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Great schools of white seabass are chewing their way through the spawning squid by picking up the spawned out squid that are so easy to catch.
Below the squid spawns, halibut move in to also pick up the spawned-out squid. Both species are there to gorge and grow in one of the major food chain-eating sprees in all of nature.
Knowing that brings a keen sense of immersion into the harsh realities of the natural order and when hired to go out on the water, I like to talk about that to help people understand the life and death struggle going on below the boat.
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A short boat trip from the California coast brings nature lovers to the Channel Islands where they can see wildlife and wild places, off the grid and unspoiled.
I went to one of California s least-visited national parks and it was magical
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A view from Santa Rosa Island out to Santa Cruz Island.Dawn DeAngelo
We are hiking through Cherry Canyon, a dusty trail popping with red, yellow and purple wildflowers on Santa Rosa Island within Channel Islands National Park, and we are looking for one of the world’s smallest foxes. We might see a tiny head peeking out of tall grasses on the hillside, or one of the brazen little creatures could even approach us, a ranger said. But on these warmer spring days, they like to crouch and cool off in their dens, awaiting kits. So far, the only trace of them is abundant scat.