Santa Clara Valley habitat plan up for final vote
January 28, 2013 by Kristen Martz
San Jose officials on Tuesday will decide the fate of a plan to preserve 46,000 acres of open space.
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Lawns, the 49ers and beachgrass
January 24, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
San Francisco residents pave over front lawns for parking with disregard for need of permeable surfaces, and other Bay Area nature news.
Limantour Beach, and a complete hike of Point Reyes
January 23, 2013 by Jules Evens
Hike along Limantour Beach with naturalist Jules Evens on the final leg in his yearlong journey to hike every trail at Point reyes National Seashore/
Planting in memory of MLK
January 23, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
What’s native plant restoration have to do with MLK Day? Maybe not a whole lot, unless you spend it on the MLK Regional Shoreline planting seven varieties of wetland species.
What, exactly, is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
January 23, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
From the journal of Brian Kallen, who describes his journey through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Was MLK an environmentalist?
January 20, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
Martin Luther King, Jr. predated the environmental movement, but his words show he respected the natural world.
Killer whale, salamander tunnels and aquariums
January 16, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
Killer whale travels 2,000 miles in 2 weeks from Puget Sound to Point Reyes, and more Bay Area nature news.
Crabber gets $10,000 fine for setting traps in marine park
January 14, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
Apparently fishing in a state marine reserve is no light matter. A commercial crabber gets nabbed lowering 100 traps in a Sonoma County marine reserve.
Bay Bridge, an arch and monarchs
January 09, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
Bay Bridge exempted from Cosco Busan rules restricting large ships from sailing in fog, and other Bay Area nature news.
Songbirds dying at birdfeeders
January 08, 2013 by Dan Rademacher
A number of local bird rescue groups are reporting an outbreak of salmonella among pine siskins, small songbirds that are …
