{"id":2291,"date":"2000-05-07T20:44:04","date_gmt":"2000-05-07T20:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2000\/01\/08\/mudpots-californias-gold-2005\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:35:59","slug":"mudpots-californias-gold-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2000\/05\/07\/mudpots-californias-gold-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Mudpots &#8211; California&#039;s Gold (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In this muddy adventure, Huell travels to some very remote areas to take an up close and personal look at &#8220;mudpots&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mudpots only occur three places in the US and one of them is right here in California. Our first stop is the Imperial Wildlife Area. Huell and a member of the Fish and Game take a look at huge mounds of bubbling, oozing, popping and exploding mudpots. 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