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Clear Lake is the largest natural lake entirely in California, and has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake entirely in California, the tenth largest by capacity. It is located in Lake County and is fed by many streams, but its sole outlet is Cache Creek. There is a dam on Cache Creek to increase the lake's capacity and to regulate outflow. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x766, 202 KB)[edit] Summary Picture of Clear Lake in California. ... Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). ... Eutrophication is apparent northern part of the Caspian Sea as imaged from orbit. ... The common (Arrhenius) definition of a base is a chemical compound that either donates hydroxide ions or absorbs hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. ... Polymictic lakes are holomictic lakes that are too shallow to develop thermal stratification; thus, their waters can mix from top to bottom throughout the ice-free period. ... Cache Creek is a large stream in Yolo County, California. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (blue outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (green lines) of a contiguous area. ... Rattlesnake Island is an island located on Clear Lake in Lake County, northern California. ... There are several places are named Clear Lake: In Canada: Clear Lake, Ontario In the United States: Clear Lake, a lake in California Clear Lake, Illinois Clear Lake, Indiana Clear Lake, Iowa Clear Lake, Minnesota Clear Lake, South Dakota Clear Lake (region) a region of Texas in parts of Harris... For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria A stream, brook, beck, burn or creek, is a body of water with a detectable current, confined within a bed and banks. ... Cache Creek is a large stream in Yolo County, California. ... This article is about structures for water impoundment. ...

Clear Lake is 19 miles (30.6 km) long, 8 mi (12.8 km) wide at widest point, with surface area of 43,785 acres (177.19 km²) and a capacity of 1.42 km³ (1,155,000 acre-feet). Average depth is 27 ft (8 m), maximum is 60 feet (18 m), lake elevation is 1,318 feet (401.7 m) minimum, average water temp is 40 °F (4 °C) in winter and 76 °F (24 °C) in summer. Location 39°03′N, 122°49′W (per USGS). â€œMilesâ€ redirects here. ... â€œkmâ€ redirects here. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... An acre foot is a unit of volume commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, and river flows. ...

Clear Lake is believed to be one of the oldest lakes in North America, due to a geological fluke. The lake sits on a huge block of stone which slowly tilts in the northern direction at the same rate as the lake fills in with sediment, thus keeping the water at roughly the same depth. Core samples of the lake's sediments, taken by U.S. Geological Survey geologists in 1973 and 1980, indicate that the lake is at least 480,000 years old. Some experts feel that Mono Lake, to the east of the Sierra Nevada in California, is older than Clear Lake. However, the sedimentary history of Clear Lake is unbroken, while Mono Lake's sediments have been disturbed by past eruptions of the Long Valley Caldera and associated volcanoes. North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology. ... Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird species and is one of the most productive ecosystems in North America[citation needed]. // Satellite photo of Mono Lake Mono Craters to the right of the image are rhyolitic... This article is about the mountain range in the Western United States. ... Long Valley Caldera is a depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. ...

The geology of Clear Lake is chaotic, with numerous small faults being present in the south end of the lake as well as many old volcanoes, the largest being Mount Konocti, sitting at the middle of the lake's south shore. Blue Lakes, Lake Pillsbury, and Indian Valley Reservoir are the county's other major bodies of water. This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Geologic faults, fault lines or simply faults are planar rock fractures, which show evidence of relative movement. ... Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska photographed from the International Space Station For other uses, see Volcano (disambiguation). ... Konocti is a 4,299 foot (1,310 meter) mountain in Lake County, California, on the western shore of Clear Lake. ...

Yolo County Flood Control District, not to be confused with Yolo County has historical water rights over the lake because the runoff was used for irrigation before other uses were established for the lake. This causes disputes. In winter, Yolo would like to use the lake for water storage, while the lake residents fear flooding. In summer, Yolo would like to divert water for irrigation, while residents want the lake to have a high water volume to increase its oxygen content and fishery. The water rights issues interfere with Lake County's plans to manage the lake and utilize the water. The water rights have since been contested, and new injunctions and compromises regarding the lake and creek levels, and the water needed for agriculture in Yolo County, have been put into effect. The ongoing water rights dispute has also misled real estate investors into thinking that potable water is abundant in Lake County, which is not really correct. Several attempted housing developments have been stymied by lack of legally-acceptable water rights, as well as inadequate sewage-processing facilities in the lake area. Yolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. ... Flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. ... General Name, symbol, number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series nonmetals, chalcogens Group, period, block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless (gas) pale blue (liquid) Standard atomic weight 15. ... A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic species, an activity known as fishing. ... Look up Injunction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... A structured building development of residential properties. ... Sewage is the mainly liquid waste containing some solids produced by humans which typically consists of washing water, faeces, urine, laundry waste and other material which goes down drains and toilets from households and industry. ...

