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Sonoma County Regional Parks includes 59 parks and beaches from Petaluma to Gualala and Sonoma to Bodega Bay. Many offer wild landscapes and miles of trails. Others feature sports fields, playgrounds, and campgrounds. Regional Parks also manages the county's largest ocean marina and largest extracurricular environmental education center.
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Also, meteorites that fall to Antarctica are preserved in ice for a long time.

Members of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program collect a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite from the base of Mt. Ward, Antarctica. Image credit: Christine Floss

NASA scientists have used the Antarctic environment to study Mars. The desert conditions in Antarctica are like the conditions on Mars. NASA tested robots in Antarctica that later landed on Mars.
NASA scientists went to Antarctica to study astronaut nutrition. Like people in Antarctica in the winter, astronauts in space are not in the sunlight. The sun helps the human body make vitamins. Scientists study people that visit Antarctica to learn how to help astronauts in space get enough vitamins.
Antarctica is also an important region to study the effects of climate change. NASA’s NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) will measure changes in sea ice, snow extent, permafrost, and surface melting in higher resolution than ever before. Rising sea level from melting ice sheets can create dangerous conditions for people living close to the ocean. Measurements taken now will be used to predict future changes and help scientists better understand our planet's changing climate.

Scientists like Dr. Kimberley Miner visit Antarctica to conduct research and learn more about our Earth. Image credit: Kimberley R. Miner/NASA-JPL/Caltech.

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Humans love dogs. It’s a mutual affection that goes far back in time. And among the various members of the dog family, the coyote, Canis Latrans, has long been recognized and honored by Native Americans as a particularly bright and clever animal.
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They’re one of the more magnificent wild creatures found in Sonoma County’s Regional Parks – and one we’re unlikely to ever see.
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A (brief) natural history of black bears in Sonoma County
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Are there bears in Sonoma County's parks? Yes, signs of black bears have been observed in or near parks throughout the county. Should park-goers be worried? No. These shy and elusive animals are interested in fruits and nuts, not hikers and bikers.