A two-day land navigation clinic is being offered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on May 4th & May 5th.
From the CDFW press release:
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will be holding a two-day land navigation clinic as part of its Advanced Hunter Education Program. The overnight workshop will be held at the Camp Whitsett, east of Bakersfield in the Sequoia National Forest, on May 4 and 5.
This two-day clinic is designed to help students learn and practice basic navigation skills using a map, compass and GPS. There will be class work and lab exercises that develop the skills learned. The clinic will cover magnetic declination, the workings of a baseplate compass, map reading, how to stay oriented naturally, and taking bearings. Other topics covered include the use of magnetic bearings, map coordinate systems and GPS. All course materials and equipment will be provided.
Yosemite National Park has announced an extension of the public comment period for the Merced Wild and Scenic River Draft Comprehensive Management and Environmental Impact Statement (MRP) through Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (the public comment period was scheduled to close on Thursday, April 18, 2013).
California Department of Fish and Wildlife in central California is gearing up for TroutFest 2013.
The Forest Service has scheduled a 120 acre burn starting as early as April 8, 2013 near Angelus Oaks as part of the Angelus Oaks Fuel Reduction project. The burn is to take place near Forest Road 1N12 (north of Angelus Oaks), and smoke will be visible along State Route 38 (and, certainly, other part of the forest communities as well!).
As an outdoor photographer, I suck. While some of it may have to do with my lack of a photographer’s eye, not one lesson in photography or image composition, or even my innate dearth of artistic ability … I’m going to place the blame on my equipment instead; My camera kit consists of a Virgin Mobile Kyocera, with scratches on the cover where the lens is.