Highlighting the Natural History, Weather, and Places of the High Desert

 

Click on “Trail Descriptions” above to get information on great trails in California, Oregon, and Nevada.

Click on “Trees” above to get information on tree species of the west, along with my observation notes.

Below are articles of general interest:

• A Natural History of Shevlin Park, Bend, Oregon

• A Video Guide to this Website

• View My Newest Tree Observations on inaturalist.org

• My Visit to An Ancient High Elevation Native American Village in Nevada

• Island in the Sky, A 2008 Trek through the East Humboldt Wilderness Area in Nevada

• Scouting for Trees – An Effort to Locate and Appreciate Trees in the High Desert

• The Search for the Elusive Trees in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada

• What Are the Causes of Oregon’s Weather and Climate?

• Looking for Trees in All the Wrong Places – My Efforts to Document Trees in Remote Sites

• The Highs and Lows of Death Valley – Its Similarities and Differences with the “High Desert”

• A Biogeographical Guide to Wilderness Areas of the High Desert and Great Basin – In Progress

 

Interesting Geography:

(Under Construction)

Dig Deeper:

• Interactive Maps of High Desert Tree Distribution

• High Desert Weather and Climate

• Great Links and Books

• The Animal and Vegetation Prehistory of the High Desert – Under Construction

             Creator: Bob Earle, Geographer 

                                                                

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