Do you think you should have to pay to park at spots like Sonoma Coast State Beach? Photo: Alex Pang.

Sonoma locals reject beach parking fees, Big Basin plan short shrifts murrelets

by Alison Hawkes

May 20, 2013

Here’s Monday’s Bay Area nature news digest:

Sonoma locals up in arms about state parks plan to charge for beach parking. [Associated Press]
Should a solar farm be allowed on an actual farm? Novato nursery battling to get approval. [Marin Independent Journal]
Group envisions urban forest as buffer between Port of Oakland and nearest residential neighborhood. [Oakland Local]
Occupy the Farm returns to Albany’s Gill Tract. [Oakland Tribune]
First case of swine flu found in marine mammals – elephant seals of Central Calif. coast. [Contra Costa Times]
State Park’s new development plan for Big Basin gives short shrift to marbled murrelets, say enviro groups. [Santa Cruz Sentinel]

About the Author

Alison Hawkes was a Bay Nature editor from 2011-2017. Before Bay Nature she worked in journalism for more than a decade as a former newspaper reporter turned radio producer turned web editor with each rendition bringing her closer to her dream of covering environmental issues. She co-founded Way Out West, a site dedicated to covering Bay Area environmental news.