DesertWRX

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8/1/2014 Topic: Bighorn Sheep Count 2014 DesertWRX	Kjhung... A little late replying... The rain was right on Yaqui Pass and also a lot south. Fish Creek has had a lot lately. San Felipe wash by Borrego Buttes has had water in it too. The storms are happening a lot lately, but away from Borrego Springs. Rained some in Culp Valley Monday too. Might be more tomorrow out here.
8/2/2014 Topic: Bighorn Sheep Count 2014 DesertWRX	It rained quite a while out here today. Nothing heavy, but enough to get the Ocotillo green I bet.
8/4/2014 Topic: Bighorn Sheep Count 2014 DesertWRX	Boy did Borrego and Ocotillo Wells get hit hard yesterday!!! A weather spotter had 2.8" of rain afternoon. Lots of flooding. 78 & S22 were closed. The county road crews are very busy this morning. Listening to them on the scanner.
8/10/2014 Topic: Mud Caves via Vallecito Creek in Summer DesertWRX	dsefcik wrote: Nice! The summer is the best way to see the caves, glad you guys got out there. I am surprised ranger Steve was out at Blair, that is ranger Jenifer's territory. I don't think Jennifer is a ranger here anymore.
11/8/2014 Topic: Santa Rosa Hiker In Trouble DesertWRX	Hearing on the scanner that a camper by Clark Dry Lake saw a red flare and a flashlight up by Rabbit Peak tonight. Sheriffs are responding to the reporting party. Rangers are responding too.
11/8/2014 Topic: Santa Rosa Hiker In Trouble DesertWRX	I just saw their light and it's on the ridge leading away from parking at Truckhaven/Thimble Trail and S22
11/8/2014 Topic: Santa Rosa Hiker In Trouble DesertWRX	Yeah, not too far off the highway. ASTREA is flying over us right now headed out there.
11/8/2014 Topic: Santa Rosa Hiker In Trouble DesertWRX	The moon is coming up and it's spectacular and blinding. Can't see over there very well. Hello seemed to not be Sheriffs.
11/8/2014 Topic: Santa Rosa Hiker In Trouble DesertWRX	ASTREA sees 10 people on mountain with a fire. He said they do not look in distress. The moon is really bright right now.
11/8/2014 Topic: Santa Rosa Hiker In Trouble DesertWRX	ASTREA told the group to call 911 to tell them they are okay. Now the light I saw was no where near where the helo is. He was using his p.a. To communicate with them. Too bad I can't tell them that the copter is not close to the flashlight.
11/8/2014 Topic: Santa Rosa Hiker In Trouble DesertWRX	I called Sheriff's dispatch and gave them the info, but the copter had gone westward to find a 5 year old that eventually was found in his house. Problem over!
11/12/2014 Topic: Best Mylar Ballon Trip DesertWRX	Got back today from a 3 night stay at the Arroyo Salado campground. Picked up only 3 on my morning hikes.
12/4/2014 Topic: From the archives - Fighting Sunrise Powerlink DesertWRX	Chances are there will be another fight against the all mighty and powerful SDG&E. The latest solar plant in our valley has no space on the power lines to transmit. That info came from NRG reps at a Borrego Springs Community Sponsor Group meeting. I brought a question up to them when they said they are using the full capability of the transmission lines. I asked about future solar projects out here with no more room on the lines and they more or less said that will be their problem. No, it will be the park's problem when SDG&E attacks it again with their plans for 500KV towers. They probably have not given up their plans to sell power to Riverside and San Bernardino counties using a route from the intersection of S2 and 79. Oh yeah, there's also a little matter about water usage for cleaning those panels off!
12/28/2014 Topic: Another Adventure: Arroyo Seco Diablo DesertWRX	That damn rock fire pit at your camping site! We do Adopt a Wash and Arroyo Tapiado is one of our areas and we've removed that pit many times. People always build it right by the signs saying no ground fires!
12/28/2014 Topic: Carrizo Badlands DesertWRX	Your photos really captured the feel of the area. Good job.
4/24/2015 Topic: Old Aerial Photo Site DesertWRX	http://historicaerials.com/ Interesting to look at the park in 1959
6/28/2015 Topic: Bighorn Sheep Count 2015 Volunteers Needed !! DesertWRX	Going back to Yaqui Pass this year. Saw none there last year, but who knows maybe we missed them by a day.
7/9/2015 Topic: Sheep Count 2015 DesertWRX	We were at Yaqui Pass. Pretty deluxe spot, but saw only 1 sheep, a ewe missing her right horn. Saw her Fri and Sat morning.
