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fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

It's time to take a road trip to Carrizo Plain, which still blooms with spring colors

Carrizo Plain National Monument offers a unique, crowd-free experience with stunning wildflower blooms in spring, ideal for nature lovers and road trips.
fromHigh Country News
2 months ago

Where giant kangaroo rats - and other critters - thrive - High Country News

It was a race against nightfall. As he hurried across the sandy, bristling landscape of California's Carrizo Plain, ecologist Ian Axsom stopped every 10 yards to place an aluminum live trap on the ground, eventually distributing traps over an area the size of two baseball fields. Against the rolling playas and tawny mountains, the traps glinted with golden remnants of the September dusk.
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