History

At one time Clear Lake was even bigger than it is now, and included the Blue Lakes (to the northwest of Clear Lake). Volcanic eruptions and subsequent landslides changed the landscape dramatically, forever separating Clear Lake from the Blue Lakes and from its former westward drainage into the Russian River. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 593 pixelsFull resolutionâ€Ž (1,280 Ã— 948 pixels, file size: 300 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Clear Lake (to the left) and Indian Valley Reservoir (the smaller body of water to the right) in Northern California, USA. NASA Landsat 7 image. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 593 pixelsFull resolutionâ€Ž (1,280 Ã— 948 pixels, file size: 300 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Clear Lake (to the left) and Indian Valley Reservoir (the smaller body of water to the right) in Northern California, USA. NASA Landsat 7 image. ... The Russian River downstream of Duncans Mills The Russian River rises in the coastal mountains of Mendocino County, north of Ukiah, in Northern California. ...

Archaeologists believe that the Clear Lake basin has been occupied by Native Americans for at least 11,000 years. Evidence of this has been found at nearby Borax Lake and on Rattlesnake Island in the lake's south arm. Abundant fish, game and waterbirds made Clear Lake an oasis in the otherwise harsh conditions of Northern California's mountains. The native Clear Lake hitch, Lavinia exilicauda, was once so abundant that millions of hitch clogged the lake's feeder streams in dry months. When the Spanish missionaries came to California, they found that thousands of Native Americans lived in the Clear Lake Basin, primarily Pomo people and Yuki-Wappo with some Lake Miwok. This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... Rattlesnake Island is an island located on Clear Lake in Lake County, northern California. ... Binomial name Lavinia exilicauda Baird & Girard, 1854) The hitch Lavinia exilicauda is a cyprinid fish endemic to central California, and once very common. ... The Pomo people are a linguistic branch of Native American people of Northern California. ... Pre-contact distribution of Yuki-Wappo languages Yuki-Wappo (also Yukian, Wappo-Yuki) is a small extinct language family of eastern California consisting of only two languages. ... Clear Lake, California, is the homeland of the Lake Miwok. ...

European settlers arrived, starting around 1845. Frequently they abused and exploited the native Pomo people. One of the most notorious incidents was the Bloody Island Massacre of spring 1850 [1]. A number of Pomo were enslaved and abused by settlers Andrew Kelsey, whose name is attached to the town of Kelseyville today, and Charles Stone. The Pomo finally revolted and killed Kelsey and Stone. A United States Army contingent under Gen. Nathaniel Lyon cornered as many as 200 Pomo on an island in Clear Lake, and slaughtered most of them--including scores of women and children. The historical marker for Bloody Island is on Highway 20 between Upper Lake and the Robinson Rancheria. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The Pomo people are a linguistic branch of Native American people of Northern California. ... For other places called Bloody Island, see Bloody Island. ... The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Nathaniel Lyon Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 â€“ August 10, 1861) was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War and is noted for his actions in the state of Missouri at the beginning of the conflict. ... Places titled Bloody Island Listed chronologically // Bloody Island was a sand bar in the Mississippi River, opposite St. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-1 MEN 0. ...

Later, the Pomo were forced to live in small "rancherias" set aside by the federal government. For most of the 20th century, the few Pomo people left had to live on these tiny reservations in poverty. Ironically, today the fastest-growing businesses around Lake County are the gambling casinos presently operated by four Pomo rancherias, with more casinos planned. This article is about Native Americans. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Exhibits and programs about the region's culture and history are maintained and presented by rangers and docents at Clear Lake State Park and at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park. Lake County has two county museums, the Lake County Museum in Lakeport and the Lower Lake Historical Schoolhouse Museum in Lower Lake. There are also numerous state and local historical landmarks identified throughout the county. Clear Lake State Park is a state park in California, featuring Clear Lake, a large lake formed by ancient volcanic activities. ... Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is a property of the state of Californias state parks department. ...

