With Bay of Life, Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom wanted to go past Monterey Bay’s natural beauty to explore its past, present and possible futures.
Conservation
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On the Enigmatic ‘Flying Potato,’ Neither Plant Nor Animal, That Caused the Bay’s Biggest Harmful Algal Bloom in History
September 21, 2022 •
Heterosigma akashiwo can photosynthesize like a plant and wiggle like an animal, and it’s here to stay — but it’s still something of an enigma.
A Case for Retreat in the Age of Fire as Dozens of Wildfires Threaten Homes in the West
September 15, 2022 •
As fire risk rises, is it time to consider managed retreat? Three environmental design and sustainability experts explore the options.
A Feather Forecast to Help You Tune Into Fall’s Magnificent Migrations
September 8, 2022 •
Up to a half-billion birds migrate across the U.S. each night, cloaked in darkness. BirdCast helps you see what they’re doing.
A Former National Parks Director’s Guide to Not Wasting Your Precious Greywater
August 23, 2022 •
Jonathan Jarvis installed his own laundry-to-landscape system, and with a little elbow grease, you can, too.
Largest Tidal Restoration Project in California Will Make Way for Wildlife & Mitigate Floods
August 16, 2022 •
Two landscapes stand divided by the hundred-year-old Yolo Bypass West Levee in Solano County. To the south of the levee’s U shape, canals tangle toward the sprawling Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, which teems with wildlife. North of the levee, former … Read more
Find Bay Area Swimming Spots Free of Harmful Algal Blooms
August 16, 2022 •
Harmful algal blooms are increasing in incidence, duration, and toxicity statewide and so are their health impacts on humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.
The Fight Over Sustainable Transportation in Santa Cruz County
July 26, 2022 •
As urban wildlife stakes its claim on the green corridor running through town, the human residents of the county have spent the past two decades arguing over what to do with this 32-mile stretch of train tracks
In the Wake of Wildfire, Big Basin Redwoods State Park Partially Reopens to the Public
July 21, 2022 •
Big Basin State Park is not the lush, shady ancient forest it once was. In August 2020, 97 percent of the old-growth forest nestled in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains burned in the devastating CZU Lightning Complex fire. … Read more
Soon-to-Open Tunnel Tops Park Supports a More Inclusive Future
July 14, 2022 •
This weekend, on Sunday, July 17, the new 14-acre Tunnel Tops park opens to the public in San Francisco’s Presidio, a former military base turned urban national park that hosts around 10 million visitors a year