May 5, 2026 3:30 - 4 PM: Reception 4 - 5 PM: Lecture & Q&A Sun Field Station Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) The Big Fire in the Big Basin: The long history and short memory of wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains This talk examines the post-colonial wildfire history of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Spanish dispossession disrupted Indigenous fire regimes, while landscape-scale changes driven by deforestation during American occupation set in motion an active period of wildfire across the region in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These fires spurred efforts to protect the region's redwood forests through the formation of the Sempervirens Fund and the founding of Big Basin State Park, but they also helped entrench practices of wildfire suppression. Large wildfires were common from the late 1800s through the 1920s. Subsequent efforts by labor camps and the Civilian Conservation Corps to build fire towers and fuel breaks coincided with a period of relatively low fire activity that lasted until 1948, when Santa Cruz County experienced its largest wildfire until the CZU Lightning Complex of 2020. A civil grand jury later described the CZU fire as the most significant in county history, implying the greatest extent on record. The historical analysis presented here, however, identifies several post-colonial fires that exceeded the CZU Lightning Complex in size and argues that this longer fire history was forgotten because generations passed between major fires in the county. JASPER RIDGE COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES https://jrbp.stanford.edu/events/community-lectures

Excited to be speaking at Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Tuesday May 5.

The Big Fire in the Big Basin: The Long History & Short Memory of Wildfire in the #SantaCruzMountains explores the history of wildfire and role of colonial resource extraction. jrbp.stanford.edu/events/dr-du...

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Lichen Facts

@calochortusua.bsky.social

1 day ago

Thank you for your livestreams! Much appreciated #santacruzmountains

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Dustin Mulvaney

@dustinmulvaney.bsky.social

1 day ago

Correction, this will be on Tuesday May 5. #CAwildfires #SantaCruzMountains #wildfirehistory

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Dustin Mulvaney

@dustinmulvaney.bsky.social

2 days ago

Dr. Dustin Mulvaney - The Big Fire in the Big Basin: The long history and short memory of wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains | Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Dr. Dustin Mulvaney, Professor in School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies, San Jose State UniversityThe Big Fire in the Big Basin: The long history and short memory of wildfire in the Sa...

Excited to be speaking at Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve on May 6.

The Big Fire in the Big Basin: The Long History & Short Memory of Wildfire in the #SantaCruzMountains explores the deeper history of wildfire and role of colonial resource extraction. jrbp.stanford.edu/events/dr-du...

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@hillbillyidxenv.bsky.social

4 days ago

Poppy season is unfolding Feast your eyes on greens and oranges!

Environteers Weekly Update
#SantaCruzCounty #MontereyBay #Ocean #Beaches #Redwoods #Watersheds #Wetlands #Nature #SantaCruzMountains #Volunteer #Opportunities for #Environment related #Events

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January Handl

@mamuofthewest.bsky.social

6 days ago

By the San Lorenzo River
#SantaCruzMountains
#River
#Pathways
#Nature

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Simon Bisson

@sbisson.com

1 week ago

A small green bird with an iridescent maroon head feeding from a pink flower.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SmallBirdsInFlight.

What's smaller than a hummingbird? A male Anna's Hummingbird hovers while feeding from rosemary in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #santacruzmountains #hummingbird

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@hillbillyidxenv.bsky.social

1 week ago

Free Food Church in Felton (formerly Zayante) every Friday 4-6+ pm Rain or Shine

Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton CA 95018 1/4 mi from downtown

#Free FOOD #SantaCruzMountains Santa Cruz Mountains #BoulderCreek CA Felton #SLV San Lorenzo Valley

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Jayden Lacy

@jaydenmlacy.bsky.social

1 week ago

#BreakingNews: A 4.6 magnitude #earthquake shook early Thursday at 1:40 a.m., centered in the #BoulderCreek area of the #SantaCruzMountains on the #SanAndreasFault. The earthquake was felt across the entire #BayArea.