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SAMNA
Santa Ana Mountains Natural History Association
SAMNHA, along with the US Forest Service, organizes hikes in the Santa Ana Mountains.
OC Trackers
OC Trackers
Dick Newell's web site of a coalition of wildlife biologists, interpreters, rangers, naturalists, docents and others. Highly recommended.
OC Wild
OC Wild
Focus is on the open space areas of Orange County.
California Plant Names:
Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations
and
Wildflowers and Other Plants
of Southern California
by Michael L. Charters
CalFlora.net
Michael Charters' site on local botany includes excellent wildflower photos.
USFS - Trabuco District
Cleveland Nat'l Forest
US Forest Service site for the Clevelend National Forest
California Chaparral Institute
California Chaparral Institute
San Diego-based Richard W. Halsey's site on chaparral and fire.
Nature Conservancy Santa Rosa Plateau
TNC - Santa Rosa Plateau
TNC's web site for the Santa Rosa Plateau.
Bug Bob
"Bug" Bob Allen
Local expert on plants, flowers, insects, and everything natural in the Santa Ana Mountains.
OC Explorer
OC Explorer.com
Joe Anzenberger is the owner and editor of ocexplorer.com, which was created from his avid interest in the fantastic trails and breathtaking back country scenery of Orange County.
Warriors Society
Warrior's Society
Mountain biking club which does a terrific job of maintaining and improving trails in the Cleveland National Forest.
Audubon
Starr Ranch Sanctuary
4,000 acre reserve in the Santa Ana Mountain foothills owned and operated by the National Audubon Society.
Canyon Life
Canyon Life
Current and historical information in and around Trabuco Canyon.
Aircraft wrecks Pat Macha
Aircraft Wrecks of the mountains and Deserts of the American West
Pat Macha's aircraft archeology web site. Excellent speaker. If you have a chance to attend a presentation, do it.
Natural History of Orange County
Natural History of Orange County
Dr. Peter Bryant's (UCI) site has terrific macro photos of insects, spiders and fish.
carlgarrardphotography.com

carlgarrardphotography.com

I've met Carl and his friend Ty photographing while on the trail. Few photographers photograph the chaparral, and even fewer do it as well as Carl.