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.
The San Pedro Headlands offers up the ultimate solution in "sustainable" Christmas trees -- restoring coastal scrubland by removing Monterey pine. My tree was a little short of perfect, but one to remember. (Alison Hawkes)
Landowners trying to develop last of Daly City's historic sand dunes, and other Bay Area nature news.
Scientists report new findings on how a 750-legged millipede from the Bay Area - the leggiest animal on Earth -- may have evolved all those legs to thrive in its unique niche under sandstone rocks in moist oak woodlands.
Dungeness crab fishermen head out to sea to set crab pots after price with processors agreed at $3 per pound, and more nature news.
The 1,700 yr-old Mountain Lake in San Francisco is a mess as restoration effort begins to clean up contaminants and remove invasives, and other Bay Area nature news.
With the Northeast still reeling from the affects of superstorm Sandy, there's been quite a bit of chatter out here on the Pacific about our own vulnerabilities to large tropical storms in the age of climate change.
A number of initiatives to fund parks passed, while voters gave the thumbs down to GMO labeling and restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley, and other nature news.
Alright. Tuesday's the day, and after penning in their choice for president, Bay Area voters will get to decide how green they're going to go on a number of state and local ballot measures.
Dungeness crab season looks promising as recreational crabbers get started with their catch, and more nature news.
A geologist reminds us that a "Pineapple Express" could do just as much damage here as Hurricane Sandy did back East.
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