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Giving Tuesday is Dec. 1st
Read More: Giving Tuesday is Dec. 1stDambacher Construction Leads the Way with a Generous $5,000 Gift At the Museum of the Sierra, we believe that preserving our history is a community effort. Every artifact, photograph, exhibit, and story represents a piece of the place we call home—and the generations of families who have helped shape it. This Giving Tuesday, we’re celebrating the spirit of local generosity with a special commitment from Dambacher Construction, whose family has pledged $5,000 to support the Museum of the Sierra. Their generous gift is helping lead the way as we invite other local families, businesses, and community members to join us…
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Plants of the Sierra: The Snow Plant
Read More: Plants of the Sierra: The Snow PlantOne of many native Sierra Nevada plants of interest is the Snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea). The vibrant red color is stunning, the conical shape is unique, and it is a forerunner of spring flowers that will soon follow. The Snow Plant intrigues plant lovers because it lacks chlorophyll. Its roots are encased in fungi which absorb nutrients for the snow plant from decaying plant material in the soil (making it a saprophyte) and from surrounding trees (making it an indirect parasite). The Snow plant is difficult to confuse with other plants, and indeed stands a better chance of being confused…
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Nature Trail Guide
Read More: Nature Trail GuideThe Nature Trail is about 2/3 of a mile in length and gains about 70 feet of elevation. It is an easy 30 minute walk with stops at each of the marked stations corresponding to the trail guide. #1 REPRODUCTION Natural reproduction is required to maintain a forest ecosystem. There are three basic forms that assure continued plant life in a forest. Seeds, Sprouting, and tuberous roots. Most plants produce seeds. Well over a million seeds fall each year on each acre of a forest. Most of these seeds produce grasses and flowering plants. Coniferous trees, as shown here with the hundreds of White Fir trees at…
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Historic Picture from the draining of Shaver Lake
Read More: Historic Picture from the draining of Shaver LakePhotographers as well as history buffs gathered to take in the experience of the draining of Shaver Lake (this picture was taken December 2011). Pictured is the Historic Shaver Lake sawmill. In its day, the mill pond created behind the old dam stored 5,000 acre feet of water, a fraction of the size of modern-day Shaver Lake. Processed lumber from the mill was then delivered to the Valley by way of a 42-mile-long wooden flume that snaked down the mountain to the present site of the Clovis Rodeo Grounds. Shaver Lake was drained so crews could make repairs to the main…
