Underneath California Forever
Tech billionaires are fighting for their proposed 400,000-person city in Solano County. At least 21 imperiled species depend on the ecosystems where the new city could be built.
Author Archives: Tanvi Dutta Gupta
Tanvi is a senior reporting fellow with Bay Nature. Her writing and reporting has appeared across High Country News, Science Magazine, and Atlas Obscura, in addition to underground murals and her mother's Facebook page. She grew up across Singapore, Hong Kong, London, and India before moving to California, where she studied ecology at Stanford University. She is a big fan of long runs and food.
25 Years of Change
A quarter century of hard work has restored nature to the San Francisco Bay Area in places where it was once unimaginable.
With Dams Removed, Spawning Salmon Are Heading Up Alameda Creek
These chinooks are likely hatchery strays. But they are still an ecosystem boon—and flaming-bright symbols of restoration at work.
Some Birds in the Bay Are Doing OK
The first update to a local State of the Birds report in 14 years shows restoration working—and some puzzling declines.
Fish Kill at Clear Lake Reveals a Seven-Foot Sturgeon Surprise
A problem lake was doing pretty well this year. Then came a series of unfortunate water-quality events.
Struggling Monarchs Sure Picked Some Inconvenient Habitat
All 16 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a native that now depends on a non-native to survive?
Before the Clawbacks, This ‘Freaking Game-Changer’ for Nature Made It Rain
Trump has pulled back big parts of Biden’s signature climate laws. But BIL and IRA have already awarded at least $1.4 billion to Bay Area nature.
These Programs Have Monitored Our Waters For Decades. Trump Could Destroy Them.
“Long-term monitoring isn’t sexy,” says one source. But this data is how we know what is happening to the planet.
After 28 Years, Alameda Creek Opens Up To Fish
The last fish barrier is falling on mainstem Alameda Creek. It took almost three decades—and changed the watershed and the people who steward it.
