Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Friday, August 29th, 2008
People have had big ideas for the Oceano Dunes for a long time.
The Chumash Indians were the last sustained civilization on the dunes, living on the abundant clams and fish.
In the early 1900's real estate speculator's maps carved the beach up into lots. On July 4, 1907 a celebration was ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Captain Roy J. Bud Newton of the Lynann with a whale gun.
The Lynann was a whaler, converted from a Navy submarine chaser.
January 28, 1966
It wouldn’t happen today.
Using logic that made sense in the 1960’s researchers were killing seals to save them.
Working out of Morro Bay, a trio of marine biologists ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
September 20, 1972
These photos are from a set of aerial photos made for development stories throughout the county. The early 1970's brought a wave of development to the area as Cal Poly expanded and workers flooded in to build a power plant.
Construction was underway at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Images from the March 10 edition of the Telegram-Tribune, volunteers are washing oil from the feathers of a grebe hoping he will be one of the 25% who survive. Another photo shows oil muck being scraped from a Santa Barbara beach. Photos were by David Ranns
January 29, 1969
Offshore ...
Posted in 1960's, Environment, News, Oil | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
July 31, 1968
America has this tradition where we head to the beach on July 4 and play with dangerous stuff that goes boom.
I'm not advising people to do this, it is just an observation. Please, lets all have the same number of fingers next week as we do today.
In the ...
Posted in 1960's, Construction, Environment | 2 Comments »
