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.
Good morning! Your top nature news for Monday: Coyotes have been moving into a San Jose community, alarming the neighbors who are unused to sharing their habitat. The coyotes have reportedly killed domestic cats and have been howling in front … Read more
Water desalination may seem too costly and too riddled with complications to go anywhere fast. But that doesn’t mean water managers are giving up hope. Faced with an uncertain future of diminishing water supplies, officials are floating plans for 17 … Read more
Happy Friday! One of the busiest waters off the California coast – the ocean west of the Golden Gate Bridge – could become a marine sanctuary if the Obama administration has its way. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) … Read more
No way! This guy went out to photograph birds off the coast of San Luis Obispo, and check out the photographs he came back with. Proving that the krill bonanza along the Pacific Coast this year must be heaven for … Read more
Time for Monday’s News Digest West Nile-carrying mosquitoes are beginning to swarm. Conta Costa and Santa Clara Counties have begun fogging several cities with pyrethrin and are treating water in catch basins under sidewalk storm drains. The potential deadly disease … Read more
Nice weekend! Here’s your Friday news digest. As climate change ramps up, scientists are finding it’s not just temperature that impacts where a species moves. Precipitation is also important, and a species can be torn asunder with these two pressures, … Read more
‘Zombee’ season is about to peak in September, and zombee researchers are asking for help to track its spread. It’s Night of the Living Dead for honeybees infected with a nasty parasitic fly that makes the normally diurnal species go … Read more
Glad to have you at Wednesday’s News Digest: UC Davis is America’s “coolest school,” says Sierra Magazine because of its climate change initiatives, including a student-run transit line, bike-friendly transportation, and the reuse of 70 percent of campus trash. Stanford … Read more
Happy Monday! Here’s your Monday Bay Nature news digest. Don’t eat Drakes Bay oysters right now. The public health department shut down operations because three people came down with food poisoning after eating the oysters, the result of a serious … Read more
Time for Friday’s news digest: It’s cooking this weekend. Get ready for triple-digit temperatures this weekend in some parts of the Bay Area as our first major heat wave descends. [San Jose Mercury News] Heat is something most Californians believe is … Read more
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