Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and understand everything better!
-150x150.jpg)
Every year for more than a quarter century, the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory has presided over fall hawk watch in the Marin Headlands, when thousands of raptors migrate by, and thousands of people gather to watch. This year, road construction has the hawk watchers shifting slightly, but still out in force.
-150x150.jpg)
Nearly every year for a decade, scientists have detected harmful algae blooms in Monterey Bay. These threaten birds and marine mammals alike, and now researchers have funding to develop new methods of predicting the outbreaks.
-150x150.jpg)
On November 2, voters will decide if California should do something it has never done before: provide dedicated funding for its state parks. Beyond curing the parks’ seemingly endless maintenance backlog, the new funding promises increased public access and educational programs.
-150x150.jpg)
October 2010 is the second-annual Sharktoberfest–time to celebrate and learn about these critical predators of the Bay: sevengill cowsharks, leopard sharks, spiny dogfish, and more.
-150x150.jpg)
The new Habitat Conservation Plan in East Contra Costa County has been short on money, but land prices almost couldn’t be better.
-150x150.jpg)
Naturalist and artist Jack Laws throws his whole body and soul into inspiring people to love, and understand, the natural world around them. His field guides are amazing, but have you seen his impersonation of a jumping spider? Not to be missed…
-150x150.jpg)
Come fall, the male tarantulas get restless and go looking for a mate. Look carefully, and you just might see some of the action.
-150x150.jpg)
We don’t even have a word for an oil spill that drags out over five decades, but that’s just what happened with one ship that sank off the Golden Gate. Now, funds are flowing to help mend the damage.
-150x150.jpg)
On June 7, butterfly lovers in San Francisco will be out taking a count, and you can help.
-150x150.jpg)
Native plant advocates charge that the studies done for the proposed casino at Richmond’s Point Molate ignore the site’s rare collection of native grasses.
