# bald eagle (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover bald eagle. Page: Feed: --- ## [Old Mission Sycamore Whacked Again](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2026/05/20/old-mission-santa-barbara-sycamore-whacked-again/) _2026-05-21 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ As dead as it looks, that stump is still very much alive, although the tree may have been cut down decades ago. The old sycamore stump sprout has been razed yet again. A maintenance worker apparently snipped it off when … Continue reading → ## [Bald Eagle, Manzana Creek, San Rafael Wilderness](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2026/05/06/bald-eagle-manzana-creek-san-rafael-wilderness/) _2026-05-06 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ A friend captured this snapshot while sitting in camp creekside waiting for me to show up. We had left town at different times, arrived at the trailhead apart, and met up later in the afternoon. I arrived just in time … Continue reading → ## [When Rains Fall, Will USFS Close Our Forest? The Coming El Nino](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2026/05/01/when-the-rain-falls-will-usfs-close-the-forest-the-coming-el-nino/) _2026-05-01 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ “Transmit the message To the receiver Hope for an answer someday” —Talking Heads, Life During Wartime San Marcos Foothills Preserve Political Theatre “Monkeywrenching can also be seen as a sophisticated political tactic that dramatizes ecological issues and places them before … Continue reading → ## [Language of Forest Closure; Assault on an Ancient Right](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2026/04/22/language-of-forest-closure-assault-on-an-ancient-right/) _2026-04-23 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ Santa Ynez River once hosted the largest steelhead run in California south of San Francisco. “National Mall site approved for memorial to fallen journalists The site, which has a direct view of the Capitol, was chosen to evoke journalists’ role … Continue reading → ## [March of the Mustard; The Spread of Noxious Weeds](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2026/04/17/march-of-the-mustard-spread-noxious-weeds/) _2026-04-17 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ Mustard blooming trailside in Los Padres National Forest, growing where we’ve never seen it before. “Like other mustards, black mustard grows profusely and produces allelopathic chemicals that prevent germination of native plants. The spread of black mustard can increase the … Continue reading → ## [Mark of Conquest II: Benchmark and Mortar](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2026/04/11/mark-of-conquest-ii-benchmark-and-mortar/) _2026-04-11 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ Mortar, benchmark, cupules. In a previous post we wrote about a United States Geological Survey benchmark medal adhered to a Chumash mortar stone, adjacent the Santa Ynez Mountains along the southern-most edge of Santa Barbara County. Here we call attention … Continue reading → ## [Save Old Mission Sycamore … \_\_ \_\_ \_\_ …](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2026/04/02/save-old-mission-sycamore-__-__-__/) _2026-04-02 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ The sycamore sprout on the tree that refuses to give up. For years I’ve watched from the window of my passing vehicle the historic sycamore stump adjacent Santa Barbara’s Old Mission resprout, and get whacked. Every time the tree pops … Continue reading → ## [Raking the Forest: Anderson, Trump, Kuyper](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2025/06/30/raking-the-forest-anderson-trump-kuyper/) _2025-06-30 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ Yellow lupine on Pine Mountain, Los Padres National Forest, Ventura County (May 2025) I came across the first quote below back in 2019 when reading M. Kat Anderson’s extraordinary book, Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of … Continue reading → ## [Initials of J.D. Reyes (1907)](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2025/06/18/initials-of-j-d-reyes-1907/) _2025-06-18 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ J.D. Reyes served the length of his duty as a United States Forest Service ranger, from 1900 to 1931, in Santa Barbara National Forest, later renamed Los Padres several years after his retirement. When his family first settled in the … Continue reading → ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ByQFr2xHoNqi) _2025-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Last California Grizzlies Seen In Santa Barbara National Forest? (1926)](https://yankeebarbareno.com/2025/05/23/last-california-grizzly-seen-in-santa-barbara-ventura-1926/) _2025-05-23 · Jack Elliott · Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure_ “As a result of his 1903 visit to California, Roosevelt was to create the Santa Barbara National Forest out of the Pine Mountain and Zaca Lake Forest Reserves. This was the land that McKinley had set aside on March 2, … Continue reading →