As a physical geographer I perpetually strive to know the landscape deeply. From the rapidly uplifting marine terraces, vast dune sheets, and offshore landforms that comprise Mendocino’s unmistakable coastline; to the oak-studded, wildflower-strewn tectonic valleys of Laytonville, Hopland, Covelo, Boonville, Comptche, and Branscomb; to the thousands of savannahs, wetlands, riparian corridors, coastal prairies, scrublands, riverine systems, pygmy forests and evergreen forests in between, the dynamic physical geography of Mendocino never fails to amaze and inspire.
It used to feel impossible and overwhelming, but still I yearned to truly know the why’s of the architecture of the landscape, and the what’s and how’s of the geologic ingredients of the subterranean building blocks beneath our feet. When we know this, or at least pursue the knowing, we can find satisfaction and even comfort in understanding what underlies and supports the veneer of our terrestrial environments..
The living landscape that is Mendocino County wholeheartedly delivers these confounding questions, and reveals magnificent and monumental answers… Read More
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