A Quick Pic

I was on my way out the door from an assignment today and I came across this scene. Geese crossing the road. Nothing special. But the light was really nice and one falling behind gave a little hop to get to the other end. I kinda like this shot and I wanted to share it. -M

A Small Piece of the Puzzle - Studying Large mouth Bass in the Delta

I recently did a story on my roommate Anna who is doing a study for her University of California Davis ecology grad program on large mouth bass in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It is a pretty cool study aimed at determining what effects the non-native bass are having on the native fish like the endangered delta smelt. This is just a small piece of the puzzle regarding water usage throughout the state. Anna had the fun part. With the help of her assistants, she has been catching these bass, worm and pole style and then performing surgery on them to implant tracking devices. It was a pretty crazy process to watch. It will be interesting to see what happens next when the data will start pouring in.

August and Everything After

Another collection of photographs from a very overdue post. August like July was an incredibly slow month for us here at the paper. I have been taking the opportunity to put together a newer version of my Shopping for Dynamite book about the six month journey through South America with my brother Eric. The book is in it's final stages after countless edits and re designs. I will make an official post when it is completed. So for now here are some images that I have made lately. -M