The Bayview-Hunters Point community, city, and state move forward on a first-of-its-kind use of a state park to house the unhoused.
Conservation
Bay Nature Local Heroes | Environmental Justice | Farming and Ranching | Health | Parks | Policy | Pollution | Stewardship
Beavers Can Help California’s Environment, But State Policy Doesn’t Help Them
November 11, 2021 •
Scientific opinion of beavers has changed over the years, but when it comes to conflict, there’s still not many options.
Solving Problems With Eelgrass and Oysters
October 14, 2021 •
Giant Marsh’s $3 million restoration and enhancement is the first large-scale endeavor of the Coastal Conservancy’s San Francisco Bay Living Shorelines Project.
Does Protecting Land Work to Protect Wildlife?
October 13, 2021 •
Most conservation plans assume that protecting land works to help biodiversity. Point Blue scientists decided to check and see.
Raptors Rather Than Rodenticide
October 12, 2021 •
Replacing pesticides with barn owls for rodent control was one of several innovations that marked a new appetite for more environmentally sustainable production in California vineyards.
“No More House Sparrow”
October 5, 2021 •
“There is nothing gentle about bigotry.”
Public Lands Have Become a Refuge for People Priced Out of Housing in the West. Local Tensions are Increasing. What Now?
October 1, 2021 •
New questions about what — and who — public lands are for.
Uncomfortable Questions and Bay Nature’s New Fall 2021 Issue
September 30, 2021 •
Is it success if local policies triumph at the expense of environments elsewhere?
Can Rooftop Solar Save California’s Open Space?
July 15, 2021 •
This spring, Alameda County approved of the Aramis Renewable Energy Project, dividing East Bay environmentalists who disagree about whether the undeveloped North Livermore Valley should remain open ranchland and wildlife habitat, or whether part of the flat, sunny valley would … Read more
Beyond the Plume of Smoke
June 23, 2021 •
“While acute smoke is bad for human and environmental health, smoke in moderation can be part of human and environmental health and well-being.”