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	Carrizo Plain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bordering the plain to the northeast is the Temblor Range, on the other side of which is the large Central Valley of California; and bordering the plain to the southwest is the Caliente Range.
		Soda Lake, a 3000 acre (12 km²) alkaline lake, is in the center of the plain, receiving all runoff from both sides, since the plain is an enclosed basin.
		The Carrizo Plain is one of the easiest places to see the San Andreas Fault, which is clearly visible along the eastern side of the plain, at the foot of the Temblor Range.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carrizo_Plain (583 words)

	Walt Whitman on Carrizo Plain National Monument or K'o'owshup/California Prairie National Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Carrizo is a Spanish European word that denotes "cane grass." Ironically, no evidence exists from history, nor from science, that cane grass occurred on the Carrizo Plain.
		Plain is an English European word that denotes "level-flat landscape." "Plain" was quickly translated from the Spanish word Llano during the early years of California statehood, between 1850-1880.
		Incidently, the Carrizo Plain is anything but level-flat, elevations can change dramatically by as much as 100 feet with cliffs, gorges, lake edges, arroyos, drop-offs, break-offs, rock-outcrops, and fault scarps.
	www.carrizoplain.com (1410 words)

	Santa Lucia Chapter: Carrizo Plain Natural Area
		The 180,000-acre Carrizo Plain National Monument is owned and cooperatively managed by The Nature Conservancy the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of Fish and Game.
		Most of the surviving habitat is protected within the boundaries of the 180,000-acre Carrizo Plain National Monument where an array of rare plants and animals, including the greatest concentration of threatened and endangered vertebrates in the state, continue to thrive.
		Soda Lake, the centerpiece of the plain, is all that remains of this prehistoric sea.
	santalucia.sierraclub.org /carrizo.html (1175 words)

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		As a remnant ecosystem, the Carrizo Plain is critical to providing a contiguous ecosystem to a wide range of Federally threatened or endangered species including the San Joaquin kit fox, the giant kangaroo rat and, of course, the California Condor.
		The plant population of the Carrizo Plain is as varied and biologically significant as the fauna.
		In his visit last year to the Carrizo Plain, the Secretary was extremely impressed with both the landscape and with the clear desire of the local community to provide new and lasting protection for this very special area.
	www.doi.gov /ocl/2000/hr1751.htm (1678 words)

	Quaternary Geologic Investigations, Carrizo Plain, CA
		Their investigation of the Carrizo Plain was peripheral to a study of the oil fields on the eastern side of the Temblor Range: the developed and well- known McKittrick, Midway, and Sunset fields.
		Near the southern end of the Carrizo Plain, the San Andreas fault is the southwestern boundary of the 15-km-long Elkhorn Hills....
		Along much of the 1857 reach, and in particular in the Carrizo Plain, offsets of gullies are apparently clustered about integer multiples of the inferred 1857 offset and suggested that each part of the fault experienced a characteristic amount of slippage in the past few earthquakes.
	activetectonics.la.asu.edu /carrizo/cargeo.html (9812 words)

	Carrizo Plain National Monument Guide on CompassMonkey.com
		Located in the southeastern portion of San Luis Obispo County and parts of southwestern Kern County, the Carrizo Plain encompasses nearly 250,000 acres (204,107 of federal land) and is home to 13 species of plants and animals which are federally or state listed as threatened or endangered.
		The Carrizo Plain is a narrow, valley grassland bordered on the east side by the Temblor Range and the San Andreas Fault.
		Lying adjacent to the southwest edge of the San Joaquin Valley in eastern San Luis Obispo County, the Carrizo Plain is the largest remaining tract of the San Joaquin Valley biogeographic province with only limited evidence of human alteration.
	www.compassmonkey.com /places/locations.php/190 (424 words)

