The California Attorney General’s office releases the results of its investigation into the State Parks Department over its funding fiasco.
Investigation finds State Parks deliberately hid some funds
January 4, 2013 •
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.
Winter Fog Brings Quiet Beauty to Bay Area Parks
January 3, 2013 •
With all the cold and moist days we’ve had lately, it’s the perfect time to experience winter’s tule fog, a different variety than summer’s ocean-borne type.
Pinnacles, trash and shipping
January 2, 2013 •
SF proceeds with enviro review of shipping trash by rail to Yuba County after groups sue, and more Bay Area nature news.
Bumblebees like flower diversity, not asphalt
January 2, 2013 •
Want to help out the bumblebee population? Get rid of asphalt and plant a diversity of flower species. That’s the conclusion of a new study of a California native bumblebee published recently in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy … Read more
Spotlight on San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
January 1, 2013 •
If you find yourself headed through the Central Valley at this time of the year, a nice pit stop off Highway 5 is the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge.
Virginia rail peeks through reeds at Lake Merced
December 31, 2012 •
A Virginia rail made a surprise year-end appearance at Lake Merced in San Francisco.
Celebrate the New Year with Canopus
December 28, 2012 •
Put yourself in just the right spot at midnight on New Year’s Eve and you may be able to see the second brightest star in the sky that’s normally invisible in much of the Bay Area — Canopus.
Welcoming in California’s new marine parks
December 20, 2012 •
Anyone who loves the California coast — that would be everyone, right? — should be toasting this week’s big news.
Trees snag Oakland’s first major creek daylighting project
December 20, 2012 •
A 250-foot stretch of Sausal Creek would see the light of day. But Oakland’s plans to remove 84 trees, many of them coast redwoods, has raised an uproar among Dimond Park users.
Owl, a shuttle and Treasure Island
December 19, 2012 •
The male in pair of great-horned owls who’ve long nested in Glen Park died of rat poison, and other Bay Area nature news.