Natural Lands of Santa Barbara

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click for larger photo April 2003, poppies on Figueroa Mountain. Peter Chen.
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April 2003, phlox growing along creek just below "Seven Pools and Seven Falls" and near Tunnel Road Trail. Susanna Baumgart

click for larger image January 2002, sunset on Figueroa Peak,a little snow remaining on north slopes. David Jones.
click for larger image January 2002, "Red Rock," a popular swimming hole in spring and summer on the Santa Ynez River, 18 miles from UCSB in the Los Padres National Forest. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image Sunset from San Rafael Peak (6,500' elevation), in San Rafael Wilderness, which is approximately 30 miles from Santa Barbara. David Jones.
click for larger image Sunrise on San Marcos Foothills, a 377-acre tract next to Hwy 154 in Santa Barbara for which groups of people, including UCSB students, are trying to raise funds to purchase as habitat. Because of two seeps on the property, bird life abounds; and it is one of the few local sites left with native bunch grass. View looks south across Santa Barbara city with Santa Cruz Island in far distance. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image Chumash Indian acorn grinding holes on trail above Stevens Park in Santa Barbara. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image An unusual snowfall on La Cumbre Peak in February 1999, above Santa Barbara. In the center distance are clouds over Santa Rosa Island. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, March 1999. Almost every plant community that exists in California is represented in the Botanic Garden. Photo is in chaparral section. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, March 1999. Poppies and Blue-eyed Grass in chaparral section of Garden. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image Sliding down Cold Spring Creek, Santa Barbara, Spring 1991. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image View of coastline southeast of Santa Barbara from the Cold Spring Trail, 1970. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image Fog in central valley of Santa Cruz Island, 1969 Geography field trip for Microclimatology class. Susan Baumgart.
click for larger image Laguna Blanca, a spring-fed lake in Hope Ranch neighborhood of Santa Barbara, 1970. Susan Baumgart.

 

June 17, 2003
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