	Carrizo Plain, land of extremes - eastern of San Luis Obispo County, California Sunset - Find Articles
		Carrizo Plain, land of extremes "A lot of people think we're condemned to live out here," said the manager of a motel perched on the edge of the Carrizo Plain.
		This remote 45-mile-long plain, in eastern San Luis Obispo County, is also an ecological "island," a landlocked ark for animals and plants vanquished elsewhere.
		The Carrizo's position in the shadow of the La Panzas reduces its annual rainfall to 8 to 10 inches.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n5_v183/ai_8065895 (892 words)

	scary squirrel world - CURSE OF THE CARRIZO
		The Carrizo lies adjacent to the southwest edge of the San Joaquin Valley in eastern San Luis Obispo County.
		The largest colonies are on the west side of the Carrizo; particularly around the Soda Lake overlook, on either side of the trail to Painted Rock, and alongside the main road through the plain.
		As for the bushytail horde, the Carrizo is definitely a bastion of nutzy mayhem.
	www.scarysquirrel.org /vacation/carrizo (893 words)

	Carrizo Plain National Monument
		Sometimes called America's Serengeti, the 205,000 acres of the Carrizo Plain National Monument is the largest undeveloped remnant of Central California's grassland ecosystem.
		Birders love Carrizo Plain, where more than 100 species of waterfowl and shorebirds thrive thanks to intermittent pools and glistening 3,000-acre Soda Lake, a winter haven for thousands of migratory species.
		Carrizo Plain National Monument is owned and cooperatively managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the California Department of Fish and Game and the Nature Conservancy.
	www.discovernlcs.org /TheNLCS/Monuments/CarrizoPlain.cfm (629 words)

	Carrizo Plain National Monument
		Cut in half by the San Andreas Fault zone, the Carrizo Plain National Monument is the largest undeveloped remnant of the San Joaquin ecosystem, providing crucial habitat for long-term conservation of the many native plant and animal species that still inhabit the area.
		The Carrizo Plain, 100 miles from Los Angeles, is an area by-passed by time.
		Carrizo Plain lies 40 miles east of San Luis Obispo.
	corbittsnationalparks.com /Park/carrizo.html (385 words)

	Sierra Club Outings \| Carrizo Plain Service, California \| 06065A
		Most of this surviving habitat is protected within the boundaries of the 250,000-acre Carrizo Plain National Monument, where an array of rare plants and animals -- including the greatest concentration of threatened and endangered vertebrates in the state -- continues to thrive.
		Designated a national monument in January 2001, the Carrizo Plain is managed jointly by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the California Department of Fish and Game, and the Nature Conservancy.
		Carrizo Plain National Monument is situated approximately midway between San Luis Obispo and Bakersfield, where the two closest airports are located.
	www.sierraclub.org /outings/national/brochure/06065a.asp (1391 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A breathtaking mural of the Carrizo Plain and its animal and plant life, painted by Santa Barbara artist John Iwerks, focuses attention on the diversity and complexity of life on the Plain.
		Within the boundaries of the Carrizo Plain National Monument are homes to an extremely high concentration of threatened and endangered vertebrate species.
		During certain times of the year, much of the Carrizo Plain is considered open range and visitors should be prepared for livestock on roads.
	www.blm.gov /ca/bakersfield/goodwin.html (1867 words)

	carrizo
		This is an amazing spot to go to this time of year because of the variety and abundance of wildflowers that bloom there, but again, this is a phenomenal year for California wildflowers.
		I went to Carrizo Plain two years ago and it was quite nice but this year it is amazing!
		Carrizo Plain National Monument is huge, 250,000 acres, and it's taken care of by the BLM and is located in the Coastal Range in eastern San Luis Obispo County.
	www.tarol.com /carrizo.html (1564 words)

	CarrizoPlain
		This Say's phoebe is one of the common birds on the way to Carrizo.
		As you drive through the Carrizo Plain, there are fields used for "dry farming" and grazing.
		But, I'd hoped to see one in the Carrizo Plain, and it was a perfect end to my visit.
	www.birdingamerica.com /California/carrizoplain.htm (447 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Carrizo Plain National Monument
		The Carrizo Plain National Monument RMP will be created by combining the existing Carrizo Plain Natural Area Management Plan with pertinent decisions within the Caliente RMP, and amending those decisions as needed to bring them into conformance with the monument proclamation.
		Both the Caliente RMP and the Carrizo Plain Natural Area Management Plan were prepared by the BLM in collaboration with a broad cross-section of interested parties.
		A decision on the Carrizo Plain National Monument RMP and Caliente RMP Plan Amendment is expected by May 2003.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/April/Day-24/i9593.htm (1262 words)

