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More photos of Carmel River Restoration site 

11/29/2015

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Carmel River flows where the dam once blocked it.

11/22/2015

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Carmel River flows in its new course

11/18/2015

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The Carmel River is now free to flow in its new course past where the San Clemente Dam once stood. The river has not flowed unimpeded in this location for 94 years. An incredible milestone in the annals of history and ecological restoration! Here is a link to a KSBW TV feature story. I look forward to going up there in a few days!
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Painting at the former plunge pool

11/15/2015

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I had started this painting about a month ago. Having come back to the site much later than anticipated, it was necessary to paint out part of the painting with the changes that had taken place in that month.  The logs that are placed upright in the ground will act as barriers to collect woody debris coming down the river in high flows. It will also aid in creating new habitats along the river banks and river itself.

​The workman are nearing completion of the fifty six weirs/step pools construction on that day, November 7. Quite a feat of human engineering and creativity. It was interesting talking with some of them...they are quite proud of their work..and well they should be!


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Where the dam used to be!
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The view above is the dam in November 2014.
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First good rain of the season

11/2/2015

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New Tree Painting from Western Fort Ord

11/1/2015

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This grove of trees is part of where  the Monterey Downs Development is proposed.  All around me, and as far as I could see, the trees would be cut down. It is a solid forest of amazing oaks in this area where they would like to put in 1280 homes instead of leaving this alone! It must not happen!

When I was painting there the second day, a coyote was coming through until it saw me reach for my camera. It was just about forty feet away when it turned around to go along another way.

This painting was created over five days. 
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The color in this image is more accurate than the preceding images.
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    Author
    Paola Berthoin is the designer/creator/publisher of  Passion for Place: Community Reflections on the Carmel River Watershed. Her focus is inspiring and educating people about the natural world through the arts. She is available to design your book, create (illustrate and write) interpretive materials for your watershed community, consult for healthy gardens, paint a commissioned painting of your favorite place in the Carmel River Watershed and beyond!


    When we allow wildness, our own spirit, to flourish within, we can also respect and allow nature’s spirit, the wild outside, to exist.
             - Paola Fiorelle Berthoin
                                                                                                                                                               

    Blog photographs, land art, and text © Paola Berthoin, unless otherwise noted. 
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