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		<title>Artist profile: Dana Morton</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosanne, Information Center &#38; Bookstore Manager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many talented artists in the Eastern Sierra and beyond. I love seeing all of the inventive, up-cycled, recycled, and one-of-a-kind work on the internet and at craft fairs. Dana Morton&#8217;s pottery is unique, beautiful, and uses linens and other materials that would otherwise be thrown away or forgotten. Here is a bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of insects and exclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.monolake.org/today/2010/08/20/of-insects-and-exclosures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick, Birding Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I followed Sacha Heath down the Lee Vining Creek trail (and across the frigid stream, in my sneakers) to help count Lilliputians that live in trees. Sacha directed the Point Reyes Bird Observatory research in the MonoBasin for many years, but this season, for her Master&#8217;s thesis at Humboldt State University, she&#8217;s studying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chirping with bird researchers: Sage-Grouse</title>
		<link>http://www.monolake.org/today/2010/08/17/chirping-with-bird-researchers-sage-grouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia, Mono Lake Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen a wild bird that looks like a cross between a chicken and a turkey? A churkey? A ticken? Well, I haven&#8217;t either &#8230; but I have seen Sage-Grouse! Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is the largest grouse in North  America, where it is known as the Greater Sage-Grouse. Sage-Grouse are, in fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Monument in the Bodie Hills?</title>
		<link>http://www.monolake.org/today/2010/08/16/national-monument-in-the-bodie-hills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff, Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bodie Hills, just north of Mono Lake, are a spectacular place that are receiving attention as a possible area for National Monument designation. Discussions are quite preliminary, but the Los Angeles Times has a nice article, video, and photo set reviewing the 14 locations up for consideration by the Interior Department&#8212;look for the Bodie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mill Creek ramble</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah M., Mono Lake Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I finished my day&#8217;s data collections of stream flows for Mill Creek, I took the time to explore the Mill Creek bottomlands and the Black Point Marsh at the lakeshore. I eagerly hiked down the stream, bushwhacking through sagebrush, stopping to closely observe wildflowers, and frequently crossing the creek to observe curious Killdeer through [...]]]></description>
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