Oct-Dec 2004
South Bay Challenge
October 01, 2004 by Bay Nature
The ambitious effort to restore thousands of acres of salt marsh in the South Bay has been germinating for the …
Issue Content
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A Modest Majesty
October 01, 2004 by Chiori Santiago
Seventy-five years ago, there were only 900 acres of public parks in the East Bay. Today, the East Bay Regional Park District encompasses over 95,000 acres. From its humble beginnings in the Berkeley hills, the EBRPD has blossomed into the nation’s largest regional park district, making beaches, redwood forests, oak woodlands, tidal wetlands, and so much more, forever accessible to the people of the Bay Area.
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Ascending Franklin Ridge
October 01, 2004 by Sherida Bush
Nearly 200 years of cattle ranching on the Franklin Ridge has left its mark in human history, altered vegetation, and now, the preservation of a critical open space corridor with sweeping views of the North Bay, Delta, and interior East Bay.
Book Review: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles
October 01, 2004 by Matthew Bettelheim
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles, by Jane Huber, Menasha Ridge Press, 2004, 260 pages, $15.95 (www.menasharidge.com).
Jane Huber offers …
Book Review: Introduction to California Spring Wildflowers and Introduction to Shore Wildflowers
October 01, 2004 by Sue Rosenthal
Introduction to California Spring Wildflowers of the Foothills, Valleys, and Coast, Revised Edition, by Philip A. Munz, edited by Dianne …
Book Review: Hidden Treasures of San Francisco Bay
October 01, 2004 by Kristen Van Dam
Hidden Treasures of San Francisco Bay, photographs by Dennis E. Anderson, text by Jerry George, Blue Water Pictures/Heyday Books, 2003, …
Book Review: Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore & Surrounding Area
October 01, 2004 by Tracy Held
Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore & Surrounding Area, by Jessica Lage, Wilderness Press, 2004, 250 pages, …
Book Review: Sierra Birds: A Hiker’s Guide
October 01, 2004 by Matthew Bettelheim
Sierra Birds: A Hiker’s Guide, by John Muir Laws, California Academy of Sciences/ Heyday Books, 2004, 64 pages, $9.95 (www.heydaybooks.com). …
Book Review: The Best in Tent Camping, Northern California
October 01, 2004 by Kristen Van Dam
The Best in Tent Camping: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos: Northern …
Book Review: The Trees of San Francisco
October 01, 2004 by Sue Rosenthal
The Trees of San Francisco, by Mike Sullivan, Pomegranate Communications, 2004, 160 pages, $19.95 (www.pomegranate.com).
This is not a book …
Book Review: Tom Stienstra’s Bay Area Recreation
October 01, 2004 by Matthew Bettelheim
Tom Stienstra’s Bay Area Recreation, by Tom Stienstra, Foghorn Outdoors, 2004, 498 pages, $19.95 (www.foghorn.com).
In introducing his newest …
Book Review: Top Trails: San Francisco Bay Area
October 01, 2004 by Jessica Taekman
Top Trails: San Francisco Bay Area, by David Weintraub, Wilderness Press, 2004, 294 pages, $13.95 (www.wildernesspress.com).
Bay Area day hikers, …
California Condor Recovery and Releases at Pinnacles
October 01, 2004 by Christine Sculati
Twenty years ago, we nearly lost the California condor. When only 22 were left in the world, an intensive and …
Daylighting Codornices Creek
October 01, 2004 by Christine Sculati
After six years of research and intense negotiations, the Berkeley-based Waterways Restoration Institute (WRI) and Urban Creeks Council (UCC) reached …
Proposed Development of Gateway Valley
October 01, 2004 by Christine Sculati
After a series of controversies spanning 16 years, environmentalists and developers have reached a deal to preserve the only north-south …
Listing of the California Tiger Salamander
October 01, 2004 by Christine Sculati
With the rainy season upon us, California tiger salamanders will soon emerge from the depths of squirrel and gopher burrows …
Proposed Development of the Marina Shores Village Towers
October 01, 2004 by Christine Sculati
In Redwood City, near the mouth of Redwood Creek, developers received City Council approval to build 17 multiuse high-rises that …
Natural World Museum Exhibit: Anima Mundi
October 01, 2004 by Christine Sculati
In its debut exhibit, the San Francisco-based nonprofit Natural World Museum (www.naturalworldmuseum.org) presents an exploration of ancient and contemporary environmental …
Wildlife Surveys at Bayview-Hunters Point
October 01, 2004 by Christine Sculati
In one of the most environmentally degraded places on the eastern shore of San Francisco, you would not expect to …
Letter from the Publisher
October 01, 2004 by David Loeb
As I have worked these past months on the special report in this issue on the South Bay salt pond …
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Man in the Mud
October 01, 2004 by Lisa Owens-Viani
Since immigrating to the United States from Norway in the 1950s, Hallvard Haugnes spent almost every day of his life …
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A Tall Order
October 01, 2004 by Glen Martin
There are many factors to consider—from endangered species and sediment deficits to flood control and budget deficits—when you restore 16,500 acres of salt ponds.
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Bay Activist: Florence LaRiviere
October 01, 2004 by Kathleen M. Wong
When Florence LaRiviere heard last year that 16,000 acres of Cargill’s salt ponds had been acquired for restoration, the longtime …
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Invitation to a Restoration
October 01, 2004 by Susan Pultz Williams
Planners designing a strategy for one of the biggest wetlands recovery projects ever undertaken in this country—the South Bay salt …
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Refuge Volunteer: Eileen McLaughlin
October 01, 2004 by Kathleen M. Wong
The baylands’ swampy smells and power lines are distasteful to many. But to Eileen McLaughlin, Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge …
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Scientist: Howard Shellhammer
October 01, 2004 by Kathleen M. Wong
Howard Shellhammer is known as the champion of a very rare mouse. A world expert on the endangered salt marsh …
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Shrimper: Tom Laine
October 01, 2004 by Kathleen M. Wong
Tom Laine knew the salt ponds long before they were making salt. “I was born here in 1937, and I’ve …
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Still Hanging On
October 01, 2004 by Christine Sculati
Nearly forgotten today, the native oysters of San Francisco Bay once formed large shallow-water reefs, providing critical habitat for other creatures and a major food source for Native Americans. Now, local scientists and Bay advocates are hoping to coax the remaining populations of this small mollusk back to health.
