Here’s your weekly dose of Bay Area nature news:
- Drought: Rainy days ahead, but little relief. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Drought forces broadest fishing ban in state; coho at risk of extinction. [Capital Public Radio]
- Capturing coho in Santa Cruz to save them. [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
- North Bay homeowners slash water usage through creative conservation. [Contra Costa Times]
- Farmers, ranchers struggling: drought having severe impact on San Mateo County food producers. [Daily Journal]
- Steinberg bill aims to ease California drought. [Sacramento Bee]
- Water, environmental issues among local lawmakers’ top concerns. [The Press Democrat]
- Elephant seal breeding season in full swing at Año Nuevo. [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
- Gardening wisely during the drought. [The Press Democrat]
- Sonoma County to update ambitious bike path plan. [The Press Democrat]
- Presidio Trust nixes Lucas, and all others, for Crissy Field. [San Francisco Business Journal]
- Sonoma calls for 15% cut in water use. [The Press Democrat]
- December freeze cost quarter of California citrus crop. [The Press Democrat]
- Fremont district urges conservation, offers water-saving program as drought persists. [The Argus]
- Feds announce $20M for California farmers. [Daily Journal]
- Santa Rosa to spend $770,000 on environmental mitigation. [The Press Democrat]
- California drought: House water bill exposes deep partisan divide. [Inside Bay Area]
- Offshore fracking battles brewing in the golden state. [Berkeley Legal Planet]
- Novato residents asked to cut water use by 20 percent. [Marin Independent Journal]
- Bears, eagles, seals: How endangered animals fare. [Sacramento Bee]
- San Francisco Bay herring on the menu. [Save the Bay blog]
- Minnow to be first fish taken off endangered list. [Sacramento Bee]
- Big rain headed toward Bay Area could double dismal rainfall totals. [San Jose Mercury]
- S.F. leads state in water conservation. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Marin forecast: Wet, wild ‘Pineapple Express’ weekend. [Marin Independent Journal]
- Willits, California’s water shortage stokes fears of future. [Huffington Post]
- USDA chief: Climate change hurting farmers. [Daily Journal]
- Searching for signs of Fukushima radiation on North Coast. [The Press Democrat]
- Feds announce another $14 million for California drought. [Huffington Post]
- All dried out: California farms to lay idle. [CNBC]
- ‘Atmospheric River’ may put a dent in California drought. [Climate Central]
- Bill by Jared Huffman aims to keep more water in reservoirs. [The Press Democrat]
