2020 Conservation Action Hero Sejal Choksi-Chugh Keeps the Bay Clean
In 2011, when Sejal Choksi-Chugh was in her ninth year as an attorney at San Francisco Baykeeper, their staff scientist was on a routine boat patrol and saw toxic petroleum...
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Remembering the Survival Faire, Earth Day’s Predecesor
Fifty years ago, San José State students buried a car to symbolize the end of the oil era and the first Earth Day.
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More Trails for Social Distancing [Updated]
Editor’s Note: We’ve revised this story to remove parks affected by the Marin, Sonoma and San Mateo County park closures. Last update March 25, 10:30 a.m. Looking for new trails...
Connect With Nature from Your Home
A social distancing-approved reading list and other indoor nature activities
Nature to Look for Every Month in 2020
Californians like to complain about missing true “seasons.” But expand your definition beyond humid summer nights and winter sleet and you’ll find nature all around us responding to seasonal change....
Our Favorite Bay Nature Stories of 2019
We published more than 150 stories in print and online this year. We look forward to 2020 and our 20th year of publishing, but before we do, here’s a look...
California Funds Seed-Banking as Hedge Against Climate Change
California is a world biodiversity hot spot. Full stop. Roughly 32 percent of the nation’s native plants are found in California, and those 6,500 species provide habitat that supports the...
East Bay Regional Park District Bans Glyphosate
This past July, the East Bay Regional Park District announced a ban on the controversial herbicide glyphosate, also known by the brand name Roundup. The prohibition was effective immediately in...
A Trout Reclaims a River
A year ago, Stanford University began removing the 120-year-old Lagunita Diversion Dam on San Francisquito Creek, which flows through Palo Alto and Menlo Park. As a result, last spring was...
A New Chapter in the Fight for Point Molate
Last March, Richmond officials announced that they’d chosen SunCal to develop a housing and renovation project on Point Molate, a small headland just north of the Richmond Bridge. The project...
