14:  Welcome Page: Winters		Welcome to the Putah Creek Exploration Book. This online book will guide you through the public access sites along Lower Putah Creek (a thirty mile stretch from Monticello Dam to the Yolo Bypass). Follow the sites down the creek to learn about the Putah Creek corridor, to discover the plant and animal life that calls Putah Creek home,and to learn about recreation opportunities at public access sites along the creek. The page you are looking at right now is a quiet spot along Putah Creek near the City of Winters. This book is a project of the Putah Creek Council and Listening to Nature. For information on how to use this interactive book, please see the instructions below, or click the help tab to the left. The images on the left side of the book are interactive. Click the left mouse button on the image to move it around in 360 degrees for the java based book. If you are using the non-java book, there will be two "click" arrows below the main image. Click these to revolve the image.   Some pages have recorded sound. A sound player will appear at the bottom of these right side pages. Click the controls to play ambient sound or to adjust the volume.