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California

New Yosemite permit system

by Dave Pidgeon on February 2, 2010

Yosemite National Park announces a new permit system to access the popular Half Dome.

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Obama’s state of yin and yang

by Dave Pidgeon on January 29, 2010

The smart and the shortsighted aspects of President Barack Obama’s state of the union address.

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Chasing horizons

by Dave Pidgeon on January 25, 2010

A 16-year-old California girl sets out to become the youngest person to ever sail around the world.

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The eyes may have it

by Dave Pidgeon on January 19, 2010

Compass Points follows up on Monday’s article about the possibility of web cams in the American wilderness.

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We’re the wild ones

by Dave Pidgeon on January 13, 2010

A follow up to Tuesday’s look at whether America has true wilderness, or if wilderness is just a frame of mind.

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Let’s get wild

by Dave Pidgeon on January 12, 2010

Compass Points starts a conversation about whether America has true wilderness, or is it a state of mind?

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TRAIL TUNES: A technicolor life

by Dave Pidgeon on December 31, 2009

Compass Points closes out the year with a TRAIL TUNES from arguably the most successful band of this decades.

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A clash of ideals in the Mojave

by Dave Pidgeon on December 29, 2009

A proposal for new national monuments in California’s Mojave Desert has driven an idealistic wedge between conservationists and renewable energy advocates.

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Footprints in Yosemite

by Dave Pidgeon on December 17, 2009

A videographer captures the human experience at Yosemite National Park, Calif., the third-most visited park in the National Park System.

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TRAIL TUNES: California with Diane Birch

by Dave Pidgeon on December 17, 2009

What if California isn’t all sun, surf and Sierra? What if California is full of jaded lovers coming to the West Coast for absolution? That’s where you’ll find Diane Birch. Birch, 26, released one of the most entertaining, aching and yet hopeful albums of 2009, and Bible Belt acts as a place where a contemporary [...]

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