Jesse Greenspan is a Berkeley-based freelance journalist who writes about history, science, and the environment.
The camping shortage is brutal, and the latest federal lands chaos doesn’t help. Streamlined permitting could help more Californians go camping—and rural landowners to care for their properties.
The Alameda whipsnake is a true local. Yet it remains a stranger to us—which makes protecting it trickier.
A derelict fishing vessel has finally been removed from a Sonoma County beach, after nine years. Waiting to do the cleanup more than doubled the cost.
At first it was labeled a wind energy resource area. Then all the wind companies walked away.
Climate change is already costing us a bundle. Supporters say the measure will save money in the long run. Opponents call it a ‘hodgepodge.’
A journalist takes a rare trip to the Farallones, to see how the more than half a million seabirds that breed there each year are doing.
Once a tough sell, wildlife crossings are now proliferating in the Bay Area.
The official bird of San Francisco has been AWOL in the city for years. But the Presidio hopes to change that.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
