Human settlement in the San Francisco Bay Area dates back 7,000 years to early Native American settlements. Today, the region is a teeming metropolis of 6 million people that collectively challenge the health of the region’s ecosystems. How it got this way — from Spanish acquisition to the Gold Rush boom and on to contemporary battles over land development — is a story that prompts a deeper understanding of our place in the landscape.
January 20, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
Martin Luther King, Jr. predated the environmental movement, but his words show he respected the natural world.
December 20, 2012 by Alison Hawkes
A 250-foot stretch of Sausal Creek would see the light of day. But Oakland’s plans to remove 84 trees, many of them coast redwoods, has raised an uproar among Dimond Park users.
Publisher’s Circle hike at Rockville Trails 5/11/13
May 13, 2013 by Judith Katz
