Mount Tam, an icon of the North Bay, a peak that orients many of us, and a home to many. Bay Nature and the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative bring you the mountain and its stories in the October-December issue of Bay Nature. | Photo by Charles Kennard
Nature News
North Bay Open Space Managers Wait To Survey Losses
What remains of Sonoma and Napa’s natural landscapes is still unknown as open space personnel attend to human losses.
What Is This Moth That’s Almost as Big as a Hummingbird?
Moths often get sidelined as the country cousins of butterflies. But they have their own beauty and utility as some of the best pollinators around.
Why Did I Hear Popcorn Sounds In the Recent Extreme Heat Wave?
When temperatures crank up, an unusual ecological adaptation begins to play out among our native Monterey pine. We explain why in our latest installment of our reader-funded Ask The Naturalist column.
On the Trail
Western Sycamores Speak of an Older California
In Livermore, a writer walks leisurely among the sycamore alluvial woodland.
Exploring the East Bay Regional Parks
Hiking With Dad: A Daughter Helps Her Father Explore the Accessibility of the East Bay Parks
When Kathleen Richards’ father had a stroke, she set out into the parks to let nature aid his recovery.
Currents
Who Was Georg Steller and Why Are Animals Named After Him?
You’ve heard of the Steller’s jay and the Steller’s sea lion. What about Georg Steller?
Magazine
October-December 2017
Table of Contents
Mount Tam: A Mountain of Stories
Snorkel Surveys Reveal the Fish World of Mount Tam’s Creeks
by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto
Mount Tam: A Mountain of Stories
On the Hunt for Mount Tam’s Two Known Badgers
by Mary Ellen Hannibal
Mount Tam: A Mountain of Stories
Mount Tam’s First Botanist
by John Hart
Signs of the Season
Why Fall Feels Different in the Bay Area
by Alissa Greenberg
Conservation in Action
California Scientists Release a Fly to Control a Landscape-Suffocating Invasive Ivy
by Alison Hawkes
On the Trail
Western Sycamores Speak of an Older California
by Sylvia V. Linsteadt
Naturalist's Notebook
Best Spots to Find Migrating Swifts in the Bay Area
by John Muir Laws
Mount Tam: A Mountain of Stories
The Nature of the Dipsea Race
by Alisa Opar
Exploring the East Bay Regional Parks
Hiking With Dad
by Kathleen Richards
Mount Tam: A Mountain of Stories
In the Forests Around Mount Tam, The Southern Range of Northern Spotted Owls
by Jules Evens
First Person
Bay Nature Founder and Publisher David Loeb Hits the Trail
by Mary Ellen Hannibal
Ask the Naturalist
Ask the Naturalist
by Michael Ellis
Mount Tam: A Mountain of Stories
Nature and Culture Mix in a Theatre Amid the Oaks on Mount Tam
by Claire Peaslee
Mount Tam, a Mountain of Stories
Meet Mount Tamalpais
by John Hart
BayView
A New Publisher and Executive Director at Bay Nature
by Regina Starr Ridley
