Arcata Marsh by wysiwig

Photography • Landscape • posted on Mar 18, 2011

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

Most of the land between Humboldt Bay and the forested hillsides was at one time marshland with a few drier prairie areas. The Arcata Prairie was the site of several Wiyot villages and was called Goal-la-nah meaning a land a little above water. In 1850 white settlers laid out the town of Union on the shore of the bay. The name was changed to Arcata on March 20, 1860. In 1850 swampland reclamation was legalized and encouraged by the federal government. Sixty-five hundred acres of marshland existed on Humboldt Bay in the 1800’s. Now there is less than one tenth of that. The Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary was dedicated July 4, 1981 to preserve what was left. By the way, this is not a meadow. There is water under those plants.

Comments (13)

)

jocko500

12:24AM | Fri, 18 March 2011

lovely shot

)

auntietk

12:35AM | Fri, 18 March 2011

Beautiful place! I love the light. Lovely greens!

)

durleybeachbum

4:21AM | Fri, 18 March 2011

So glad they saved a remnant! A shame we desecrate our land so easily.

)

Faemike55

8:31AM | Fri, 18 March 2011

no mowing that grass Great capture and interesting history

)

mariogiannecchini

2:49PM | Fri, 18 March 2011

Beautiful capture and intersting info !

)

sandra46

6:27PM | Fri, 18 March 2011

EXCELLENT IMAGE, GREAT PLACE TO SEE!

)

hipps13

12:13AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

nice place for a smile warm hugs, Linda

)

vaggabondd

11:44PM | Sat, 19 March 2011

its a beautiful little spot, what a shame that it is so small, nice capture and details

)

psyoshida

8:21PM | Mon, 21 March 2011

Lovely shot through the bushes to the reeds and water plants. It looks so unspoiled now. One tiny corner left unscathed. Thanks for the history.

)

delaorden_ojeda

8:41AM | Thu, 24 March 2011

excelent info of this quiet place , nice colors and composition , thamks for you visit and comments

)

blondeblurr

10:17PM | Sat, 26 March 2011

So, it's watch your step or else ? - most intriguing situation, but what a great breeding ground for wildlife ... thanks for sharing, something so unbeknown-st to me, BB

)