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Otter The Way⦠up in Clear Lake. Mother Natureâs best camouflage canât keep this big river otter hidden in the shoreline rocks.
By now, you probably know that I havenât met an otter that I liked. Hereâs just one reason: According to Google, as a tertiary consumer in the Trophic Levels, otters are at the top of their food chain. So, they kill and eat many critters that we might need to eat or enjoy in outdoor sports. Or, other animals need to eat. At the top of their food chain, otters donât provide sustenance to any other living thing. Bad news, indeed.
Peter Kilkus has lived the recent, human history upheavals at Lake Berryessa. A group of experts from Davis knows about the areaâs geological upheavals.
The result is two very different, recently-published books. Berryessa buffs can read Kilkusâ âPolicy and Politics Betray the Peopleâ and the Davis groupâs âExploring the Berryessa Region: A Geology, Nature and History Tour.â
One focuses on perceived Berryessa resort war blunders, the other on the landscape across geological time. Both portray Berryessa as more than an afterthought to world-famous Napa Valley wine country, but as something special in itself.
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