In years past on this list I had indicated the most dangerous thing in
the woods were naked teenagers. This was due to the equipment I had
with me and there usual expected blood alcohol level.
I regret to report that times have changed. In the midwest the
current most dangerous thing in the woods (now seen using public
lands) are meth labs. People, watch out for these guys and when you
run across them my only advise is to run. If you find chemicals and
solvents where they had been working promptly report it to authorities
and don't clean up the toxic stuff on your own.
Rich
--- In "Martyn Stewart" <>
wrote:
> <<Recordists and folks w/ lots of "funny" equipment are occasionally
subject
> to suspicion and a certain expression of fear - especially by some
locals -
> given the Partiot Act and climate outside of the general weather.
Stay alert
> 'cause it ain't the western diamondback rattlers you need to be aware
> of.>>>>
>
> Good grief Bernie, are them there hics out there too? Ah spit!!
>
> Martyn
>
> Martyn Stewart
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Wild Sanctuary
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 6:57 AM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: California forest and desert locations
>
> Depending on what you want to get in the desert, the best California
> location I've found is in and around the Granite Mtns abt 70 miles
> west of Needles on Hwy 40. Take the Kelbaker Rd. north about 8 miles
> to the top of Granite Pass. At the top you'll see a
> telecommunications relay tower on your right (to the east of the
> road). Just across is an unmaintained dirt road (4WD that doesn't
> high-center is recommended). There are many campsights off to the
> south of the road against the Granites (if you want a fire, bring
> your own wood supply). All maintained as part of the new Kelso
> national park system, the campsights are unregulated but accessible
> within easy walking distance of either mountain desert habitats with
> lots of critter life, or the desert, itself (part of the Mojave
> ecosystem) within hiking distance of the campsights off to the north
> and west. To the north about 10 miles are the Kelso Dunes, one of the
> sites in the desert SW where you can record the dunes singing
> assuming conditions are right and you have the right transducers (a
> pair of good PZM mics or hydrophones in ziploc bags of water buried
> in the sand in order to get the infrasound component at around 10Hz).
> Best window to record is between late March and May. There's also a
> National Park Service visitor center north of the dunes on the
> Kelbaker Rd at Kelso where we've just installed a couple of
> soundscapes representing the desert in that area. It is scheduled to
> be open sometime in August of this year.
>
> As for forest: that depends on what type. The coastal range of the
> Los Padres between Big Sur and Cambria can be lovely - especially the
> Ventana Wilderness area. Inland from San Luis Obispo and NE of Santa
> Maria on the eastern side of the Los Padres Nat. Forest are a couple
> of wilderness areas that can be pretty great depending on season and
> weather. One is the La Panza Range within which is the Machesna Mtn
> Wilderness area and consists of mixed coniferous, oak and scrub oak
> forest. Take food and prepare to camp. The roads are sometimes iffy.
> 4WD for any off-road recommended and watch for private property
> signs. Recordists and folks w/ lots of "funny" equipment are
> occasionally subject to suspicion and a certain expression of fear -
> especially by some locals - given the Partiot Act and climate outside
> of the general weather. Stay alert 'cause it ain't the western
> diamondback rattlers you need to be aware of.
>
> Bernie
>
>
>
> >Desert and Forest.
> >
> >>In what type of biome do you want to record, Michael? Desert,
> >>riparian, coastal, scrub, forest, etc.?
> >>
> >>Bernie Krause
> >>
> >>>I was wondering if anyone could recommend some good recording locales
> >>>in southern california.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Microphones are not ears,
> >>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >>>A listening room is not nature."
> >>>Klas Strandberg
> >>>Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Wild Sanctuary
> >>P. O. Box 536
> >>Glen Ellen, CA 95442
> >>t. 707-996-6677
> >>f. 707-996-0280
> >>http://www.wildsanctuary.com
> >>
> >>
> >>"Microphones are not ears,
> >>Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >>A listening room is not nature."
> >>Klas Strandberg
> >>Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Wild Sanctuary
> P. O. Box 536
> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
> t. 707-996-6677
> f. 707-996-0280
> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>
>
> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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