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  San Mateo County -- Parks Department -- -- San Pedro Valley Park
A vast area embracing the middle and south forks of San Pedro Creek, which are Steelhead spawning grounds, this park is nestled amongst the Santa Cruz Mountain range and the foothills of Pacifica.
San Pedro Valley soon became an important link in the Spanish Mission System, for it offered valuable resources, which could not be produced in San Francisco at Mission Dolores.
San Pedro Valley County Park is also supported by an active volunteer group known as the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park.  These volunteers staff the park's visitor center and provide various programs and activities that help Park Rangers maintain the facilities and the environment of this County Park.
www.co.sanmateo.ca.us /smc/department/home/0,,5556687_12313317_12345100,00.html   (1316 words)

  
 Upper San Pedro
The basin consists of the northwest-trending San Pedro River Valley and the surrounding mountains.
The San Pedro River enters the basin at the International Boundary near Palominas, AZ and flows northwest for about 62 miles before leaving the basin north of Benson at "the Narrows".
Mountain-front recharge is the main source of recharge for the regional aquifer and streambed infiltration is the main source of recharge for the streambed alluvium in the San Pedro River floodplain.
www.water.az.gov /watershed/content/map/UppSanPedPar.htm   (1402 words)

  
 San Pedro Photos
San Pedro's territory belongs to the highlands of a volcanic chain with mountains, hills and volcanic peaks.
In San Pedro are four public schools, three private schools (with classes in the mornings and afternoons), one evening school, one basic school for cooperative and one diversified school.
San Pedro is one of the most attractive municipalities and therefore most visited in the department of Sololá.
cooperativeschoolsanpedro.com /html/san_pedro_photos.html   (790 words)

  
 San Pedro
San Pedro (PF-37), originally classified PG-145, was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1448) by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Wilmington, Calif., on 17 April 1943; launched on 11 June 1943; sponsored by Miss Virginia Ann Massee; and commissioned on 23 October 1943, Lt. Comdr.
On 18 October, San Pedro sailed with a convoy bound for the initial assault on Leyte.
San Pedro departed the southwest Pacific on 17 December 1944 and headed toward Boston for overhaul.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s4/san_pedro.htm   (386 words)

  
 San Pedro Department, Misiones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The capital of San Pedro Department is the town of San Pedro.
The original inhabitants of San Pedro were the indigenous Kaingangues, not to be confused with the Mbya Guarani on the coast of the Parana River.
San Pedro's native vegetation is Atlantic forest or Mata Atlantica, one of the world's most threatened and endangered ecosystems.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Pedro_Department,_Misiones   (569 words)

  
 San Pedro :: Explore the San Pedro :: San Pedro Riparian NCA
The San Pedro's waters are the vital source of moisture for lush vegetation that thrives in the moist gravel of the riverbed and banks.
In Arizona, the U.S. Department of The Interior's Bureau of Land Management acquired 43 miles of riparian farm and ranch lands bordering both sides of the San Pedro River.
The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (NCA) is one of the most remarkable and unique natural biological areas in the United Sates.
www.lastgreatplaces.org /sanpedro/explore/natl_riparian2.html   (292 words)

  
 San Pedro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
One of the most important desert rivers in the world is the San Pedro River, which flows north from the mountains of Sonora (a state in Mexico) to the Gila River in southern Arizona.
The San Pedro River, one of the last free-flowing rivers joining Mexico and the United States, forms a green ribbon of life through the desert, one that is home to hundreds of species of plants, birds, insects, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals.
On the United States portion of the Upper San Pedro River basin, a large area is Public Lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the United States Department of the Interior.
www.lastgreatplaces.org /sanpedro   (357 words)

  
 San Pedro Homes - Things To Do In Los Angeles
He was an attorney, a judge, a member of the San Pedro Board of Trustees (city council), City Attorney, and City Clerk in the San Pedro in the early 1900s.
Martin Lindskow was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 29, 1846 and died in San Pedro on August 23, 1902.
The house is on the south end of the old Vinegar Hill section of San Pedro and overlooked the harbor.
www.laokay.com /SanPedroHomes.htm   (3856 words)

