by CoastView | Mar 2, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, March 2025, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rincon-Creek.mp3 Rincon Creek is a stream that begins in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Divide Peak, at an elevation of 4,800 feet (1,463 m), and drains a watershed of 9,352 acres (3,785-ha)...
by CoastView | Feb 27, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Communities, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Selawik.mp3 The Selawik River is about 140 miles (226 km) long, originating in the Purcell Mountains near the Zane Hills, and flows generally west through the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge...
by CoastView | Feb 10, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, February 2025, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Dry Strait is a tidal channel in the Stikine Flats, part of the Stikine River delta separating Mitkof Island to the west from Dry Island to the east in the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness, about 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Petersburg and 11 miles (18 km) north-northwest...
by CoastView | Feb 8, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, February 2025, Historical, Mines, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
The Pitmegea River originates at an elevation of about 1,300 feet (396 meters) in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range, and flows northwest for 37 miles (60 kilometers) to the Chukchi Sea at Cape Sabine, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south-southwest of...
by CoastView | Feb 5, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Juneau is Alaska’s state capital, situated at the mouth of Gold Creek on Gastineau Channel, about 93 miles (150 km) northeast of Sitka and 87 miles (140 km) south-southeast of Skagway. The community began in 1880 as a mining camp called ‘Harrisburg,’ after...
by CoastView | Feb 4, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jug-Handle-Cove.mp3 Jug Handle Cove is a California State Natural Preserve made up of a series of ancient marine terraces, known as the Ecological Staircase, which exhibit different stages of...
