Happy Friday! Here’s your Bay Area nature news:
- With the end of the government shutdown, Bay Area national parks reopen [San Francisco Chronicle]
- San Joaquin River dredging may benefit endangered Antioch butterflies. [Contra Costa Times]
- Marin officials debate possible compost facility at Novato landfill site. [Marin Independent Journal]
- CA first state to adopt an energy storage mandate. [San Jose Mercury]
- Study finds traces of neonicitinoids, known to kill bees, in garden plants sold at some Bay Area stores. [Oakland Local]
- Bay Area bike share pilot slow to gain traction, especially on Peninsula. [Peninsula Press]
- New research shows Western fence lizard is helping North Coast residents fight Lyme disease. [Press Democrat]
- Sonoma County considers financial policy that will open thousands of acres of protected open space to the public. [Press Democrat]
- New Bay Bridge jammed with traffic, but not of the usual kind. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Richmond City Council has lowered the price of solar panel permits in a bid to make clean energy more affordable. [Contra Costa Times]
- Supporters of Berkeley’s Tuolumne Camp, destroyed in the Rim Fire, urge for action and volunteers to rebuild camp. [Berkeleyside]
- San Mateo County health officials find mosquitoes known to carry yellow fever in several spots around Menlo Park. [Daily Journal]
- Nine year old bird lover spots first burrowing owl of the season in Berkeley. [Golden Gate Birder]
