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	<title>Northern California Hiking Trails &#187; Animals and Animal Attacks</title>
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	<description>Day Hikes/Backpacking: Bay Area &#124; Coast &#124; Redwoods &#124; Sierra Nevada &#124; Desolation Wilderness &#124; Lake Tahoe &#124; Lassen Park &#124; Mount Shasta &#124; Trinity Alps &#124; State Parks &#124; National Parks &#124; National Forests &#124;</description>
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		<title>Attacked by a Mountain Lion, Saved by a Bear?</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2012/03/30/biggs-attack-mountain-lion-saved-bear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Paradise, California man claims he was attacked by a mountain lion and saved by a mother bear, and that he played patty-cake with the bear&#8217;s cub on an earlier occasion. Robert Biggs Claims a Mountain Lion Attack&#8230; The story about Robert Biggs, age 69, broke in Tuesday&#8217;s Paradise Post piece: He wrestled with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture of Wolf OR7</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2012/01/07/picture-of-wolf-or7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I can&#8217;t post the picture of Wolf OR7 here because I don&#8217;t have permission to use the copyrighted photo, although I&#8217;m working on it. But you can see the photo and read all about how it was taken in this article by journalist Mark Freeman in the Medford Mail Tribune. Related Posts:Why You Need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Single Gray Wolf OR7 Crosses Into California from Oregon</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/12/30/gray-wolf-or7-california-oregon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=2223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Biologists confirmed that a single gray wolf crossed into California&#8217;s Siskiyou County from Oregon, the first confirmed wolf presence in the state since the last known wolf was killed in Lassen County in 1924. There have been unconfirmed reports of wolves in California&#8217;s Modoc County. Here are details from the California Department of Fish and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>When Deer Run from Bears and Mountain Lions&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/08/18/deer-running-mountain-lion-bear/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/08/18/deer-running-mountain-lion-bear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals and Animal Attacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trinity Divide Mountains Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chipmunk Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain lions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=2002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I see deer running fast, I wonder if they have a good reason. I wrote recently about my writer&#8217;s camping retreat in the Trinity Divide mountains west of Mount Shasta, which ended yesterday afternoon with Thai food in Mount Shasta. Bears On My Hike to Chipmunk Lake near the Pacific Crest Trail On Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>On Listening to Birds at Dawn</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/05/13/on-listening-to-birds-at-dawn/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/05/13/on-listening-to-birds-at-dawn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lake Shastina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=1856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the longer days of late spring, I&#8217;ve been taking dawn walks down to the shore of Lake Shastina with my morning coffee. Recently, as I stood watching the lake, the birds, and the mountains, I was struck by all the different wildlife I could hear at one time: Canada goose Mallard Gull Redwing blackbird [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Photo of Eight Mountain Lions Together &#8212; Cougar Meetup</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/02/19/photo-of-eight-mountain-lions-together-cougar-meetup/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/02/19/photo-of-eight-mountain-lions-together-cougar-meetup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=1704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This trail cam photo of eight mountain lions &#8212; also called cougars or pumas &#8212; comes courtesy of Randy, a hunter in Douglas County, Washington, who had set up the camera on private land with permission of the owner. Seeing more than two or three mountain lions together is quite rare, let alone this many. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wolves Spotted in Modoc County&#8217;s Warner Mountains?</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/11/23/wolves-spotted-in-modoc-countys-warner-mountains/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/11/23/wolves-spotted-in-modoc-countys-warner-mountains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals and Animal Attacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modoc County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warner Mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wolf]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=1486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Warner Mountains and the Surprise Valley are one of my favorite hidden gems of far northern California. Hike 46, &#8220;Patterson Lake and Squaw Peak,&#8221; in my 100 Classic Hikes in Northern California explores the high reaches of the South Warner Mountains and is one of my all-time favorite hiking trails. Now there&#8217;s some intel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Remembrance of My Golden Retriever Molly, 1996-2010</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/08/07/in-remembrance-of-my-golden-retriever-molly-1996-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/08/07/in-remembrance-of-my-golden-retriever-molly-1996-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dogs, Hiking and Otherwise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My sweet dog Molly passed away recently at the age of 14 after a brief decline. I really miss her. Molly was born on the north shore of Kauai in 1996 and spent her first two years there. I taught her to swim in the Kilauea River, and she quickly graduated to fetching sticks in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why The Lonely Doe in My Yard?</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/08/04/why-the-lonely-doe-in-my-yard/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/08/04/why-the-lonely-doe-in-my-yard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A solitary doe has been spending time lately around my house in Lake Shastina (just north of Mount Shasta). Most of the deer I see around here are in small groups of three to ten or fifteen. The doe appears healthy and normal as far as I can tell. Why is she getting dissed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banff Mountain Film Festival Coming to Northern California This Spring</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/02/10/banff-mountain-film-festival-coming-to-northern-california-this-spring/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/02/10/banff-mountain-film-festival-coming-to-northern-california-this-spring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Banff Mountain Film Festival]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual Banff Mountain Film Festival features some of the best films about outdoors and outdoors adventure. It&#8217;s playing in California from late February through April, from Arcata to San Diego. Check out the full list of California showings to find out when it&#8217;s in your area. Here&#8217;s some background on the film festival tour: [...]]]></description>
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