Christine Sculati is a Bay Nature contributor and writes about state park closures and nature on her blog.
February 07, 2013 by Christine Sculati
Ceramicist Marguerite Wildenhain left her legacy at Austin Creek State Recreation Area in Sonoma County. What happens when the interests of art history and state parks coincide?
August 10, 2012 by Christine Sculati
After six months of fundraising, the nonprofit Friends of China Camp raised $250,000, enough money to take over operations of …
July 03, 2012 by Christine Sculati
This past week I received a flurry of excited emails from Robert Hanna, the great great grandson of John Muir, who has possessed a fierce determination to keep open every state park in California slated for closure. On Friday he celebrated victory at the State Capitol in Sacramento after learning that all but one of the 70 parks on the closure list will stay open.
June 14, 2012 by Christine Sculati
A mechanical breakdown could, oddly enough, be one of the reasons Russian Gulch State Park comes off the state parks closure list just before a July 1 shutdown.
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April 25, 2012 by Christine Sculati
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area in southeast San Francisco is California’s first urban state park, and offers city-dwellers a slice of nature along the Bay. State budget cuts landed it on the list of park closures, even though a massive redevelopment project next door promises to deliver $50 million to Candlestick.
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July 01, 2006 by Christine Sculati
The tools scientists use to study pelagic marine life have come a long way. Now, with the use of advanced …
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July 01, 2006 by Christine Sculati
It’s rare that a species gets taken off what seems an ever-growing list of extinctions, but that’s exactly what happened …
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July 01, 2006 by Christine Sculati
The city of Livermore might be most famous for its national laboratory, but native plant enthusiasts and biodiversity advocates will …
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July 01, 2006 by Christine Sculati
”Karl Linn spent his lifetime bringing people together in community, in an urban setting, in nature,” says Carole Bennett-Simmons, project …
July 01, 2006 by Christine Sculati
One of the challenges faced by rare native plants like the buckwheat is the spread of invasive nonnative plants. July …
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