Geography The Point Arena Terrane is a tectonic unit of geologic formations and sedimentary landforms west of the San Andreas Fault on the northern California coast, and is traveling northwestward …

The Albion Headlands aren’t just a local fight — they’re part of a larger question: Who gets to experience the beauty of this state, and who gets to own it?

California’s coastal prairies form a fragile and patchy network of long-lived, low profile, species-rich herbaceous ecosystems unique to the climate, geology and geography of California’s coastal r…

View on our website for intended layout California’s coastal prairies form a fragile and patchy network of long-lived, low profile, species-rich herbaceous ecosystems unique to the climate, geology and geography of California’s coastal regions. A steadfast and dominant biological component of the Pleistocene, coastal prairies harbor keystone perennial grass species, along with a multitude of annual and perennial forbs and graminoids.

Situated at the southeastern edge of the Northern Coast Range, where subduction complex abuts the Great Valley Sequence, two outlying strands of the broad San Andreas fracture zone cut a striking a…

Situated at the southeastern edge of the Northern Coast Range, where subduction complex abuts the Great Valley Sequence, two outlying strands of the broad San Andreas fracture zone cut a striking and majestic tectonic landscape. The picture perfect Cordelia fault, and its more significant fractious neighbor, the Green Valley fault, sculpt plunging walls and scarps, paradisaical valleys, and ebullient, tumbling rocky hillscapes, through the igneous reaches of remote eastern Napa and western Solano Counties.

images, courtesy of CA Department of Conservation View this post on our website, here Every April 18th I ponder the fateful events my great-great, and great grandparents endured that very early morning, and for months to follow. With toddler in tow, and possibly pregnant, my great grandparents fled their South of Market flat to cross the Bay to join family in Larkspur, Marin County in the north.

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Sharing the Geography of California's Living Landscapes

Three NOAA offices in California are slated for closure as part of the Trump administration’s plans to terminate federal office leases nationwide.

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