  
 San Pedro Fire Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It was not until early 1889 that news concerning the first San Pedro Volunteer Fire Department began to appear in the weekly newspapers.
The San Pedro Advocate noted with satisfaction on February 9th that it was glad to learn signals to be rung on the church bells" to get the volunteers out of their homes and down to the fire station on Sixth Street across from Crockers' Hall.
Also with the letter were two gold badges which were presented to D. Clay and W. Savage for heading "the newly organized Fire Department of San Pedro." Thus began a long and proud history of organized fire fighting in the port city.
www.lafire.com /stations/FS036/SPFD.htm   (576 words)

  
 San Pedro Year in Review, 2001, Belize History, Ambergris Caye
The San Pedro Lions Club was entrusted with $25,000 raised by Jerry Jeff Walker and his fans to build houses for five families who lost their homes during Hurricane Keith.
The San Pedro Branch of the Belize Cancer Society was formed as more than 30 people turned out to support local cancer survivor Janine Lopez in her quest to do more for those afflicted with this life-threatening disease.
Residents of San Pedro and members of the police department met to discuss the issue of escalating crime on the island and police-community relations.
ambergriscaye.com /pages/mayan/2001.html   (2034 words)

  
 Journal of San Diego History
In 1868 the 26,000 acre property was purchased by the Kimball brothers of San Francisco for $30,000.
San Diego is out in the highway of [he world's activity today, and needs to make haste to take her position in the onward march.
In 1880 San Diego county was assessed at half the value of Santa Barbara county and equal to the values of San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/85fall/railroad.htm   (5505 words)

  
 Sustainable Waters Program - San Pedro River, Arizona
The San Pedro flows north from the Mexican state of Sonora into Arizona to join the Gila River, one of only two major rivers that flows north out of Mexico into the United States.
Within the U.S. the Upper San Pedro Partnership is working to implement conservation strategies near urban areas there, such as the construction of wastewater effluent recharge facilities for some of the largest municipalities.
Ramsey Creek in Ramsey Canyon Preserve is a key drainage in the Huachuca Mountains, which are a critical portion of the San Pedro watershed.
www.nature.org /initiatives/freshwater/work/sanpedroriver.html   (652 words)

  
 San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition
The San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition seeks to involve the watershed’s 10,000 residents in restoration projects and to educate them about Best Management Practices (BMP’s) to prevent storm water quality problems.
We have organized creek clean-ups and worked with city and county park officials in San Pedro Valley County Park to replace an existing culvert (steelhead barrier) with a freestanding bridge to allow passage for migrating steelhead.
Restore populations of native fauna in the watershed; in particular, restore the steelhead fishery of San Pedro Creek.
www.pedrocreek.org /about.html   (723 words)

  
 Golf carts donated to San Pedro Police Department
He spoke of the improvements to the department and the visible changes the department has undergone since the appointment of Assistant Superintendent of Police Rodolfo Oreo.
He encouraged the members of the community to continue to work with the police officers to rid San Pedro of its criminal element.
UDP Standard Bearer Manuel Heredia Jr., addressed the group briefly: "I will work with the community and the government to make San Pedro a peaceful place." He also spoke of the work that must be done to improve the department and the community as a whole.
www.sanpedrosun.net /old/98-332.html   (470 words)

  
 Bureau of Land Management Arizona - Land Use Planning - San Pedro RNCA
The San Pedro RNCA planning area (see map of SPRNCA planning area) covers about 56,500 acres of public land located in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, stretching along the San Pedro River from south of the town of Benson to the U.S.- Mexico Border.
An interpretive facility, the San Pedro House, is located on the river at highway 90 and is staffed by volunteers from the Friends of San Pedro.
The San Pedro RNCA is also experiencing significant impacts from illegal immigration activities as well as pressures from expanding recreational demands.
www.blm.gov /az/lup/san_pedro/sp_plan.htm   (848 words)

