Sailing the Salt Line
Carquinez Strait is where Sierra snow meets the San Francisco Bay, but the line of engagement between fresh and salt water is always moving.
Author Archives: Kate Golden
Kate Golden is Bay Nature's senior editor. Her background is in investigative, data-driven, and science journalism, and she has reported from rural Australia to the Bering Sea. She is also an artist, cyclist and sailor. Send tips to kate at baynature.org, or find her on Instagram at @meownderthal.
The Meaning of Dos Rios, California’s Newest State Park
On Wednesday, June 12, the state of California officially opens Dos Rios, the first new state park in more than a decade. It’s a riparian forest restoration at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers, in the Central … Read more
On the Russian River, a Slow Road to Good Fire
The Ukiah Valley is getting a $7M federal grant meant to help high-risk communities—and the landscapes surrounding them—become more fire-resilient. The Forest Service says prescribed fire is key. So why aren’t Ukiah and other grantees proposing to do more of it?
He Set Out to Photograph All of California’s Forests. Then They Began to Burn.
Stefan Thuilot has been documenting a very big picture view of how forests are changing.
A Rare Closeup on the Delta Green Ground Beetle, a Predator of the Pools
The quarter-inch-long, brilliantly colored Delta green ground beetle is "still a bit of a mystery," even to experts.
Local Heroes 2024: Katharyn Boyer, Environmental Educator
At the Estuary and Ocean Science Center, students are learning alongside scientists like Boyer how to save our shorelines.
Bay Nature’s Best, Deepest, and Weirdest Reads of 2023
Stories of the birds and the beasts, plus plants, protists, and fungi. The whales versus the crabbers, a shortage of seeds, an unexpected lake, kelp babies; dirt bikers, vaxxed condors, the strange feet of coots. All here.
Naturalist’s Notebook: How Salt Marsh Plants Cope With All the Salt
Meet the Salt Marsh 3, a trio of marsh plants specially adapted to live in the brine.
Wild Billions: We’re Following How Federal Money for Nature Is Spent
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act are supposed to transform our landscapes. Will they?
Just in Time for Algae Season, A New Satellite Map Offers Glimpses of Bay Blooms
No one agency is tasked with protecting us from marine algal blooms. So here’s a map worth checking before you go out on the waters of San Francisco Bay.
