Julia Clothier has won Bay Nature’s Environmental Education Local Hero Award for her work as director of the Clem Miller Environmental Education Center at Point Reyes National Seashore.
Jacoba Charles
Marin county-based science writer Jacoba Charles grew up tending sheep on her family’s Sonoma County ranch. Her work has been published in the New York Times, Salon.com, and the Point Reyes Light.
First Person: Youth Engagement Award Winner Cheyanna Washburn
April 21, 2014 •
We first encountered Cheyanna Washburn in her role as an intern with the California Phenology Project at the John Muir National Historic Site in her hometown of Martinez. Now a student at Diablo Valley College in botany and recreational therapy, … Read more
Fish Forecast: Swimming Upstream Against Climate Change
January 14, 2014 •
The survey research that Peter Moyle started decades ago now has a dual purpose: It offers evidence for the free fall of native fish populations, but it also may ultimately contribute to one of the best opportunities to soften this decline.
The Stewardship Connection: Interview with Sue Gardner
September 30, 2013 •
For the past 20 years, Mill Valley native Sue Gardner has run the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy’s Park Stewardship program, connecting people to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA), the nation’s largest urban national park.
Local Hero: Mia Monroe, Muir Woods National Monument
April 17, 2013 •
Officially, Mia Monroe is Site Supervisor of Muir Woods. But what she really does is serve as a passionate ambassador for nature.
The Phenology Project
April 1, 2013 •
The California Phenology Project’s citizen scientists are studying changes in plant life cycles to better understand local climate change impacts.
Bay Area native plants play it safe, biologically speaking
March 14, 2013 •
Bay Area plant species bloom to their own tune. Our plants are always sending something out, but they’ve also learned to play it safe.
Bohemia Ranch Goes Public
July 11, 2012 •
A remarkable Sonoma County landscape is finally preserved, protecting redwoods, Sargent cypress, serpentine grasslands, and a beloved waterfall.
A campaign to save California’s coastal prairie
June 25, 2012 •
With golden summer hillsides and enticing mosaics of forest and field, the grasslands of California are iconic. Yet few people realize that some of those grasslands are actually coastal prairie, one of the most diverse—and most endangered—ecosystems in the world.Today less than 5 percent of this vibrant habitat remains comparatively intact. Much has been lost to more than a century of fire suppression, development, tilling and invasion by non-native species.
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Could Dirt Save the World from Climate Change? This Marin Group Thinks So.
April 24, 2012 •
A project in West Marin shows how ranchers, and a whole lot of compost, can help mitigate climate change.