Pollution

There is no doubt that the lake has eutrophication. The smell of algae is present year-round, and on hot summer days the smell can be overpowering. The cyanobacteria bloom in the summer due to long, hot days and the relative shallowness and warmth of the lake. The blooms form a mat. When the mat dies and rots, the smell lasts until rotting is complete, or the wind and currents turn over the lake, and move the mat away from the air. Eutrophication, strictly speaking, means an increase in chemical nutrients -- typically compounds containing nitrogen or phosphorus -- in an ecosystem. ... Algae have conventionally been regarded as simple plants within the study of botany. ... Orders The taxonomy is currently under revision. ...

Some authorities say that the lake is not now, and never has been, polluted. Core samples going back many years, taken by the United States Department of Agriculture in conjunction with the University of California, Davis, prove that the cyanobacteria are natural parts of the food chain in the lake and the riparian zone which surrounds it. It is known that many Native American settlements were near the lake, and the native Pomo prized the lake for its large population of fish, which could not be supported without large quantities of algae. Air pollution Pollution is the introduction of pollutants (whether chemical substances, or energy such as noise, heat, or light) into the environment to such a point that its effects become harmful to human health, other living organisms, or the environment. ... â€œUSDAâ€ redirects here. ... The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. ... A well preserved Riparian strip on a tributary to Lake Erie. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ...

Other authorities say that the eutrophication indicates a lack of oxygen caused because the lake was polluted by poorly managed sewage from local septic tanks, and unregulated spills from Southlake settlement's primitive sewage systems. When combined with diversion of water, the lake's oxygen content has declined far from its natural state. They cite historical records, including the name of the lake, to indicate that the changes are clearly caused by human settlement. The modern lake is far from clear. General Name, symbol, number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series nonmetals, chalcogens Group, period, block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless (gas) pale blue (liquid) Standard atomic weight 15. ... Sewage is the mainly liquid waste containing some solids produced by humans which typically consists of washing water, faeces, urine, laundry waste and other material which goes down drains and toilets from households and industry. ... A septic tank, the key component of a septic system, is a small scale sewage treatment system common in areas with no connection to main sewerage pipes provided by private corporations or local governments. ...

There is a sewage treatment plant in the city of Clearlake on the north shore of the south arm of the lake. Some treated wastewater is also diverted to The Geysers, a collection of geothermal power plants. Neither of these release directly to the lake. Local residents insist that some older lakefront homes dump their sewage directly into the lake; however, the county has not pursued this problem due to lack of evidence and lack of political interest^{[citation needed]}. Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. ... The West Ford Flat power plant is one of 21 power plants at The Geysers The Geysers, a geothermal power field located 72 miles (116 km) north of San Francisco, California, is the largest geothermal development in the world. ... Krafla Geothermal Station in northeast Iceland Geothermal power is energy generated by heat stored beneath the Earths surface. ...

The injection of treated wastewaster at The Geysers geothermal area has allegedly caused hundreds of small earthquakes in the Anderson Springs/Cobb Mountain area, south of the lake, since 1996. The matter is being investigated to see if the increase in microquakes is natural. This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ...

The lake may also be heavily contaminated with mercury from the nearby Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine. [2] The California Department of Fish and Game presently recommends that women of childbearing age and children limit their consumption of sport fish from Clear Lake, due to the presence of methylmercury compounds in lake sediments. [3] General Name, Symbol, Number mercury, Hg, 80 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 6, d Appearance silvery Standard atomic weight 200. ...

