Photo Essay: The Vegan Trout
Fish raised on farms generally eat their ground-up oceanic cousins. A farm in Susanville is trying to change that.
Farming and Ranching
A Time of Reckoning in the Central Valley
Climate change is upending agriculture and land use in California's Central Valley
Photo Essay: Climate Change in the Central Valley
Photographer Jonno Rattman spent a week photographing the Central Valley for Bay Nature’s summer 2019 cover story, “A Time of Reckoning”. He was struck, as he traveled, by the near total absence of people — it was, he says, one … Read more
Crows are Wicked Smart
Should an animal's intelligence change the way we treat it?
More Goats, Less Fire?
With wildfires likely to continue, land managers turn to a preemptive firefighting tool: grazers
Point Reyes Elk Test Positive for Disease
A potentially fatal bacterial disease has been found among a free-roaming tule elk herd at Point Reyes National Seashore, raising concerns about the close proximity of wildlife to cattle on national parkland.
On the Fence
The recovery of the nearly extinct Tule Elk has become a dilemma for the park service, ranchers, and environmentalists at Point Reyes.
On a Now-Protected Ranch Above Tomales Bay, a Chance to ‘Give the Land What It Deserves’
A rare agricultural biodiversity survey gives MALT a chance to explore its stunning new acquisition above Tomales Bay.
Letter: George Wuerthner Responds to Sheila Barry
An ecologist argues that endorsing the benefits of livestock ignores the many negative impacts cows have on water quality, wildlife, plant communities, soils, and ecosystems.
Letter: Sheila Barry Responds to George Wuerthner
Santa Clara County livestock advisor Sheila Barry on why livestock grazing is valued for conservation.
