The Dunbarton quarry site near Fremont would become a campground and a park under EBRPD plans. Photo: Wayne Hsieh.

East Bay Parks eyes 16 new park sites, SF curbs environmental review

by Alison Hawkes

July 17, 2013

Happy Wednesday! Time for your roundup of Bay Area nature news:

East Bay Regional Parks releases its plan to potentially acquire 16 new park sites. [Bay Area News Group]
What caused the known death of an endangered bird at a solar power site, this one in Riverside? [KCET]
Bay Area data paints complex picture on whether plastic bag bans are really working to clean up litter. [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
San Jose begins spraying insecticide on trees and telephone polls to curb populations of invasive guava fruit flies. [San Jose Mercury News]
Planning groups set to approve Bay Area Plan on Thursday, a regional land use plan for new development and transportation. [San Francisco Business Times]
San Francisco makes fee on entrance to Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park permanent to non-city residents. [SF Appeal]
SF curbs environmental review process by limiting rights to appeal. [San Francisco Business Times]

About the Author

Alison Hawkes was a Bay Nature editor from 2011-2017. Before Bay Nature she worked in journalism for more than a decade as a former newspaper reporter turned radio producer turned web editor with each rendition bringing her closer to her dream of covering environmental issues. She co-founded Way Out West, a site dedicated to covering Bay Area environmental news.