Celebrate Inclusive National Parks with the #AANPE
The African American National Parks Event encourages people to visit their local national parks on the first weekend in June
Author Archives: Victoria Schlesinger
Victoria Schlesinger is the editor in chief of Bay Nature.
Pilot Project to Remove 350 Creosote-Treated Pilings from San Pablo Bay
There are 33,000 creosote-treated pilings in the Bay leaching toxins that harm herring.
Rancho Corral de Tierra: A Sea to Summit Trek on the San Mateo Coast
It’s time to open up Rancho Corral de Tierra, a storied, long-private piece of the coast, for all.
Making Their Mark
The ideas driving the environmental and social movements of the early 1970s gained a strong foothold in the East Bay Regional Park District, thanks in large part to a cohort of young park workers hired during that decade.
Animal Tracking: Signs of Life
Plenty of wildlife roams the Bay Area. With help from expert naturalists, you can learn to read the messages they leave behind in their tracks and signs.
SF Premiere of San Bruno Mt. Film “Butterflies & Bulldozers”
Many people living in the Bay Area know very little about San Bruno Mountain -- the massive, bald hill just south of San Francisco.The surprising story of this largest undeveloped landmass in the urban U.S. is told in the documentary Butterflies & Bulldozers, showing this week at the first San Francisco Green Film Festival.
Black Bears Buck the Trend, Thrive in California
In an unusual reversal of most wildlife trends, the black bear population is at an all time high and occupies a greater range in California today than it did before the Gold Rush. At that time the state was home to both black bears and the California grizzly, which seemingly dominated every local ecological niche.
