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Throughout the country, state parks, historic sites, homes, buildings, museums, and similar institutions are struggling to continue operating. Because of general financial problems, many of these institutions are operating on a reduced schedule or in danger of closing. Some are being forced to sell off artifacts and property. Many will not weather these hard times without your help. Places Earth urges everyone to support these vital and important public resources any way you can. Please donate your treasure, time, and talent. Write to your governor and other elected officials telling them to find a way to keep state parks open. It will be your loss. Public Service Announcement | Test space for future ad if donations don't increase. |
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Carrizo Plain National Monument
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2003 - 2012|
While not well known or highly visited, Carrizo Plain National Monument, in the southeast corner of San Luis Obispo County and a speck of western Kern County, is preservng 250 thousand acreas of California's pre-European and post-European history. What was once a vast plain filled with wildlife, between the montains seperating the Great Central Valley of California from the Pacific Ocean, became ranch land. Now it is being returned to nature. The ranches are closed, but the constructions remain to preserve this part of Carrizo Plain history. There isn't much in the park except wide opene spaces. The small Visitor Center is a wealth of information, but fill your tank before leavng I-5 or the coast, because there isn't a gas station for 50 or more miles. There are no luxury hotels and fancy restaurants, just a chance to experience the wonder of what California was like 200 years ago. |
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Wallace Creek is one of the best places to observe displaced geography along the San Andreas Fault.
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 Sunset over Carrizo Plain. |
 Sunset over Carrizo Plain. |
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Kern County - San Louis Obispo County line. Most of the Monumnet is in San Luis Obispo.
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This page last updated: Thursday, 27-May-2010 12:54:08 EDT
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