  
 EPA - San Pedro Watershed
In the case of the Upper San Pedro Watershed, MSS imagery from 5 June 1973, 10 June 1986, and 2 June 1992 has been remapped and projected to UTM coordinates at 60-m pixel resolution to generate land cover data.
The current research is focused on the upper San Pedro River basin which originates in Sonora, Mexico and flows north into southeastern Arizona (Figure 1).
The Upper San Pedro Watershed represents a transition area between the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts and is internationally renown for its biodiversity.
www.epa.gov /nerlesd1/land-sci/san-pedro.htm   (1841 words)

  
 Archaeology - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs
The San Pedro, a 287-ton, Dutch-built ship was part of the New Spain flota (fleet) that left Havana for Spain on Friday, the 13th of July, 1733.
Today, the San Pedro is among the most picturesque of the 1733 wrecksites, due to her location in a white sand pocket surrounded by turtle grass and prolific marine life that inhabits her grave.
The San Pedro is located in 18 feet of water, approximately 1.25 nautical miles south from Indian Key at LORAN coordinates 14082.1, 43320.6.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us /archaeology/underwater/preserves/uwsanped.cfm   (404 words)

  
 Book Review
San Diego had only one true interurban line, which connected the metropolis with the new communities of National City, Chula Vista, and (briefly) Otay.
The larger interurban cars were sold to the giant Pacific Electric system in the Los Angeles basin, which was desperate for vehicles to haul war workers to San Pedro.
The present day San Diego Trolley, however, utilizes the San Diego and Arizona Railway route to the border, not the previous interurban and streetcar line.
www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/88summer/br-interurban.htm   (587 words)

  
 Welcome to San Pedro de Atacama Chile
The Andean mountain range located at 4,600 meters above the sea level in Region II of the country recorded four ash and particle emissions last April, that is, an expected behavior, as explained by experts of the Geology Department of Universidad Católica del Norte, that have been and are monitoring it on a permanent basis.
“These samples will be processed and analyzed by our department so as to know what happened, and to project the behavior of the mountain boiler located 70 Km from San Pedro de Atacama”, explained Eduardo Medina, member of UCN geology professional team.
According to the professional, different eruptions recorded recently in the crater “were expected, in consistency with studies conducted previously using the same sample collection and material analysis method”, he said.
www.sanpedroatacama.com /ingles/novedades_46.htm   (492 words)

  
 Journalism-Photography Department
The department is at 1300 San Pedro Ave., the telephone number is (210) 733-2870 and the fax number is (210) 733-2868.
San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78212-4299 Phone: 210/733-2000, is a College of the Alamo Community College District.
San Antonio College does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability with respect to access, employment programs, or services.
www.accd.edu /sac/j-p/jlsm.html   (358 words)

  
 Global Volcanism Program | San Pedro | Summary
The composite volcano of San Pedro in the arid Atacama desert of northern Chile is one of the world's highest historically active volcanoes.
The 6145-m-high basaltic andesite-to-dacitic San Pedro is located to the west of its older twin volcano, 6092-m-high San Pablo.
The youngest cone of San Pedro was constructed within a large horseshoe-shaped escarpment left by the collapse of an older edifice, which produced a large debris avalanche to the west, perhaps accompanied by a major pumice eruption.
www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1505-07=   (191 words)

  
 San Diego Zoo Videos
Two hours after field biologists for the San Diego Zoo's department of Conservation and Research for Endangered Species (CRES) opened the gates of a holding pen, three of four California condors took their first flight into the Sierra San Pedro de Martír range.
The San Pedro de Martír's pristine land is an ideal reintroduction area, offering the birds isolation and plenty of room to soar.
Condors previously released in San Pedro de Martír may have been hatched at the Wild Animal Park, the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, or at the Los Angeles Zoo, but Los Angeles Zoo staff had reared them all in preparation for release.
www.sandiegozoo.org /videos/CondorsReleased7-26-05.html   (329 words)

