hahamongna blog day

faithful followers of this blog will remember that earlier this year i ran a series of posts on pasadena's city parks.  pasadena also boasts several larger park spaces - one of those being hahamongna watershed park.  as the name suggests, this space is more than just a park.  it also acts as a sediment and debris basin due to the topography of the area and its proximity to the highly erosive san gabriel mountain range.  if you look back at this image i posted earlier this year, you can see the flood plain in full blown soggy action.

the city has decided that this continually evolving and unstable area would be perfect for some new soccer fields.  i'm not even joking.  fortunately people are beginning to speak up to save this space - including this group (check out their very informative website).

other local area bloggers are writing about this important subject today and the story has been picked up by the pasadena star news.  check out the following list...

Altadena Above It All
Altadena Hiker
A Thinking Stomach
East of Allen
Finnegan Begin Again
LA Creek Freak
Mendolonium
Mister Earl's Musings
My Life With Tommy
Pasadena Adjacent
Pasadena Daily Photo
Pasadena Latina
SaveHahamongna.org
Selvage
The Sky Is Big In Pasadena
Webster's Fine Stationers Web Log
West Coast Grrlie Blather

skywatching at j.p.l. and hahamongna

i've been discovering more and more about our local area parks because of a top secret project i'm working on (for a hint, check out the comments on this post). today's photo is of hahamongna park with nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in the background.

for more on the fate of this lovely space, check out petrea's perspective at pasadena daily photo.

more bloggers doing the skywatch friday thing can be found right here.