It’s the time of year when storms begin rolling in again across Northern California, bringing much-needed water to the dry landscape.
And that precipitation is causing life to rebloom again in the region’s vernal pools, small temporary wetlands caused by rainwater filling up depressions in the ground.
These pools are scattered across California, though many have been lost to time. Throughout the winter and spring these wetlands are teeming with unique plant and animal species, some of which can be found nowhere else…