A fast-growing network of towers is making it way easier and cheaper for researchers to spy on animals worldwide.
Keeping Up With the Flyers: Wildlife Tracking Breakthroughs
September 1, 2022 •
David Loeb
David Loeb was the co-founder and Executive Director of the Bay Nature Institute and the publisher of Bay Nature magazine. Now retired, he continues to roam the trails and waterways of the Bay Area and points beyond and contributes occasional articles to baynature.org.
Can Artificial Intelligence Identify Species from Sound Alone? A North Bay Group is Trying
April 4, 2022 •
It is now a given that the health of an ecosystem can be measured by the abundance and diversity of the native organisms able to survive and thrive there – i.e., its level of biodiversity. The concept has now even … Read more
Tesla Park: Saved at Last
January 12, 2022 •
After 20 years, the state decides not to allow the expansion of an off-road vehicle park in the East Bay hills.
Two Projects for the Eel River Gain Momentum
July 9, 2021 •
The Eel River in northwestern California—along with its numerous forks and tributaries—forms the third largest watershed entirely within the state. The river’s main stem and three main forks flow a combined 398 miles from sources in the coast ranges of … Read more
Reflections from Inverness Ridge on a Strange 2020
December 16, 2020 •
It started as a low rumble and proceeded to get louder and louder. Curious, I stepped out onto the deck just as a large white and red twin-engine propeller plane thundered directly overhead, descending to the northeast. Ten seconds later … Read more
Environmental Groups Oppose U.S. Army Corps Plan to Dredge the Bay for Bigger Oil Tankers
April 16, 2020 •
Conservation groups say the environmental assessment avoids considering environmental justice or marine life
In Memoriam: Environmental Scientist and Bay Nature Contributor Lester Rowntree
September 17, 2019 •
On Friday, August 30, Bay Nature lost a good friend and the Bay Area lost a great teacher of environmental science. Professor Lester Rowntree passed away at his home in the Berkeley hills after a prolonged battle with cancer. Rowntree … Read more
A Valedictory Visit With Ellie Cohen as the CEO Leaves Point Blue
January 4, 2019 •
Ellie Cohen departs Point Blue Conservation Science after leading the organization through 20 years of rapid growth.
Humpback Whales Feed in San Francisco Bay Through November
November 13, 2018 •
No whale watch boat captain worth his or her salt is going to guarantee a whale sighting on any particular trip. But Captain Joe Nazar and the rest of the San Francisco Whale Tours crew on the good ship Kitty … Read more
After 25 Years, Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve Still “Raising the Coefficient of Beauty”
October 2, 2018 •
First formed to stop a hillside golf course proposal, Friends of Edgewood Natural Reserve turns 25 in 2018.