A new federal program aimed at reducing wildfire risk has been plagued by delays—in a few cases, by over a year.
Forest Service Grants Delayed for Communities in Flammable Forests
April 25, 2024 •
Anushuya Thapa
Anushuya joined Bay Nature in 2023 as an editorial fellow focusing on Wild Billions, Bay Nature’s project tracking federal money for nature. Before that, she left her hometown of Kathmandu to study journalism at Northwestern University, and has written for InvestigateWest, The Harvey World Herald, and The Daily Northwestern. Outside of the newsroom, you can find her dancing salsa decently well, or playing chess very poorly.
Local Heroes 2024: Kellyx Nelson, Conservation Action Hero
March 21, 2024 •
When she drives down the San Mateo County coast, Kellyx Nelson doesn’t see a piece of land she hasn’t touched. She sees more than 10 dams removed, 500 acres of natural and working land that support carbon sequestration, and miles … Read more
Scientists Look to a Rare Butterfly’s Next of Kin
March 14, 2024 •
Maybe we can save the Lange’s metalmark. Or maybe there’s a stand-in, waiting in the wings?
The Hills Have Ears
February 22, 2024 •
New radio towers are bringing a sea-change in wildlife tracking.
Make Way for Eelgrass: Dilapidated, Unsafe, Toxic Old Pier to Be Removed at Last
January 25, 2024 •
East Bay Regional Park District is primed to remove the creosote-treated wood of Richmond’s Ferry Point Pier this year after two years of delays.
Congress Expanded a Climate Program for Farmers. Now, Where Are the Applicants?
January 11, 2024 •
“We’re in a place where we have more money than we have applications,” says Brandon Bates, assistant state conservationist with NRCS. And the agency really doesn’t want to have tosend this money back to Congress.
It’s Looking Like a Banner Year for Baby Newts in the North Bay
November 27, 2023 •
“In some areas, they blanketed the road,” says a volunteer newt-rescue organizer.
Newfangled Horizontal Levees Rise (Gently) Across the Bay
November 16, 2023 •
A dozen such projects have sprouted, offering habitat-friendly flood protection. Getting permission for them is a challenge.
Oakland Offers a Plan to Aid Its Troubled, Unequal Tree Canopy
October 30, 2023 •
The plan—yet to be City-approved—calls for upward of $17 million in maintenance for Oakland’s neglected trees.
Now We Are Asking Nature to Solve the Problems We Created
October 5, 2023 •
What’s a nature-based solution? An explainer.