Little Yosemite (Sunol Regional Wilderness)
July 22, 2012 by Matthew Bettelheim
Hike by Matthew Bettelheim, originally published in the January 2007 issue of Bay Nature magazine
Calling the Sunol Regional …
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Matthew Bettelheim is a freelance writer and a wildlife biologist with URS Corporation.
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Native Son
April 01, 2010 by Matthew Bettelheim
The Pacific Coast of North America has only one species of native turtle: the western pond turtle. Just 80 years ago, a naturalist found more than 100 of these creatures thriving along an unremarkable stretch of a local creek. Today, a similar survey turns up a fraction of that, as natives compete with plentiful escaped pet turtles and other exotics. But a new conservation plan could tip that balance, and public awareness, back in the western pond turtle’s favor.
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Review: Breeding Bird Atlas of Contra Costa County
October 29, 2009 by Matthew Bettelheim
On the heels of Santa Clara County’s 2007 breeding bird atlas comes Contra Costa County’s companion for north Bay Area birders. This year the Mount Diablo Audubon Society released the Breeding Bird Atlas of Contra Costa County.
Book Review: Breeding Bird Atlas of Santa Clara County, California
October 01, 2008 by Matthew Bettelheim
by William G. Bousman, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, 2007, 547 pages, $40.00. Available at www.scvas.org.
Part natural/regional history guide, …
Book Review: Firescaping
October 01, 2007 by Matthew Bettelheim
Firescaping: Creating Fire-Resistant Landscapes, Gardens, and Properties in California’s Diverse Environments, by Douglas Kent, Wilderness Press, 2005, 149 pages, $18.95 …
Book Review: Introduction to California Birdlife
October 01, 2007 by Matthew Bettelheim
Introduction to California Birdlife, by Jules Evens and Ian Tait, University of California Press, 2005, 382 pages, $16.95 paperback, $45.00 …
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Finding the Stash
October 01, 2007 by Matthew Bettelheim
From the snowdrifts of Siberia to the labs of UC Davis, assistant research professor Vladimir Pravosudov has studied the food-caching …
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Book Review: Califauna: A Literary Field Guide
October 01, 2007 by Matthew Bettelheim
Califauna: A Literary Field Guide, edited by Terry Beers and Emily Elrod, Heyday Books, 2007, 293 pages, $21.95
www.heydaybooks.com
The …
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Raising the Dead: Bringing Ghosts to Life, October-December 2007
October 01, 2007 by Matthew Bettelheim
How do you commission portraits of species the world has dismissed as extinct, species no one has seen in decades? …
