A reminder that Rochelle Wilcox, Candidate for Congress, will be our Special Guest this coming Sunday, August 6, 2017, from 11a to 2p at Miner’s Roadhouse 140! Rochelle first visited Mariposa in July and sat with a few of us during the Detwiler Fire Community Meeting held at Mariposa High School. We’re looking forward to her return!
Rochelle Wilcox will be our Special Guest
at our next meeting on Aug 6th.
Rochelle Wilcox lives in Roseville with her husband and their two sons, both students at Oakmont High School. She was raised by a single mom who worked hard to raise three kids without any help from her father, teaching Rochelle the value of hard work and sacrifice. Food stamps, free school lunches, a good public school system, and an affordable, quality university education helped Rochelle earn a… Continue reading
When I was in college in the late 70s/early 80s, I teamed with one of my professors (Wally Tordoff) to help him with a population study on the endangered Limestone Salamander. This is a salamander found only within the Merced River canyon, and the particular population we were studying is (was?) located in Hell Canyon near Bagby along Hwy 49N.
The area has burned before, but not to the extent with which it burned during the Detwiler Fire this past week.
I can only hope our lil salamander buddies were buried deep enough that they escaped.
Hell Canyon, looking south towards Bagby along Hwy 49N. Endangered Limestone Salamanders are (were?) in that canyon.