Post by art on Apr 30, 2015 22:30:55 GMT -5
“All of San Jose was a gigantic wetland with tens of thousands of elk and huge flocks of waterfowl that would have darkened the sky. That would have been true for the Marin coast as well,” said one of the paper’s authors, Rick Lanman, a physician by trade who has more than a passing side-interest in the historical ecology of California (Lanman’s son, Chris, a recent high school graduate, was the lead author). “We have the least understanding of any state on what used to live here.”
Including beavers.
San Jose, of course, is the largest city in "Silicon Valley".
baynature.org/articles/beavers-used-to-be-almost-everywhere-in-california/
Including beavers.
San Jose, of course, is the largest city in "Silicon Valley".
baynature.org/articles/beavers-used-to-be-almost-everywhere-in-california/