With Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, the Bay’s wetlands are finally getting some precious muck. Why have we been dumping it offshore?
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The Hills Have Ears
New radio towers are bringing a sea-change in wildlife tracking.
Winter 2024 Editor’s Letter: Nature’s Superpower
“One of nature’s great powers is to provide the metaphors we seek, and in this issue of Bay Nature, I see healing everywhere,” writes editor-in-chief Victoria Schlesinger.
An Interview with Amy Tan: Wild Birds and Backyard Journals
Bestselling author Amy Tan has filled journals with anecdotes, observations, and drawings of backyard birds.
At Taylor Mountain, a View Worth the Climb
The trail passes in and out of shadowed forests, and leads to a peak overlooking Santa Rosa, the Coast Range, and the Mayacamas mountains.
Sex and Poison May Explain California Death Cap Invasion
Local mycologists suspect death caps—huge and abundant in the Bay Area—may be competing with chanterelles underground.
Landscapes of Change, at SFMOMA
They’re secret repositories of history, and places to contest exclusion, forgetting, and destruction.
Make Way for Eelgrass: Dilapidated, Unsafe, Toxic Old Pier to Be Removed at Last
East Bay Regional Park District is primed to remove the creosote-treated wood of Richmond’s Ferry Point Pier this year after two years of delays.
Eulogy for a Crayfish We Hardly Knew
The death knell for the sooty crayfish probably sounded with the introduction of its cousin from the north.
The Complex Lives of Overwintering Shorebirds
Highly dependent on the tide, shorebirds eat, rest, and play depending on the rise and fall of the waters.