GC3GH5Y Dry Creek Dragon (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by ECP and The Dark One

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A cache by ECP and The Dark One Message this owner

Hidden : 4/7/2012

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Dry Creek Preserve is now open to the public!!

As we approached the dragon, lizards and flying critters scurried from this menacing creature. Fear not, you are looking for a regular lock-and-lock box hidden here.

Dry Creek Preserve
Ecologically-based aggregate mine reclamation

Dry Creek Preserve is a 152-acre former gravel quarry located just northwest of Lemon Cove.
This special nature preserve, now fully restored, is the first example of an ecologically-based aggregate mine reclamation in Tulare County. It is also home to SRT’s native plant nursery.

In 2004, California Portland Cement Company retired their Dry Creek gravel operations and donated the property to Sequoia Riverlands Trust. The twelve years of gravel mining operations significantly altered the Dry Creek streambed and resulted in the felling of numerous mature sycamores and valley oaks, which caused significant damage to one of the largest and last remaining sycamore alluvial woodlands in California.

Since 2004, SRT has partnered with community members, educational institutions and other conservation organizations to re-establish natural stream patterns and restore the land's woodland vegetation with hundreds of oak and sycamore plantings and native grasses. Now, the Dry Creek Preserve once again provides critical habitat for an ever-increasing population of resident and migratory birds and supports native species such as the great blue heron, bald eagle and herds of mule deer. The preserve also delights visitors with a stunning wildflower show every spring.

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