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by Harold Gilliam
While the rest of the West bakes in the summer heat, Bay Area residents salute the return of the fog. Renowned environmental journalist Harold Gilliam explains the dynamics of the Bay Area's natural air-conditioning system as two local photographers capture its fleeting beauty.
From the Jul-Sep 2002 issue
Published July 01, 2002
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by Pete Holloran
True, there was no e-mail, snail mail, or even Pony Express, but somehow postcards from intrepid explorers of the San Mateo coast in days of yore have reached our mailbox. Take a unique trip through time and discover how the beach and marsh at Pescadero came to be the treasures we love to visit today.
From the Jul-Sep 2002 issue
Published July 01, 2002
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by Joe Eaton
Considered one of the smartest and most adaptable birds in the sky, ravens are as comfortable dining on garbage as on endangered snowy plovers. After dwindling for decades, raven populations have rebounded throughout the Bay Area, bringing with them a touch of wildness to our urban lives.
From the Jul-Sep 2002 issue
Published July 01, 2002
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by Persis M. Karim
Along the Bay's eastern shoreline, an odd collection of artists, shorebirds, and plants have made their mark on a little-known former landfill known as the Albany Bulb. Now the Bulb's unruly landscape finds itself in the midst of the debate over the design of the new Eastshore State Park. But you can still explore and unwind at this decidedly eclectic open space.
From the Jul-Sep 2002 issue
Published July 01, 2002
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by Delphin M. Delmas
At the dawn of the 20th century, a number of Peninsula residents—including photographer Andrew Hill and lawyer Delphin Delmas—watched in horror as loggers cut their way into groves of ancient redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Determined to preserve these Titanic offsprings of Nature for future generations, these pioneering citizens banded together to lobby for the creation of California's first state park—Big Basin.
From the Jul-Sep 2002 issue
Published July 01, 2002
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by Michael Ellis
From the Jul-Sep 2002 issue
Published July 01, 2002
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by Sara Marcellino
Great blue herons, outdoor adventures, trail guides, bugs, bugs, bugs, salt pond restoration, Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival, and more...
From the Jul-Sep 2002 issue