Scientists estimate that California needs to burn one million acres a year to prevent catastrophic wildfires. That’s more than a single agency can
manage, but if you teach one million people to burn one acre each …
Learn to Burn
March 28, 2022 •
Conservation
Bay Nature Local Heroes | Environmental Justice | Farming and Ranching | Health | Parks | Policy | Pollution | Stewardship
Meet Solwazi Allah, Bay Nature’s 2022 Young Leader Hero
March 24, 2022 •
Since 2019, Solwazi Allah has put his desire to protect nature into action with Urban Tilth, a Richmond-based nonprofit focused on urban agriculture, equitable food systems, and watershed restoration.
Meet Richard Tejeda, Bay Nature’s 2022 Community Hero
March 24, 2022 •
After a decade of working in parks, Richard Tejeda decided to create Saved By Nature to help more people of color visit and work in parks.
Meet Nonette Hanko, Bay Nature’s 2022 Conservation Action Hero
March 24, 2022 •
Nonette Hanko helped create the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, then served on its board for 46 years.
Meet Megan Isadore, Bay Nature’s 2022 Environmental Educator Hero
March 24, 2022 •
A little more than a decade ago Megan Isadore founded the River Otter Ecology Project, a nonprofit organization with a mission of engaging the public through education, research, and community science.
Bay Nature Spring 2022 Editor’s Letter: Do Right Today
March 24, 2022 •
As the poet Wendell Berry says, “if we do the right things today, we’ll have done all we really can for tomorrow.”
Tesla Park: Saved at Last
January 12, 2022 •
After 20 years, the state decides not to allow the expansion of an off-road vehicle park in the East Bay hills.
How Birds Help Keep the Pajaro River Levees Safe Without Poison
December 6, 2021 •
Rodents can weaken critical river levees. Instead of poisoning them, leading to ripple effects up the food chain, levee managers on the Pajaro River are encouraging raptors to patrol the area.
Candlestick Point Safe Parking Site Tests Using Public Park Land to Address Housing Insecurity
November 18, 2021 •
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.
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.