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Visiting America’s National Monuments, the Parks Less Traveled

Posted on December 15, 2021, 10:27 am, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Are you looking for new landscapes away from the crowds of the national parks? Are you seeking a more adventurous and out-of-the-beaten-path experience? If so, how about a visit to America’s national monuments? National monuments: what are they? Ask a person on the street to name a national monument, and you will probably hear about […]
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Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument

Posted on December 10, 2021, 11:42 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
In the early 2010s, I heard about a campaign to establish Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument. I was immediately intrigued. The land, located north of Santa Cruz and south of Davenport, would potentially become the national monument closest to my home in San Jose, CA. The conservationists, led by the Sempervirens Fund achieved their goal in […]
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Georeferenced PDF maps

Posted on December 3, 2021, 6:04 pm, by QT Luong, under Gear.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that stewards most of the lands in Our National Monuments doesn’t have a reputation for being visitor-oriented like the National Park Service (NPS). With a few exceptions, there are no visitor centers within their national monuments, and often not any at all. The website blm.gov is not designed for […]
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