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Angelica lineariloba - Sierra angelica or Poison angelica seen in the Sierra Nevada mountains
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Rule 1 - read the water before crossing - a nice runout pool, a clockwise current was noted, if one should fall or be swept downriver in higher water
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Sierra Mountain Center wilderness class at Mosquito Flat in the Sierra Nevadas - water crossing skills
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Lake Crowley a reservoir created by building the Long Valley Dam of the Owens River and as a consequence ending farming in the Owen's Valley in the early 1900s - Owens Valley's water is sent to Los Angeles
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Sierra Nevadas Mountains, Alabama Hills, Owens Valley all resulting from fault block and basin and range stretching