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Aleta George
Writer Aleta George trained as a Jepson Prairie docent in 2009. In addition to writing Bay Nature's Ear to the Ground column, she has written for Smithsonian, High Country News, and the Los Angeles Times.
Bay Nature 2016 Youth Engagement Award Winner: Naftali Moed
March 11, 2016 •
The UC Davis student conservation leader on the power of awareness-building in inspiring young people: “I never turn down the opportunity to talk to somebody.”
A Helping Hand for Bluebirds
April 3, 2015 •
People come out of the woodwork to protect bluebirds.
Conservationists Who Hunt Describe their Connection to Nature
October 14, 2014 •
Nature and culture writer Aleta George takes hunting field trips with a noted conservationists — and finds an extended series of lessons about the intimate and indelible connection between hunting and conservation.
First Person: Conservation Action Award Winner Craig Anderson
April 21, 2014 •
It’s sometimes hard to tell what Craig Anderson loves more: land, people, music, outdoor adventure, or his 29-year-old Toyota pickup. That’s because whatever he’s doing at any particular moment, he’s doing it with great passion, keen intention, and a big heart.
Song of the Meadowlark in Solano County
January 8, 2013 •
The Solano Land Trust’s King-Swett Ranches are great destinations for Solano County hiking: amazing views and a sense of seclusion in between Benicia, Vallejo, and Fairfield.
A docent and a dream at King-Swett Ranches
December 17, 2012 •
Docents help bring many Bay Area parks alive to the public. No where is that more true than the King-Swett Ranches outside of Vallejo, where Jim Walsh leads tours into areas otherwise inaccessible to the public.
Will this year’s good ocean conditions last?
November 15, 2012 •
The first thing we heard was the exhalation of the animal,” says marine ecologist Kirsten Lindquist about the blue whale that surfaced close to R/V Fulmar during a research trip in late July. The trip was run by ACCESS, Applied … Read more
Bob Berner, Protecting Marin Farms for 28 Years
November 13, 2012 •
Bob Berner, the founding director of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, is retiring at the end of 2012, but not before protecting fully half of West Marin’s farmland.
Deciding the Fate of Searsville Dam
November 7, 2012 •
San Franciscans voted in a landslide against an effort to study the removal of Hetch Hetchy. A few dozen miles south, at Stanford, another campaign aims to remove the much smaller Searsville Dam, which blocks steelhead spawning while also creating wetland habitat.