Swimming in the Bay: Winter Clean
Even in winter, Bay water is mostly safe to swim in. It smells good. It tastes fine.
25 Years of Change
A quarter century of hard work has restored nature to the San Francisco Bay Area in places where it was once unimaginable.
LATEST STORIES
The Endangered Endangered Species Act
How five proposed Trump Administration changes threaten protections for struggling species in the San Francisco Bay Area.
How to Find Your People: Join a Bay Area Affinity Group
You can hang out with people who share your affinities across race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexuality and beyond.
IN SEASON IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Sex and Poison May Explain California Death Cap Invasion
Local mycologists suspect death caps—huge and abundant in the Bay Area—may be competing with chanterelles underground.
Point Reyes, After the Cattle
When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious plans for restoration—but there are big challenges to manifesting the vision. Not least, how it will be paid for.
Struggling Monarchs Sure Picked Some Inconvenient Habitat
All 16 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a native that now depends on a non-native to survive?
Staff picks
Crows are Wicked Smart
Should an animal’s intelligence change the way we treat it?
Juristac: Proving the Sanctity of a Landscape
The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band has been barred from Juristac, a place of great cultural importance, for generations. The land has been grazed by cattle and developed for oil production over the years, and now, an investor group wants to build a sand-and-gravel quarry at the site.
Ospreys’ Recovery From Pollution and Shooting is a Global Conservation Success Story
Ospreys have made a spectacular recovery from chemical pollution, guns and traps, thanks to many dedicated conservationists and an amazing ability to thrive in close quarters with humans.
How Laura Cunningham Became a Signature Artist for California’s Former Landscapes
What did natural California look like before the arrival of Europeans? Laura Cunningham paints it.
