In These Gardens, New Home Lands Grow
On the blended ecologies that first-generation immigrants tend.
Author Archives: Jillian Magtoto
Jillian Magtoto is a 2024–2025 editorial fellow at Bay Nature and a recent graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism. A UC Berkeley alumna, she is excited to be back in the Bay and write stories on how humans and wildlife are learning to live with one another.
The People Will Keep Fishing, Despite Forever Chemicals in the Fish
Bay Area sport fish sampled in a study were overwhelmingly tainted with PFAS. “It’s more widespread than we really thought,” says a scientist. But it’s not so easy to persuade...
Finding (and Redefining) What’s Edible, With Cindy Li
“You don’t have to go somewhere really far away,” says Li, “to see interesting plants.”
Will Newsom’s Expedited Wildfire Prevention Plans Harm Wildlife?
Newsom’s executive order allows fire reduction efforts to bypass CEQA ahead of fire season. Some fire agencies are seeking to take advantage of the opportunity.
Local AmeriCorps Fellows Lose Jobs, Leaving Oaks Unplanted and Career Prospects Unclear
Last week, 90 of 155 Americorps fellows doing nature work across the Bay Area stopped work—leaving a hole that agencies, nonprofits, and universities can’t afford to fill. Aspiring young environmental...
After Trump Cuts, Environmental Justice Grantees Halt Work and Scramble to Pay Employees
On a clear, sunny Juneteenth at Palo Alto’s Baylands Nature Reserve in 2023, President Joe Biden celebrated billions of dollars for climate projects and hailed the work of one small...
Local Heroes 2025: Mirella Ramos, Environmental Educator
Mirella Ramos is helping more people feel at home in nature.
Local Heroes 2025: Susan Schwartz, Community Hero
Susan Schwartz has decades of experience as a weed warrior.
Along With Its New Park, Ocean Beach Gets a Dunescaping
Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. Vegetating the sand dunes is part of the city’s answer.
What Lives, and Dies, on Tule Mats
A woman and her students weave a world of life for mosquito predators.