	MarleneBraun: To Die On The Plain
		The 250,000-acre Carrizo Plain National Monument is home to the greatest concentration of endangered wildlife in all of California.
		Braun was the Carrizo Plain National Monument Manager; a position that was created after President Clinton proclaimed the Carrizo a national monument days before he left office in 2001.
		For ranchers, watching grazing restrictions at the Carrizo increase and their grazing lands decrease was incongruent with the long-held ranching policy of "no net loss" of private lands; that no private lands should get into the government hands, because that would mean the eventual limiting of the entire industry.
	www.bullyinginstitute.org /braun/newtimes.html (3149 words)

	Proclamation 7393—Establishment of the Carrizo Plain National Monument - Transcript Weekly Compilation of ...
		The Carrizo Plain National Monument, which is dramatically bisected by the San Andreas Fault zone, is the largest undeveloped remnant of this ecosystem, providing crucial habitat for the long-term conservation of the many endemic plant and animal species that still inhabit the area.
		The Carrizo Plain National Monument also encompasses Soda Lake, the largest remaining natural alkali wetland in southern California and the only closed basin within the coastal mountains.
		The Carrizo Plain National Monument owes its existence to the geologic processes that occur along the San Andreas Fault, where two of the Earth's five great tectonic plates slide past one another, parallel to the axis of the Plain.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2889/is_3_37/ai_71712268 (830 words)

	Too Wild to Drill - Carrizo Plain National Monument
		The Carrizo Plain is home to California’s largest concentration of endangered vertebrates, including the San Joaquin kit fox.
		Located in eastern San Luis Obispo County and dramatically bisected by the San Andreas Fault zone, it is the largest undeveloped remnant of this ecosystem, providing habitats that are essential to the long-term survival of the many endemic and endangered plant and animal species that inhabit the area.
		Fortunately, the current assessment of the oil and gas potential on the Carrizo Plain is low, meaning that there is either a low probability that oil and gas would be found there or that, if oil and gas were to be found, it would be unprofitable to remove.
	www.wilderness.org /WhereWeWork/California/TWTD-Carrizo.cfm (988 words)

	VP Report-Carizzo
		It occupies the large dry interior basin of the Carrizo Plain and stretches northward along the San Andreas Fault Zone to the vicinity of Cholame near the Monterey County boundary.
		Pools of the Carrizo Plain are associated with low alkaline areas adjacent to Soda Lake.
		The Carrizo Plain pools occur as numerous shallow depressions in a Valley Saltbush Scrub matrix adjacent to Soda Lake.
	www.dfg.ca.gov /whdab/wetlands/vp_asses_rept/carrizo.htm (465 words)

	Carrizo Plain National Monument - BLM California Bakersfield Field Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Carrizo Plain, 100 airline miles (160 km) from Los Angeles, is an area by-passed by time.
		Soda Lake, its centerpiece, is a glistening bed of white salt, set within a vast open grassland, rimmed by steep mountains.
		The plain is home to diverse communities of wildlife and plant species, is an area culturally important to Native Americans, and is traversed by the San Andreas fault, which has created and moved mountain ranges, carved valleys and is marked by a subtle alignment of ridges, ravines and pools.
	www.blm.gov /ca/bakersfield/carrizoplain/carrizoplain.html (136 words)

	Quake: Virtual Fault Tour
		The stretch that runs through the Carrizo Plain National Monument south of Parkfield (see map) is unique because the surface expression of the fault trace is very well defined.
		This is because the Carrizo Plain is arid, and the fault has not been significantly eroded.
		At Wallace Creek, in the Carrizo Plain, the fault moved 30 feet (9m), forming the offset stream channel seen in the interactive photo above.
	quake.wr.usgs.gov /kap/carrizo (343 words)