Wildlife

The Clear Lake basin attracts large quantities of waterfowl, including mallards, Western grebe, coots, various species of goose, ospreys, plovers, mergansers and many others. Wild turkeys and black-tailed deer are abundant, as are opossums, red-tailed hawks, turkey vultures, raccoons, and other species. The endangered northern spotted owl is seen occasionally. The county hosts a growing population of the rare tule elk, recently reintroduced after being locally hunted to extinction 100 years before. A large colony of bald eagles is found in the Cache Creek canyon. Binomial name Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies See Mexican Duck, Anas, and article text The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos[1]), also known as the wild duck, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. ... Binomial name Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence, 1858) The Western Grebe, (Aechmophorus occidentalis â€ ), is a member of the grebe family of water birds. ... Coots may mean: Coot, a medium sized water bird of the rail family Coots is also the name of: J. Fred Coots (1897-1985) a songwriter This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Geese redirects here. ... For other uses, see Osprey (disambiguation). ... Genera Pluvialis Charadrius Thinornis Elseyornis Peltohyas Anarhynchus Phegornis Oreopholus Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. ... Trinomial name Odocoileus hemionus columbianus Richardson, 1829 Like all deer, black-tailed deer are herbivores. ... This article or section should be merged with Virginia_opossum The word opossum (usually pronounced without the leading O, or with only a very slight schwa) refers either to the Virginia Opossum in particular, or more generally to any of the other marsupials of magnorder Ameridelphia. ... Binomial name Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a large Buteo which breeds from western Alaska and northern Canada to Panama and the West Indies. ... Binomial name Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) The Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura is an extremely graceful bird in flight. ... For the animated television series see The Raccoons Binomial name Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor), often just called the Raccoon, is a mammal native to America. ... For other uses, see Elk (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a raptor that is indigenous to North America, and is the national symbol of the United States of America. ...

In addition to the native Clear Lake hitch Lavinia exilicauda (called chi by the native Pomo), the lake hosts catfish, crappie, and other native fish species, as well as farmed largemouth bass, trout and carp placed by the Department of Fish and Game for sporting purposes. Lake waters host quantities of tule and other riparian plants commonly seen around California lakes, as well as the massive cyanobacteria blooms that peak in late summer. Binomial name Lavinia exilicauda Baird & Girard, 1854) The hitch Lavinia exilicauda is a cyprinid fish endemic to central California, and once very common. ... This article is about the siluriform catfishes; for the Atlantic catfish, see Seawolf (fish); for other uses, see Catfish (disambiguation). ... Species - white crappie - black crappie Pomoxis is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... Binomial name The Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a species of fish. ... Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Biwa trout (or Biwa salmon), Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ... For other uses, see Carp (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Schoenoplectus acutus (Muhl. ... Orders The taxonomy is currently under revision. ...

The rugged coastal mountains surrounding Clear Lake are covered with thick stands of oak-madrone forest, manzanita, sage shrubs, chaparral, grasses etc. Most common trees include valley oak, interior live oak, pacific madrone, California scrub oak, plus very occasional coast redwoods and tanoak. Large stands of Western White Pine may be seen in the higher elevations. The heavy forestation and ruggedness of this part of California has helped prevent wholesale real-estate development or farming. On the northeast slope of Mount Konocti is a heavily forested area known locally as the "Black Forest", because it never gets direct sunshine. This area has some Douglas fir in very heavy stands. Species See text See Manzanita (album) for the Mia Doi Todd album. ... Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, USA, that is shaped by a Mediterranean climate (mild, wet winters and hot dry summers) and wildfire. ... Binomial name Quercus lobata Nee The Valley oak is the largest of North american oaks and arguably the most majestic of its genus. ... Binomial name Quercus wislizenii The Interior live oak, Quercus wislizenii is an evergeen oak, highly variable and often shrubby, found in the large areas of California in the United States. ... ... Binomial name Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. ... Binomial name Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. ... Binomial name Pinus monticola Douglas ex D. Don Western White Pine (Pinus monticola; family Pinaceae) is a species of pine that occurs in the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically the Sierra Nevada, the Cascade Range, the Coast Range, and the northern Rocky Mountains. ... Species See text Douglas-fir is the common name applied to coniferous trees of the genus Pseudotsuga in the family Pinaceae. ...

At every entry to Lake County, signs warn boaters not to spread hydrilla in the county's bodies of water. Extensive manangement efforts have controlled the presence of hydrilla in Clear Lake, although it may return at any time. Species Hydrilla asiatica Hydrilla japonica Hydrilla lithuanica Hydrilla ovalifolica Hydrilla verticillata Hydrilla is an aquatic plant, native to the cool and warm waters of Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. ...

