Tag: Santa Cruz
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LOOKOUT: Through paintings, local artist Taylor Seamount reimagines Santa Cruz as an eco-utopia
When most people walk through expansive parking lots or fields of invasive grass, they see familiar American landscapes. Not Santa Cruz painter Taylor Seamount. They see a dystopian reality spreading out before them, filling them with “day-ruining existential dread.” To combat this feeling, Seamount has turned to an environmental art movement called solar punk. In…
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LOOKOUT: Rare harlequin duck spotted in Santa Cruz sparks frenzy among birdwatchers
Throngs of birdwatchers have gathered at the Santa Cruz Harbor to catch a glimpse of a harlequin duck, which is rarely spotted this far south, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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LOOKOUT: Rare plant spotted for first time in Santa Cruz County reveals hidden ecosystem reborn in fire
A hobby naturalist walking in the Santa Cruz Mountains discovered a patch of what turned out to be Humboldt County milkvetch, a rare plant that had never been spotted south of Mendocino County. Scientists believe the plant — known as a fire-follower because it often appears after a great disturbance to the landscape — actually…
ALIX SOLIMAN 