On a clear September morning, just a few steps from the parking area at Bear Valley Visitor Center in Point Reyes National Seashore, Richard gathered a group of his tracking school students around a picnic table. Just minutes into class, Richard had already dropped to the ground and was belly-crawling towards a small burrow.
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The curious pipevine flower is our sole local representation of the birthworts, a plant family whose many other species are found mostly in warm and tropical areas of the world.
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Five Canyons Open space connects suburban neighborhoods to a network of trails that access Hayward Area Recreation District facilities, Don Castro, Cull Canyon and the Chabot-to-Garin Ridge Trail.
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One day, not so long ago, grizzly bears roamed here, chowing down on manzanita berries, beneath giant tree-like manzanitas. Those days ended in in the late 1850s, when Jeremiah Morgan hunted them out, reportedly killing 46 bears in a single year. But this rugged wilderness preserve is still home to mountain lions, eagles and coyotes.
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