One thing that makes Clear Lake notorious among entomologists is the Clear Lake gnat (Chaoborus astictopus). This species of "phantom midge" resembles a large mosquito, but is harmless. Major gnat hatches start anytime from March through June, depending on weather. Before pesticide use began in the 1940s, the gnat was so abundant around the lake in the summer that large piles of dead gnats appeared beneath streetlights, looking like dirty green snow. C. astictopus was a unique species, found nowhere else--until recently, when it was found to be spreading to other lakes in California. Starting in 1949, dichloro diphenyl dichloroethane (DDD) was poured into the lake in heavy doses to eradicate the gnats which drove summer tourists away, in an effort to boost the local economy. It worked, at first. When the gnats returned the following year, DDD was again applied to the lake by the ton. Numbers of western grebe were found dead, their tissues containing high concentrations of DDD. The effects were devastating to the local ecology. Since the 1960s, gnat and mosquito remediation has consisted of carefully planned applications of various pesticides, currently methyl parathion, to lake waters, with limited success--the gnat has apparently developed some resistance to common pesticides, and is rumored to currently occur in numbers not seen since the 1950s. Not to be confused with Etymology, the study of the history of words. ... For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Mosquito (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Gnat (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence, 1858) The Western Grebe, (Aechmophorus occidentalis â€ ), is a member of the grebe family of water birds. ... Flash point 120 Â°C R Statements 24-26/28-48/25-50/53 S Statements 28-36/37-45-60-61 RTECS number ? Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, Îµr, etc. ...

A number of mosquitoes also call Clear Lake home, including two species that are known spreaders of malaria. Abatement programs have reduced the threat of this disease, though scientists suspect that malaria might still reappear in the area, given the right conditions. West Nile virus was recently discovered in wild birds in the lake area, as in surrounding counties. Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. ... West Nile virus (WNV) is a virus of the family Flaviviridae; part of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. ...

Recreation

With over 100 miles of shoreline, Clear Lake is a popular spot for watersports enthusiasts. Fishing, swimming, sailing, wind surfing, waterskiing, boating, and riding personal water craft are all popular activities, primarily in the summer. There are 11 free boat launch ramps around the lake that are open to the public. Individuals may rent boats and personal water craft from many businesses around the lake. There is also a community aquatic center, Clear Lake Scullers, in Lakeport that offers rowing, paddling, and water safety programs for adults and youth for the community. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... For either of the songs named Sailing, see Sailing (song). ... Windsurfing in Essex, England Windsurfing (also called boardsailing) is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2-4. ... Recreational skiiers typically use two skis — other techniques abound. ... // Boating, the leisurely activity of traveling by boat typically refers to the recreational use of boats whether power boats, sail boats, or yachts (large vessels), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing. ... Pump-jet PWCs such as this Yamaha Waverunner are extremely popular for their speed and maneuverability. ...

Clear Lake is sometimes called the "Bass Capital of the West." Largemouth bass, which are farmed and planted in the lake by California Department of Fish and Game, crappie, catfish, bluegill, and rainbow trout can be found in the county's lakes. Fishing boats can be rented, and many stores and facilities around the lake specialize in fishing equipment. Numerous fishing tournaments and derbies are held through the year. Binomial name The Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a species of fish. ... Species - white crappie - black crappie Pomoxis is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... This article is about the siluriform catfishes; for the Atlantic catfish, see Seawolf (fish); for other uses, see Catfish (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Rafinesque, 1819 The Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as bream, brim, or coppernose. ... It has been suggested that Steelhead be merged into this article or section. ... A fishing boat can range from two-person pleasure fishing boats up to 7-8 ton commercial fishers that can haul in over a billion fish at one time. ...

Area wineries with tasting rooms include Guenoc and Langtry Estate Vineyards and Winery, Ployez Winery, Steele Wines, and Wildhurst Vineyards. Wine Barrels A winery is a facility where fruit, usually grapes, is processed into wine. ...

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Contents

History

Pollution

Wildlife

Recreation

See also

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