Tumaren

Category: Issues | Date: Apr 26 2009 | By: tumaren

Here are a series of Rocks that I photographed on a recent trip down the Ewaso Nyiro River. I would appreciate any ideas anyone might have about any of these structures as well as some clue as to how they were formed.  I know that our area has experienced a great deal of interesting geologic activity associated with the the movement and spread of the rift valley but i dont know enough about it.  Thanks for any ideas. Cheers, James

Tags: Kenyan Geology, Rift Valley Geology

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Category: Issues | Date: Apr 26 2009 | By: tumaren

Here is an image of the dam we built here on Tumaren for our wildlife.  It remains dry despite April being what should be the rainiest month of the year.  We can only hope that May makes up for the lack of rain this month.

Tags: dams, wildlife management

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Category: Mammals, camera-trap | Date: Apr 12 2009 | By: tumaren

We got this big boy last night out on the road.  you can see the setting moonlight in the background. We think he is the same mail we got in our cameratrap at an Impala Kill earlier in the year.  Fortunately, he did not find the Easter Bunny who did visit us with chocholate this morning.

Tags: , Big Cat Conservation, cameratrap, leopard

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Category: Issues | Date: Apr 08 2009 | By: tumaren

My concerns for the crocs in the Ewaso were confirmed the other day when Kerry and I passed a camp downstream at an area called Ntodo.  We found 2 dead crocs that were hunted down while they hid pathetically in the last remaining hiding places on the river.  A local Samburu that we spoke with said that they had killed 8 in the immediate area, most of whom had hidden under the fig treen in the photograph below.  you can see in the images of the tree where they had cut the roots  to access the crocs hiding underneath. the last image in of one of the crocs dead and still in his hiding place. all very sad and we can only hope that enough small crocs survive till the river starts flowing again.  The worst part of this water disaster is that it has all been man-made. This is what happens when there is no water management, an excess of corruption and no enforcement of existing laws.

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