The tule reeds might be ripped out, damaging the slough's filtration system. |
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Egrets, terns, mallards, pelicans, eagles, tundra swans, and herons browsed amid thickets of 10-foot-tall bulrushes known as tule. |
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In springtime, the tule marshes trapped floodwaters, and for miners and early travelers they were yet another obstacle to movement. |
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You might even catch a glimpse of the tule elk that live in the reserve at the northern tip of the Point Reyes peninsula. |
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In my youth, this was a murky place filled with stands of tule reeds, bubbling pools of stagnant water and little streams that ran between islands of bushes and reeds. |
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After being harvested, the tule stems or cattail leaves were laid on the ground and dried in the sun. |
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Both cattails and tule are harvested in the late summer, when they are easiest to pick. |
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Right off the bat, our rules eliminate mountain sheep, Canada and Shiras moose, Canada caribou, muskoxen, mountain goats, big bears and California's Tule elk. |
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Although we saw several Columbia blacktail deer, hogs, and turkeys during our brief tour of a small portion of the ranch, we did not see any other large Tule bulls. |
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