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	<title>Northern California Hiking Trails &#187; Environment and Northern California Hiking Trails</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>Environmental Benefits of Wood as a Green Building Material</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/09/30/environmental-benefits-wood-green-building-material/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/09/30/environmental-benefits-wood-green-building-material/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As hikers in the forests of northern California and elsewhere, we often walk through national forests and we see the areas that have been logged. Yes, they are unsightly. And yes, often they are clear cuts. But timber can be harvested sustainably, and it can be done in a manner that minimizes environmental impacts. Timber [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noyo River Redwoods Protection Half-Way to Fund-Raising Goal</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/12/14/noyo-river-redwoods-fund-raising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote in October about the efforts of the Save the Redwoods League to purchase Noyo River Redwoods. I just received an update from the Save the Redwoods League, and we&#8217;ve got some good news: Save the Redwoods League has raised $1.77 million or 51 percent of the $3.5 million goal we’ve set to raise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Save Noyo River Redwoods</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/10/17/noyo-river-save-redwoods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Save The Redwoods League has been a major force behind protecting stands of old growth redwood trees. Many of the state parks you visit in California&#8217;s coastal counties are there because of the tireless efforts of the league. And now they have a  new struggle: purchase and protect the Noyo River Redwoods before April [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Spoof on BP Oil Spill</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/06/12/funny-spoof-on-bp-oil-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/06/12/funny-spoof-on-bp-oil-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British Petroleum has created one of the major environmental disasters of the century. Doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t have a laugh&#8230; Courtesy of UCB Comedy. Brought to my attention by Tom Chandler at Trout Underground. Your thoughts? Related Posts:Columbine Lake, Sawtooth Peak, and Sawtooth Pass in the Sierra Nevada &#8212; Calipidder&#8217;s VideoSee the Lunar Eclipse Saturday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambolin&#8217; Man on the Trees of Northern California</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/12/13/gambolin-man-on-the-trees-of-northern-california/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/12/13/gambolin-man-on-the-trees-of-northern-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gambolin&#8217; Man has written another beautiful and insightful essay, this time about the special qualities of trees: Trees! Ah! Delightful and important living specimens that offer up their bountiful shade, indulge us with sensorial and aesthetic pleasures, and induce ecstatic joy in our lives at their mere presence and sight. Related Posts:Gambolin&#8217; Man&#8217;s New Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilderness Land Trust Protects 320 Acres in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/10/29/wilderness-land-trust-protects-320-acres-in-the-shasta-trinity-national-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/10/29/wilderness-land-trust-protects-320-acres-in-the-shasta-trinity-national-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mount Shasta Area Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Siskiyou County Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[land trusts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wilderness Land Trust just reported two important land acquisitions in two of my favorite California wilderness areas: the Trinity Alps Wilderness and the Mount Shasta Wilderness, which both have a lot of hiking trails. The Wilderness Land Trust, and similar organizations such as the Siskiyou Land Trust, purchase property and help protect wild lands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Resources Programs at College of the Siskiyous in Weed, California</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/08/15/environmental-resources-programs-at-college-of-the-siskiyous-in-weed-california/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/08/15/environmental-resources-programs-at-college-of-the-siskiyous-in-weed-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As most regular readers of the Northern California Hiking Trails blog know, I live in Siskiyou County near Mount Shasta, one of the major hiking heavens of the western United States. There&#8217;s an excellent opportunity for outdoors lovers who want to learn an environmentally friendly profession to move to this area and get a specific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Castle Lake Clean-Up This Saturday, July 25</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/07/20/castle-lake-clean-up-this-saturday-july-25/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/07/20/castle-lake-clean-up-this-saturday-july-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Castle Crags Wilderness Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Castle Lake Limnology Lab]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Castle Lake, nestled in the Trinity Divide mountains near Castle Crags Wilderness, ranks as one of my favorite Mount Shasta spots. I get up there several times a year, swimming in the lake on hot days or hiking the trail up to Heart Lake or further away to Little Castle Lake and Mount Bradley Ridge. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shasta River and Big Springs Get More Help: 1.6 Million Dollars Worth</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/07/04/shasta-river-and-big-springs-get-more-help-16-million-dollars-worth/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/07/04/shasta-river-and-big-springs-get-more-help-16-million-dollars-worth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment and Northern California Hiking Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Springs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Klamath River]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I explained recently, I&#8217;ve adopted the Shasta River. It flows into Lake Shastina, and I hike near Lake Shastina from my house several times a week. Great news: the federal government is helping out the Shasta River and Big Springs, which is a major tributary to the Shasta River. Here&#8217;s the skinny from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whiskeytown Lake Trails Reopen, Including Whiskeytown Falls</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/04/11/whiskeytown-lake-trails-reopen-including-whiskeytown-falls/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/04/11/whiskeytown-lake-trails-reopen-including-whiskeytown-falls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/?p=244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh joyous day, the many beautiful trails in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area have reopened now that the major danger of slides has passed. The timing couldn&#8217;t be better &#8212; the flowers are bursting and streamflow and waterfalls are peaking. So now is a great time to hike the many paths around and near Whiskeytown Lake, [...]]]></description>
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