California\’s picturesque villages and small towns and its stunning landscape, from rugged sierras and fog-laced headlands to golden sand beaches and rolling oak-studded ranchland.California is nicknamed \”The Golden State,\” and though the name applies literally to the color of its state flower, the golden poppy, it is also a metaphor for the hopes and dreams that have lured generations of settlers. There are villages that grew up around the famed Spanish mission trail, and communities that boomed because of Gold Rush fever. There are places whose natural beauty nurtured artists and writers,

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• Sequoia Lake, Grant Grove, Fresno County, California Sequoia Lake is located in Grant Grove, Fresno County, California Phone: (209) 226-2267 or (209) 335-2886 Is boating allowed? Motor boating is allowed at Sequoia Lake. Smaller boats are allowed for fishing or other boating sports on Sequoia Lake. Is there a boat ramp? There is a boat ramp present......
• Green Valley Lake, San Bernardino, California Green Valley Lake is located in San Bernardino, California Phone - (909) 867 7105 or (909) 867 1126 View Larger Map Is boating allowed? Boating is definitely allowed in Green Valley Lake. Boating is one of the more popular activities that the lake allows. Is there a boat ramp? There......
• Choosing California Fishing Lakes In every area of the state of California, you will find an abundant supply of lakes rife with fish that are waiting to be caught. All told, California has more than 3000 different lakes, reservoirs, streams and other excellent bodies of water that are available to the avid angler who......
• Summer Sequoias Summer in California can be a trying time for hiking and backpacking with some brutal temperatures in areas even just miles off the coast.  If the beaches are crowed, it's time to head for the mountains.  While beautiful any time of year, the Sierras are a great destination for summer......
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From a rugged, mountainous northern shore fringed with redwood forests to the inviting beaches of southern California; from the world-famous cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles to the historic Spanish towns of Santa Barbara and Monterey; from the wild Big Sur to the quaint fishermans villages of Mendocino and Eureka, The California Coast describes the look and local color of this 1,200 mile strip of the Pacific Rim. Visitors and residents alike will treasure this tribute to the breathtakingly beautiful California coastline. Karen Misuraca is a travel journalist, book publicist, and author

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• DVD- U.S. Coast Guard License Boating Course Instructional Training Video - Get Your Captains License! This 55 minute DVD video is a concise review of everything that you could ever need to know about getting your Captain's license including rules of the road and chart plotting. This DVD video is an update of the original VHS, which leads you into the most critical areas of......
• West Coast Salmon Season Called Off From the Contra Costa Times (http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_8557645): Unprecedented collapse in fish population forces cancellation among West Coast states Early season salmon fishing off the coasts of California and most of Oregon was shut down Wednesday by federal regulators responding to an unprecedented collapse of salmon populations along the West Coast. The......
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• West Coast Salmon Season an Official Disater Jim Balsiger, acting assistant administrator of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service says in an understatement, "This is a bleak year." Federal officials at a Thursday news conference officially called the West Coast ocean salmon fishery a failure. This move paves the way for congress to appropriate economic disaster assistance for......
• Sequoia Lake, Grant Grove, Fresno County, California Sequoia Lake is located in Grant Grove, Fresno County, California Phone: (209) 226-2267 or (209) 335-2886 Is boating allowed? Motor boating is allowed at Sequoia Lake. Smaller boats are allowed for fishing or other boating sports on Sequoia Lake. Is there a boat ramp? There is a boat ramp present......

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