Guananí Gómez–Van Cortright is a writer and science educator and was Bay Nature’s first editorial fellow from 2022 to 2023. She graduated from the UC Santa Cruz science communication master’s program and currently performs puppet shows about singing arthropods, among other things, at the California Academy of Sciences. She enjoys foggy walks, sculpting ceramic skulls, and romping around at the tidepools.
Big Basin State Park is not the lush, shady ancient forest it once was. In August 2020, 97 percent of the old-growth forest nestled in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains burned in the devastating CZU Lightning Complex fire. … Read more
San Francisco Presidio: 4.2 mi, 351 ft elevation gain
The Presidio in San Francisco. Trail: 4.2 mi, 351 ft elevation gain, loop
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