	Carrizo Plain National Monument, California
		The Carrizo Plain Natural Area became the Carrizo Plain National Monument in January 2001 by presidential proclamation.
		The park is located about 160 miles north of Los Angeles, 260 miles south of San Francisco, about 55 miles west of Bakersfield, and and 50 miles north of Santa Barbara.
		Chere here to see selected publications about the geology and natural history of the Carrizo Plain used to prepare this website.
	3dparks.wr.usgs.gov /carrizo (344 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in California - Carrizo Plain National Monument
		The vast, arid, strikingly beautiful Carrizo Plain - sometimes called California's "Serengeti" - is one of America's newest national monuments and one of The Nature Conservancy's most successful legacy projects.
		In winter, the Carrizo Plain welcomes lesser and greater sandhill cranes.
		Native tule elk and pronghorn were reintroduced to the plain by the California Department of Fish and Game in the late 1980s.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/california/preserves/art6327.html (324 words)

	Dual Sporting the Carrizo Plain
		Bounded on the West by the Caliente Range, and on the East by the Temblor Range, Hwy 58 to the North and Hwy 166 to the South, the 1/4 million acres of California'a Carrizo Plain (home of Soda Lake) offers some picturesque accessible riding for dual sporters.
		Carrizo is a Spanish word referring to a type of reed grass.
		The ground is very spongy in the middle part of the Plain, and impassable, even with a dirt bike, when wet in the winter months.
	homepage.mac.com /wbunning/carrizods/carrizo.html (762 words)

	Wildflower Viewing - Carrizo Plain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Turn right on Soda Lake Road and head south 8 miles to the northern boundary of the Carrizo Plain National Monument.
		Comments: 45 miles long and 10 miles wide, the Carrizo Plain contains one of the last large swaths of native California grasslands.
		Afte the winter rainfall, are area comes alive with colorful wildflowers with such as snake's head, cream cups, yellow pincushion, blazing star and tidy tips.
	www.socalcamping.com /wildflowers/carrizo.html (68 words)

	Beakspeak: Traversing the Carrizo Plain
		Fortunately the Carrizo Plain area remained mostly undeveloped, and on January 17, 2001, President Clinton declared the Carrizo Plain Natural Area a national monument, helping to ensure the habitat would remain pristine.
		As we turned onto Bitterwater Road to enter the rolling hills of the Carrizo Plain, we saw a number of Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) and Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) foraging out in a field.
		The Carrizo Plain National Monument is a wonderful place for several reasons.
	www.beakspeak.com /archive/2006/03/04/traversi.shtml (1227 words)

	SoCalCamping.com - Birdwatching - Carrizo Plain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Comments: Covering nearly 250,000 acres (204,107 acres federally-managed), the Carrizo Plain Natural Area is managed for the benefit of its rare and endangered plants and animals, and for restoration of native ecosystems to health.
		The many birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles that find a home in the Carrizo Plain Natural Area fill a long list.
		Tule Elk and pronghorn antelope have been reintroduced into the area and can be seen at various locations on the plain.
	www.socalcamping.com /birds/carrizo.html (163 words)

	November 1997
		Carrizo Plain - Shall We Have the Ko'owshup-Carrizo National Monument?
		It should be noted that the local ranching families have altered the spelling to "Carrisa." Whether we call this landscape Carrizo, Llano Estero, Ko'owshup or Carrisa, it is both fantastic and magical.
		The Ko’owshup, Carrizo, or Llano Estero, is actually a mix of three habitats that intermingle, namely prairie, desert scrub savannah, and alkali "salt marsh" wetland.
	home.att.net /~cgbraggjr/v21n3.htm (2460 words)

	The Friends of the Carrizo Plain - Carrizo on Canvas
		"Carrizo on Canvas", The San Luis Outdoors Painters Enterprise (SLOPE), in conjunction with Friends of Carrizo invite you to their art show featuring the Carrizo Plain.
		The Carrizo Plain National Monument is one of the most beautiful areas of San Luis Obispo county, with its lovely wildflower displays to the magnificent hills of the Temblor mountains created by the San Andreas Fault.
		For information: call the Visitor Center at the Carrizo Plain National Monument (805) 475-2131 after December 1, 2005.
	www.carrizo.org /page8/page8.html (176 words)

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