by Doug Drynan, Vice President of Carrizo Plain Conservancy All photos by Doug Drynan I recently took a leisurely drive along the east side of the Carrizo Plain National Monument (Monument) to check on the progression of the spring bloom and see if perhaps I had...
by Doug Drynan, Vice President of Carrizo Plain Conservancy All photos by Doug Drynan As mentioned in my previous blog post from a December 3rd Carrizo Plain visit (Tule Elk on the Carrizo Plain) I explored several areas of Carrizo Plain National Monument (CPNM) that...
by Doug Drynan, Vice President of Carrizo Plain Conservancy *Note: Article originally appeared in Carrizo Plain Conservancy’s Dec 2022 newsletter All photos by Doug Drynan It’s that time of year when the Carrizo Plain gets crowded. But not because of the...
by Doug Drynan, Vice President of Carrizo Plain Conservancy All photos by Doug Drynan In early December, I was on one of my random trips out to the Carrizo Plain, ostensibly to check on some areas that were burned during the Madre fire in July, but mostly the trip was...
How things can change in the matter of a day or two! On July 2, 2025, a fire of unknown origin began along Highway 166 in the Cuyama Valley. Pushed by strong winds, it spread quickly to the north and northeast. Within a day, it had burned much of the State of...
Well folks, we did get some rain in the Carrizo recently, but it’s still looking dry out there. Our Carrizo correspondent Pat Veesart reports that the seasonal total so far is only three inches at the most. A brief tour on February 19 showed very little...
