From Tidepools to Tracking, Our Favorite Events of 2025
As the events program expanded this year, we got out all over the Bay Area, bringing Bay Nature stories to life.
Author Archives: Lia Keener
Lia Keener joined Bay Nature in 2022 as editorial assistant and later became its first outreach fellow. As events coordinator since 2024, she has facilitated more than 80 events per calendar year. Lia grew up in Central Oregon, then attended UC Berkeley, where she majored in environmental biology and minored in Chinese language and journalism. In her spare time, Lia enjoys painting animals, going for long walks, tidepooling, looking for insects, and eating snacks.
Stewardship and Volunteer Opportunities: Coastal Edition, Fall 2024
Some ways to show love to our coastlines and their wild inhabitants.
It’s a Rock Pigeon’s World
Your fact-filled guide to the remarkable feathered urban nature we forget to wonder about.
Hiking For Who You Want to See in Nature
Nick Collins is the leader of 510 Hikers, a weekly hiking group with a mission to diversify the outdoors.
Local Heroes 2024: Yakuta Poonawalla, Community Hero
Yakuta Poonawalla first hiked in the Himalayas at age 15. “My mother was one of the first people in my life who, when I came back from my treks in...
Oakland’s Urban Tree Dreams Get (Partially) Funded
The city’s draft urban forest plan has drawn more than 800 comments—many clamoring for more native trees.
Inside the East Oakland Plant Nursery That’s Breaking the Incarceration Cycle
“Nobody's got our kind of re-entry program that mixes soil, re-entry, healing, and good pay,” says Planting Justice's operations manager, Lynn Vidal.
iNaturalist Strikes Out on Its Own
With the help of a $10 million startup grant iNaturalist has separated from the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society and become its own independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Tactical Pooping, and Other Ways Birds Survive Summer
Here’s a look at how birds beat the heat along with some ways you can help. As SFBBO researcher Katie LaBarbera says, “these are birds trying to survive in the...
Why a Mouse Matters
Salt marsh harvest mice are hard to find, and their fates offer a glimpse at our own coastal society’s future. A reporter tags along on an epic rangewide survey of...
