Here’s your Bay Area nature news:
- Dozens of CA groups call for offshore fracking to halt. [Daily Journal]
- Park Service drops Muir Woods Panoramic parking lot plan. [Marin Independent Journal]
- Vineyard owners shape environmental policy. [Press Democrat]
- Marin park plan critics: ‘Hands off our trails.’ [Marin Independent Journal]
- Mountain lion sighting along Highway 1. [The Daily Journal]
- Tab for Tiburon ridgetop environmental analysis hits $345,000. [Marin Independent Journal]
- The burrowing owl has been selected as the 2013 Audubon California Bird of the Year. [Contra Costa Times]
- San Mateo County most vulnerable in California to sea level rise. [San Jose Mercury]
- CA’s first wild wolf OR-7 made a visit to Siskiyou County over the weekend. [Sacramento Bee]
- Mystery ailment continues to wipe out the coast’s starfish. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Coyotes seemingly thrive in San Francisco. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- River otters are thriving all over the Bay Area. [KQED Science]
- Sonoma County’s wild pigs a spreading problem. [Press Democrat]
- Lake Sonoma volunteer group set to reopen visitor center. [Press Democrat]
- California lawmakers worry about pollution caused by illegal marijuana grows. [Huffington Post]
- Court Upholds SF’s Ban On Plastic Bags. [SF Appeal]
