Letter from the Publisher
I had lived in the Bay Area for 22 years before I got around to visiting Henry W. Coe State Park, southeast of San Jose. Eventually my curiosity about that...
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
On the Sunday following the November 7 container ship accident that dumped 58,000 gallons of bunker oil into San Francisco Bay, I biked down to the Berkeley Marina to see...
Letter from the Publisher
As we enter the last weeks of the dry season and await the return of the rains that will put some life back into our parched hillsides, I’m still living...
Letter from the Publisher
Between handing out crackers to those passengers still holding on and towelettes to those who had just succumbed, the cheerful lady in the pink fleece jacket was keeping pretty busy....
Letter from the Publisher
Back in the mid-1970s, as a newcomer here, I felt a certain pride in learning to orient myself by sighting either Mount Tamalpais or Mount Diablo (or even better, both)....
Letter from the Publisher
At first, it seemed like a rather straightforward task to put together a map for our section on the San Pablo Baylands. While no map worth its salt is ever...
Letter from the Publisher
About 15 years ago, I took a solo backpack trip in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness near Ebbets Pass in the Sierra. On the first morning, camped beside a small lake, I...
Letter from the Publisher
There’s that certain moment when you first taste the arrival of a new season. (Yes, we really do have seasons in the Bay Area.) For me, it combines the momentary...
Letter from the Publisher
When I was three years old, I lost sight in my left eye in a freak accident while playing with a friend in the park. The permanent vision loss in...
Letter from the Publisher
When I moved out to San Francisco from New York City in late 1973, it was mostly for love. But not for a person. I had fallen in love, pretty...
