Mercury, pills and school buses
Wednesday’s nature news digest has arrived! Who’s the highest mercury polluter in Bay Area? A Cupertino lime mine, which released 260 lbs into air in 2011. Air regulators are cracking...
Author Archives: Alison Hawkes
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.
Sonoma parks turn to South Africa, elsewhere for funding ideas
What does South Africa and Sonoma County have in common? Both suffer from debilitating shortages of public funds for parks. In the aftermath of the California state parks crisis, parks...
Sea otters, coastal cleanup, and a love letter
Happy Monday! Here’s your nature news digest. Central coast sea otter population is plateauing. Could it be because of their specialized diet? [KQED] When Santa Rosa slashed parks budget, retiree...
The green divide, a mermaid and hantavirus
Happy Monday news digest: Rich people have a lot more trees than poor people, according to research into “green” income inequality. The U.S. Forest Service and other groups are taking...
Does California manage “game” or “wildlife”?
What’s in a name? A new bill passed today in Sacramento changes the name of California Department Fish & Game to “Fish & Wildlife.” It may sound symbolic more than...
A manzanita, Capitol disappointment and Jenner
Your Wednesday news digest: The Franciscan manzanita, discovered in the Doyle Drive project as the last remaining wild specimen of its species, is now listed as endangered. The U.S. Fish...
Lights out – it’s fall migration
Work in a tall building? Here’s something you can do this fall for birds. Get your building manager to participate in the Lights Out for Birds program to reduce the...
Blue moon, sandhill cranes and oysters
Bringing you a bit of news on Friday. Happy Labor Day! It comes “once in a blue moon” — and that happens to be tonight. A rare blue moon will...
Bobcat kitten, hantavirus and marijuana
Your Wednesday news digest. Enjoy! A bobcat kitten may be the most photogenic victim of the fire that’s been raging in the Plumas and Lassen national forests. The kitten followed...
Vaux’s swift ‘tornado’ descends on Healdsburg school
What the Vaux swift lacks in size it makes up for in numbers. The smallest species of the swift family has chosen a chimney at a boarding school in Healdsburg...