3/25/2016 Topic: Golf Courses and Bighorn Sheep DesertWRX	This story is from north of us but applies to DeAnza's golf course as far as I'm concerned... http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/la-quinta/2016/03/11/la-quinta-coachella-valley-conservation-commission-peninsular-bighorn-sheep-barrier/81559694/
7/3/2016 Topic: Sheep Count 2016 DesertWRX	Yaqui Pass... Zero again this year!
7/5/2016 Topic: Sheep Count 2016 DesertWRX	Still, it was another great count up there. Really liked the video.
3/26/2017 Topic: Strange things you find in the desert. DesertWRX	Pretty nice job!
6/2/2017 Topic: How Accessible is Coyote Canyon Rd? DesertWRX	Just went up Coyote Canyon yesterday doing our last Adopt a Wash of the season. Went up to Monkey Hill. Bypass Rd is easy, but annoyingly bumpy. Salvador Canyon had some big rocks to slow you down! 6 fire pits to cleanup along the length of the trip. A couple were burning Ocotillo, one even had stacked up some for the next people that wanted to use his illegal ground fire ring. Everything is cleaned up and gone. Next to that, it was not bad after the crowds of flowergeddon.
10/21/2017 Topic: My Ride DesertWRX	Did you use the hill descent feature when taking the Tacoma down it? sddarkman619 wrote: LOVE that hill. here's my ride going down... Britain let me know when you are going out, I might join you sometime. That is if you are ok with Tacomas. Feel free to view in full screen.
11/3/2017 Topic: Samurai Surprise...Hit and Run DesertWRX	We’ll keep an eye out for you! That was a lot of work and it’ll be worth it.
12/9/2017 Topic: Exploring Coyote Canyon w/o 4wd or High Clearance DesertWRX	We just recently drove our Tacoma up to Sheep Camp in 2WD. The Bypass Rd is very tame now. After the next strong rain it will be a different story. As for driving a Fit up the canyon, I would stop at 2nd Crossing. Keep an eye out for some rocks sticking up and drive around them. The trip up to 2nd Crossing will give you a lot to see. Once at 2nd Crossing you can explore that area. We did see a Subaru up in Collins Valley, but AWD and some ground clearance will work for them. edited by DesertWRX on 12/9/2017
7/12/2018 Topic: 2018 BHS Count Results DesertWRX	Our little group was set up at the earthquake station on Monkey Hill. Zero sheep. There is some talk about closing some sites that consistently have a lack of sheep.
7/14/2018 Topic: 2018 BHS Count Results DesertWRX	No water in our area. We are between Middle Willows and 3rd Crossings, which had water.
9/17/2018 Topic: Not enough rangers DesertWRX	What areas are people finding the most trash and vandalism?
9/17/2018 Topic: Not enough rangers DesertWRX	Buford wrote: DesertWRX wrote: What areas are people finding the most trash and vandalism? Culp Valley, Old Culp Valley rd, The Slab, Dos Cabezas, Mortero Palms, Plum Canyon. This was all in mid July to early August. I revisited Plum Canyon a couple weeks later and found someone had mostly cleaned up the graffiti and filled in the illegal fire ring. I picked up some trash. Didn’t have room for it all. edited by Buford on 9/17/2018
9/17/2018 Topic: Not enough rangers DesertWRX	Thanks, I’ll try to see who has adopted those areas for Adopt a Wash/Trail.
1/20/2019 Topic: Winter 2019 Flowers DesertWRX	Looks pretty good so far! Both Anza-Borrego and Ocotillo Wells have had lots of flowers appearing.
2/22/2019 Topic: Winter 2019 Flowers DesertWRX	Every Wednesday I pull invasive plants in the park. Get to see lots of flowers! We were pulling them up in Coyote Canyon, but it was closed because of safety. Just today it opened up to Desert Garden. There are a lot of flower seekers now. Henderson Canyon doesn’t have much to see right now. The Sand Verbena is spectacular on S-22 from Clark Dry Lake to the middle of the Badlands. Living in Borrego is great, but the Flowergeddon period was not so great!
4/1/2020 Topic: Park Closed? DesertWRX	ABDSP has not been putting up closure signs very well. Then again south of 78 there are lots of roads and that area is not patrolled as well as the main part of the Park. The Air Patrol Ranger is making PA announcements to campers and parked vehicles when needed.
2/20/2021 Topic: Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease DesertWRX	Found 4 dead cottontails on our property recently. Hopefully it is the virus and not a neighbor poisoning them.

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