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KRIS Big River: Picture Page

Area Basinwide/Regional
Topic Tour: Recreation and Wildcrafting Photos (Contemporary)
 

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The beach at the mouth of Big River draws early morning strollers. This area is protected as a State Park. The town of Mendocino is on the hill in the background. Photo by Rixanne Wehren. June 1994.


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The State Beach at the mouth of Big River during full recreational use in September 1995. Note that boating the lower river is popular with a kayak visible at center right and a canoe well up the estuary in the center of the photo in the distance. Photo by Rixanne Wehren.


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Kayakers enjoy a beautiful spring day on the waters of lower Big River. At the center of the photo is the remnants of an old log crib, which, with a pier in the middle of the river, would have been used to catch rafts of logs. Photo by Rixanne Wehren. May 1995.


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This photo shows a marsh at the Mendocino Woodlands, a popular public parcel in the Lower North Fork Big River watershed. Photo by Rixanne Wehren. May 1995.


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Wildcrafters at the Mendocino Woodlands gathering lobelia for projects. Photo by Rixanne Wehren. January 1994.


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Gum plant (Grindelia latifolia) an herb of the salt marsh ready for harvest by wildcrafters in this photo taken in January 1994. Photo by Rixanne Wehren.


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NW1 Nov74 - Canoeing on the upper estuary of Big River, November 1974. Photo # Nicholas Wilson,707-937-0137, PO Box 943, Mendocino CA. Scanned from 35mm Kodachrome.


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Mendocino Woodlands and Jackson State Demonstration Forest.




 
 
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