The East Bay Regional Park District is preparing its parks for climate change.
The Parks That Make Up the East Bay’s Front Line
March 28, 2024 •
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Summer 2013
February 17, 2024 •
Bay Nature Institute joins this year’s celebration of “The Year of the Bay” with the publication of a special 16-page insert by award-winning environmental journalist Ariel Rubissow Okamoto. Baylands Reborn: Restoration and Renewal on San Francisco Bay traces the development … Read more
Newfangled Horizontal Levees Rise (Gently) Across the Bay
November 16, 2023 •
A dozen such projects have sprouted, offering habitat-friendly flood protection. Getting permission for them is a challenge.
Why a Mouse Matters
July 20, 2023 •
Salt marsh harvest mice are hard to find, and their fates offer a glimpse at our own coastal society’s future. A reporter tags along on an epic rangewide survey of salties—the Bay Area’s own endemic mouse species.
The Bird Nest Detectives
March 22, 2023 •
Century-old bird nests help scientists time-travel to San Francisco Bay’s lost plant communities.
A New, Small Park With a Very Big History
June 30, 2022 •
Brickyard Cove in Berkeley is the crown jewel of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park and accessible to everyone
With One Threat Nearly Tamed, a Related Question: What Does the Bay Most Need to Be Saved From?
May 5, 2022 •
If you look up the Arrowhead Marsh along the Oakland shoreline on Google Maps, the arrowhead shape is striking. If you look closer, you see that the eastern half of the marsh is noticeably darker in color than the western … Read more
The Refuge On the Wild Side of Silicon Valley
June 10, 2021 •
You could spend a lifetime getting to know the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
First-of-its-Kind Climate Parcel Tax Now a Measure of Hope
September 27, 2020 •
How Measure AA funds are being used to restore shorelines, wildlife habitat, and public access around the San Francisco Bay
A Mouse Surprise
March 24, 2020 •
Despite the fact that the salt marsh harvest mouse is the only mammal that scrapes out its existence exclusively in tidal marshes, no one has ever bothered to seriously study its physiology.