Let’s Go Chasing Waterfalls (and Wildflowers and Mushrooms)

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🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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California has been pummeled by storms in recent months, but the benefit of that never-ending rain cloud is all the makings for a beautiful Bay Area spring. Rivers are gushing, wildflowers are blooming, mushrooms are sprouting and waterfalls are tumbling in places they haven’t been seen in years, We’ll talk to a panel of nature-lovers about what to look for and the best places to see the glories of spring. Guests: Radhika Thekkath, president, Santa Clara Valley chapter of the California Native Plant Society Tracy Salcedo, outdoor guide author, has written multiple books about hiking in California, including “Hiking Waterfalls Northern California: A Guide to the Region's Best Waterfall Hikes.” Brad Day, publisher, Weekendsherpa.com - A free weekly e-mail about accessible outdoor adventures in the Bay Area. J.R. Blair, amateur mycologist and retired lecturer in Biology at San Francisco State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.1	The from KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Leslie McClure again today for Alexis
0:51.2	Madrigal. The benefit of a brutally wet winter is an insanely
0:55.6	beautiful spring. I don't think I've ever seen the hills so green. The rivers are gushing,
1:00.8	mushrooms are sprouting. In the next hour, we will talk about where to go to see the best
1:05.2	wildflowers, waterfalls, and majestic views. That's next on Forum right after this news.
1:47.7	Thank you. and majestic views. That's next on Forum right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Leslie McClure again today for Alexis Madrigal. All of my neighbors in Oakland have complained this winter about the weather. But I'm originally from Seattle, and so this winter felt a lot like home.
1:49.6	I absolutely love the rain.
1:51.5	I love walking barefoot and grass.
1:53.7	I'm feeling water pool around my toes.
1:56.0	The whole year, I love that.
2:02.0	For me, this winter has been soothing after so many crispy drought years. Walking through the woods right now feels like a drippy northwest rainforest. Today, our guides will inspire us to get
2:08.1	out in California and enjoy the natural wonders at play. We're joined today by Brad Day. He's
2:13.8	the co-founder of the outdoors website Weekend Sherpa. Radica Thaycutt, she is the president of the Santa Clara County,
2:20.3	excuse me, the Santa Clara Valley chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
2:25.3	Tracy Salcedo, she's the author of multiple outdoor guides, including hiking waterfalls,
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