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This morning, as I read the story in the Tri-Valley Herald (www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald)   about the Koopman Ranch and how the county’s ranching heritage is threatened, I couldn’t help but think that something very important was missing.
Yes, agriculture is dwindling in Alameda County and ranches are disappearing along with wildlife habitat, but often forgotten is the [...]

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On a recent hunting trip in Alberta, I was surprised to learn that in Alberta, the government does not permit land owners to lease hunting rights to other people, in other words the hunting rights cannot be segregated from the land and sold to somebody else on a periodic basis. However, my guide could hunt [...]

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My brother spotted a deer in Mocho Creek last week. It was a doe. Having lived along Livermore’s Mocho Creek for much of our lives, we know that spotting a deer in the creek is unusual. So unusual that the last deer we saw in Mocho Creek was over 40 years ago.
Our previous deer sighting occured [...]

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(Caption: The size of the pond and the catch vary with ”the beholder.” ;) The small sycamore tree stood atop a 20 foot high mound where it had been spared by quarry equipment. It remained an island in an otherwise barren gravel pit. From our vantage point, my brother, Rob, and I could see a valley quail sitting atop [...]

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In the summer of 1992, I published a real estate newsletter. One of the areas of discussion was related to the benefits of partnerships. In that summer’s issue, I wrote the following:
 There are several ways that one can hold title to real estate. One of the common methods of taking title, when there is [...]

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Hunting partner, Tom Billingsley, and I arrived at the Web Tract ferry about 8:45 on Saturday morning Dec 1. One truck was in line ahead of us and the driver hopped out of his truck as we pulled up.

“I’ve been here since 8 O’clock,” he bellowed. “There was no 8 O’clock ferry and if it [...]

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The silence over the duck ponds made a statement about the quality of the hunting. No ducks, no shooting. OK, there were a few ducks overhead, but not very many.
The decoys sat motionless in the still air. A light fog settled in as the sun began to appear like a soft white light creating an [...]

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