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They Did It!

Laurel Curve will soon see traffic of another variety. Land Trust photo.

With a $1 million fundraising goal 85 percent met, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County has moved to fulfill a key condition of Caltrans' plan to construct a wildlife crossing under Highway 17.

Into The Wild

Wilderness first aid instructor Mike Stahlman demonstrates how to stabilize a patient's upper body. Photo courtesy Mike Stahlman.

Wilderness first aid instructor Mike Stahlman teaches students what to do when backcountry adventures go wrong.

The King Tides Are Coming!

Classic King Tide shot from West Cliff in December 2012. Note the expanse of exposed seabed. Hilltromper photo.

Help researchers peer into a future of rising sea levels by contributing photos to the California King Tides Project Dec. 21-23.

Terra Nova's Indiegogo Push Ends Tuesday

Tuesday, Dec. 16 is the last day that people will be able to help Terra Nova Landscaping bring back bicycle-powered landscaping. For more than 20 years Terra Nova landscapers pedaled around town towing trailers full of tools, implementing permaculture designs, creating edible landscapes and building food forests.

Coming Storm: A River in the Sky

The storm about to slam into Santa Cruz apparently is an “Atmospheric River,” and apparently an ”Atmospheric River” is a thing—there’s even an acronym widely used in meteorological circles.

Protecting Goats and Lions

Chickens, pigs and baby goats in the Santa Cruz Mountains need to be protected from mountain lions and other predators.

Mountain lions get shot for following their instinct to predate. Protecting our small animals can help save the pumas.

Q&A With State Parks Guide Barbara Cooksey

"I have always been interested in preserving nature, and our cultural history has always fascinated me," says Barbara Cooksey. Diane Terry photo.

State Parks Guide Barbara Cooksey answers our questions about the path that led her to volunteer at Santa Cruz area state parks—and finally to join State Parks staff at Wilder Ranch.

The 2014 Friends Holiday Sale

Because no one ever says, 'No thanks, I have enough organic fair trade Mexican chocolate in exotic flavors.' No one.

Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks holds its annual ParkStore Holiday Sale Dec. 6-7, with a special Preview Night and Ugly Sweater Contest on Friday, Dec. 5. God, we love the holidays.

Help Paint The Wilder Victorian

You can win the lovely painting that Renee Winter, local attorney and happy Hilltromper, is pointing to!

The big Victorian house at Wilder Ranch State Park needs some TLC, and Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is raffling off a painting to raise money for the project.

Aptos Bike Parks Closing

The Post Office Jump Park nurtured some of the best riders in the sport, and became an international destination. From "Strength in Numbers" by Anthill Films.

The notice Mark Davidson posted on the Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz website was headlined "The end of an era in Aptos." It's news we call knew was coming and still it stung a little to read it.

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