Morgan Patton

Sunrise over Black Mountain. Calm before the storm. Be prepared for some very heavy south winds starting tonight and then some solid rain tomorrow morning. AND GO VOTE!

Marin County is observing Banned Books Week from October 5-11, 2025, with the Board of Supervisors supporting the freedom to read. The Marin County Free Library encourages open access to information, diverse perspectives, and the vital role of libraries and schools in lifelong learning

American Library Association’s Banned Books Week theme for 2025, “Censorship Is So 1984: Read for Your Rights,” we are encouraging our patrons to read whatever they please.

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🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

Proud of my little community today standing up as allies for our immigrant friends and neighbors and our constitution. ❤️

ICE Hotline info for Marin County:

Donate to Support Tony Serra: A Lifetime of Justice, organized by Lilac Serra Help Support Tony Serra - Legendary Civil Rights Attorney For over 60 years,… Lilac Serra needs your support for Support Tony Serra: A Lifetime of Justice

Tony Serra, one of the most celebrated criminal defense and civil rights attorneys of our time (and a Bolinas icon), is 90 years old is facing serious financial hardship. Please help support him.
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The Mendocino Film Festival starts tomorrow, running from May 29 to June 1 in Mendocino and Fort Bragg.

Here are three environmental documentaries featured at the festival that share our commitment to protecting coastal ecosystems

If you're going between Point Reyes Station and Bolinas: Caltrans is scheduled to continue work on the State Route 1 (Shoreline Highway) Capital Preventative Maintenance Project in May. Work will continue Tuesday, May 27 through Friday, May 30.

This Saturday in Point Reyes Station!

I had the privilege to attend the Center for Domestic Peace’s annual Mother’s Day lunch last week. Amazing organization taking on some of the toughest and most meaningful work. This year’s keynote speaker, Loretta J Ross, was excellent. Recommend her new book, Calling In.

Eelgrass is a coastal hero—storing carbon, filtering water & sheltering marine life.

🌿🐟 Help protect it:
🔹 Know before you go
🔹 Trash your trash
🔹 Use restrooms
🔹 Respect coastal spaces

Less impact = healthier shores. 💚

#Eelgrass #LeaveNoTrace #CleanerCaliforniaCoast #California

A few glimmers of spring bloom and butterflies from the Mt Tamalpais Watershed.

The cover of a book called The Birding Dictionary: A Tongue-in-cheek guide for people who find themselves obsessed, against all logic and reason, with birds, with a quote from David Sibley that says "Best. Dictionary. Ever" and a drawing of a Vermilion Flycatcher pooping on a pair of binoculars.

Do you like birds? My new book THE BIRDING DICTIONARY is out today wherever you buy books! This little book is deeply silly and full of love, and I hope you'll laugh and maybe enjoy an obscure fact or two.

This nice spring weather has everyone hiking in West Marin. MB runs into Mr. Badger

Sandy beach in Point Reyes National seashore with sunsetting on horizon

Sunset overlooking sand dunes and blooming purple lupine at point Reyes National seashore

Sunset from top of beach dunes over looking salt marsh wetland in point Reyes National seashore.

Sunset at Limantour Beach Point Reyes National Seashore.

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Join us and CA State Parks for 'Let's Talk Trash,' a special PORTScast talk show to celebrate Earth Week--live from Tomales Bay State Park! We'll explore the unique habitats within Tomales Bay and learn how pollution affects local wildlife, fisheries, and our coastal communities. 🌊🐚

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Two women standing on top of a gnarled ancient pine tree on Sentinel Dome with a mountain range viewable in the background

Every Californian with an email address and an internet connection can now visit California’s Bookshelf and access more than 300,000 ebooks and audiobooks.

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InSpirit was at the Marin County Powwow today--getting the word out about helping people with quadriplegia. If you don't know about our work, go to www.inspiritmarin.org

Our public lands need us now more than ever.

The @leavenotraceorg.bsky.social principles empower every visitor to help protect our public lands

Know Before You Go
Dispose of Waste Properly
Trash Your Trash
Respect Coastal Communities

Take the Leave No Trace 101 Training learn.lnt.org/courses/101

Per @johnleguizamo.bsky.social:

“Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”

Notice to flat-Earthers all around the globe: Please alert the authorities if tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse looks like this:

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A large neotenic adult california giant salamander underwater at the bottom of a cold stream at night. Its skin is bumpy, perhaps a sign of trematode infection and despite its large size the gills are small as the cold flowing water is well oxygenated.

Night snorkeling in the redwoods to find an old friend. I posted that I was going to go look for this individual last week & I found the same one (I thiiink)! In the same deep pool I saw it in a year ago. A neotenic california giant salamander that never metamorphosed & never left the water. 🦎🌎

Rachel Carson

For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...

“The contract delays and grant process uncertainty have collapsed on me, leaving me stressed and unsure what to do. I’m struggling to pay my mortgage, rent, and gas, and I’m worried about my children’s well-being.”

- Fire preparation worker, funding paused by Trump

“.. In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. .. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four?”

- “1984”

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Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.

All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.