Bay View: America’s Wild Anniversary
As far as I know, the passage of the Wilderness Act 50 years ago was the first time in human history that a society has declared by statute that certain...
Author Archives: 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.
Letter from the Publisher: April Showers, May Flowers?
By the time you read this in April, the die will have been cast and the show — of unknown quality and duration — should be on. So head on...
Letter from the Publisher: Watching Mount Diablo Heal Itself
I have a mixed reaction when I hear that a place I know and love has been hit by wildfire. On the one hand, there’s a visceral recoil: Will this...
An Elkhorn Slough Encounter: Man Meets Otter
Bay Nature Publisher David Loeb was out for what seemed like a normal Elkhorn Slough kayaking trip with sea otters. Then one hopped onto his boat -- and it's all...
Bay View: Change in Nature — and at Bay Nature
It can be said that the nature of nature is change. That doesn’t mean change is necessarily good or bad. It just is. And the best advice is often to...
Year of the Bay: Let’s put our backs into making a better Bay
This summer’s confluence of the Americas Cup races and the presumptive opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge (if they can figure out what to do about...
Local Hero: Cindy Moreno of WattzOn and Full Circle Farm
It's not easy to catch up with Cindy Moreno. The daughter of immigrant farmworkers from the Central Valley and a recent graduate in environmental studies from San Jose State, Cindy...
A Warbler Comes to West Berkeley
Last winter I noticed a different bird in the bare branches of the London plane trees outside the office. A yellow-rumped warbler. Not an uncommon bird, yet not one I...
On the Passing of Rich Stallcup
I’m tremendously saddened to hear of the recent – and, to me, sudden – passing of master birder Rich Stallcup. Rich was one of the founders of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory...
Mapping the future of the coast
Most of the people in the world–and most of their infrastructure–can be found in jurisdictions bordering the coast or coastal watersheds. The Bay Area is no exception. However, in this...
