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Article: Carrizo Plain, land of extremes. (eastern of San Luis Obispo County, California)
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- Article date:
- November 1, 1989
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Carrizo Plain, land of extremes "A lot of people think we're condemned to live out here," said the manager of a motel perched on the edge of the Carrizo Plain. "But we love it."
The Carrizo is a land of extremes. Sear and barren much of the year, it bursts with life at the coming of winter rains. Sun-blasted at midday, it falls into seductive shadow at dusk.
This remote 45-mile-long plain, in eastern San Luis Obispo County, is also an ecological "island," a landlocked ark for animals and plants vanquished elsewhere. Now it contains Carrizo Plain Natural Area, California's largest nature preserve. It's not the easiest place to visit. But if you don't ...