Betting on Point Molate
A Contested Prize on Richmond's Shore

by Chiori Santiago

With stunning views of the Bay and Marin, Richmond’s Point Molate has seen a lot of changes: It’s been a shrimp camp, a huge winery, and a Navy fuel depot. Now the site of a controversial casino proposal, this modest point of land is home to diverse wildlife and some of the East Bay’s last native coastal prairie.

From the Jul-Sep 2005 issue
Published July 01, 2006
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Ubiquitous Eucalyptus
How an Aussie Got Naturalized

by Bill O’Brien

Some folks love their scent and shade; others resent them for crowding out natives; most of us know they came from Australia and found a niche here. But few know that the East Bay’s eucalypts owe their presence to one entrepreneur who thought the trees would make him rich. They didn’t, but now, love them or hate them, the trees are here to stay. Fortunately, some animals have profited from Mr. Havens’s mistake.

From the Jul-Sep 2005 issue
Published July 01, 2006
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Out of the Flames

On October 3, 1995, a wildfire erupted on Mount Vision at Point Reyes National Seashore. Before the flames were extinguished a week later, 12,000 acres of this popular park had been scorched, and 45 nearby homes burned to the ground. A decade later, we return to Point Reyes for a lesson in local fire ecology to see how the landscape, and the community, were reshaped and renewed by the blaze.

Special Section in the Jul-Sep 2005 issue
Published July 01, 2006

From an Entomologist’s Backyard
Happenings in a Monkey Flower

by Edward S. Ross

The sticky monkey flower, common on sunny Bay Area hillsides, hosts an array of insect visitors. Edward Ross’s intimate photos of these visits are but a small sample of the thousands he’s taken over six decades of studying insects near and far.

From the Jul-Sep 2005 issue
Published July 01, 2006
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Beachfront Property
Bank Swallows Dig in at Fort Funston

by Christine Petersen

San Francisco’s Fort Funston is perhaps best known for dogs and hang gliders, but its cliffs also host a thriving coastal bank swallow colony.

From the Jul-Sep 2005 issue
Published July 01, 2006
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Letter from the Publisher

by David Loeb

From the Jul-Sep 2005 issue
Published July 01, 2006
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Don’t Call Them Bugs
Interview with Dr. Edward S. Ross

by Cindy Spring

From the Jul-Sep 2005 issue
Published July 01, 2006
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Ear to the Ground
News from the conservation community and the natural world

by Christine Sculati

Community gardens, Mount Diablo buckwheat, palmate-bracted bird's beak, and more...

From the Jul-Sep 2005 issue