  
 Maritime Heritage Program: Expeditions
Contact Us The San Pedro, a member of the 1733 Spanish treasure fleet caught by a hurricane in the Straits of Florida, sank in 18 feet of water one-and-a quarter miles south of Indian Key.
She is the oldest shipwreck on the Shipwreck Trail with the mystique of a Spanish treasure shipwreck to draw divers and snorkelers alike.
The San Pedro carried l6,000 pesos in Mexican silver and numerous crates of Chinese porcelain.
www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov /maritime/expeditions/san_pedro.html   (336 words)

  
 San Pedro Peninsula Chamber of Commerce - President's Message
The "Taste" committee will announce the winning design at San Pedro’s 1st Thursday festivities on April 3, at the 366 West 7th Street gallery in historic downtown San Pedro.
Applications are available at the San Pedro Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, 390 West 7th Street, San Pedro, or on the Chamber’s web site.
For further information on the design contest or the "Taste in San Pedro," contact Debby Morgan at 310 / 832-3545, or visit the Chamber’s web site www.sanpedrochamber.com.
www.sanpedrochamber.com /design.htm   (172 words)

  
 Ambergris Today Website: Your Source for Issues Concerning La Isla Bonita.
According to the Belize Police Department's PR officer G. Michael Reid, the 43-year-old Canadian stepped into the bank in San Pedro and asked to see the bank's manager.
While all this commotion was going on inside the bank, it took only a matter of minutes for the San Pedro Police Department's quick response team to arrive at the scene and secure the area.
According to Sergeant Augustine of the San Pedro Police Department, there were no injuries sustained during the incident and nothing was stolen from the bank.
www.ambergristoday.com /archives/15-11-01   (2142 words)

  
 San Diego Zoo.org
If you have additional questions about the Zoological Society of San Diego, are planning a trip to the San Diego Zoo or San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park and need additional information, or if you have technical questions regarding this Web site, contact Public Relations using our online form.
For nearly a century California condors have been absent from the skies of San Diego County, but this could soon change as condors released in Baja California are approaching the United States and Mexico border.
The department of Conservation and Research for Endangered Species (CRES), operated by the not-for-profit Zoological Society of San Diego, is working to establish field stations in five key ecological areas internationally and participates in conservation and research work around the globe.
www.sandiegozoo.org /CF/pressreleases/releasedetail.cfm?id=315   (884 words)

  
 Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council - Member Profiles
David was born and raised in San Pedro.
He presently serves with San Pedro Homeowners United as Vice President and is Vice President of the San Pedro Wednesday Senior Club, affiliated with the LA County Senior Services Center.
Being a life long resident of San Pedro, David saw an excellent opportunity to further serve the community by becoming a board member of the Northwest Neighborhood Council, where he is a member of the Outreach and Election Committees.
www.nwsanpedro.org /profiles/drivera.htm   (212 words)

  
 San Pedro Los Angeles Harbor, CA - Sportfishing
San Pedro has some of the finest sport fishing in the entire world.
The beach is run by the County of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.
The boat ramp is run by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.
www.sanpedro.com /spcom/sportfsh.htm   (334 words)

  
 americas.org - One Dead in Rural Eviction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Police used tear gas to disperse the occupants, burned their makeshift homes and arrested at least 31 of them, many in the homes of neighbors where they took refuge after fleeing the estate.
Police carried out other evictions in San Pedro and Caaguazú departments; at least 83 people were detained as of November 6.
A campesino was also shot near Cuapé on November 1, the same day 7,000 campesinos affiliated with the National Front of Struggle for Life and Sovereignty invaded 35 properties in San Pedro, Caazapá, Caaguazú, Alto Paraná, Misiones and other departments.
www.americas.org /item_16826   (282 words)

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