Happy Wednesday! Time for another Bay Area nature news roundup:
- A whale feeding frenzy happening right now in Monterey Bay because of krill bloom. [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
- 1,900-acre cattle ranch on northeast corner of Mount Diablo purchased for open space, one day a regional park. [Contra Costa Times]
- CA stockpiling huge piles of rocks in Delta, including Brannan Island State Park, to have on hand in case of floods. [Sacramento Bee]
- Urban harvesting programs have more produce than people to pick it. Volunteers needed! [San Jose Mercury News]
- Marin water district says won’t make decision on use of herbicides on Mt Tam until after environmental impact report. [Marin Independent Journal]
- Sonoma County officials reject day-use fees at state beaches, setting up showdown with CA Coastal Commission. [Santa Rosa Press Democrat]
- Locally caught fish sold at Fisherman’s Wharf? What a novel idea. [San Francisco Business Times]
- City of SF looks to expand SF Botanical Garden nursery, make other changes. [Uppercasing]
- Delta planning document that puts environment on co-equal footing with water needs gets slammed with 7 lawsuits. [Sacramento Bee]
- Work beginning this summer on one of the largest tidal restoration projects in CA, on San Pablo Bay. [Santa Rosa Press Democrat]
