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Tamara Lang

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Tag: Fish

Bolsa Chica Pocket Marsh
Tamara LangJanuary 28, 2016January 29, 2016California4 Comments

The Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Where Even Arsenic is Safe

The ending of a river such as the Los Angeles River is a complicated affair. I cannot sit on a boat and point towards fresh water on one side, saltwater on the other; the river slides through these categories in the shifting forms of wetland estuaries. Today, years of development have meant that the wetlands […]

Los Angeles from Elysian
Tamara LangJanuary 22, 2016January 22, 2016California

The Los Angeles River, from Steelhead to Stickleback

In a land of dusty chaparral baking beneath the ubiquitous California sun, the Los Angeles River in history was a beacon of life, forming a corridor of aquatic habitat from the Simi Hills and San Gabriel Mountains all the way to coastal estuaries. Each phase of the river molded a home for new groups of fish, their […]

Tamara LangMay 29, 2015June 26, 2015Korea2 Comments

Chuja Island by Foot, Fins, and Flatbed Truck

Islands are an addiction. Wherever you stand, whether on an archipelago, an extinct volcano, or a continent masquerading as something self-contained, there will always be a smaller island. This weekend I found myself on Chuja Island, a tiny dot of land alone in the waters off of the Korean peninsula. Thirty miles from both Jeju […]

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