Beavers used to live across most of California before they were trapped out of existence. But could they be a solution to drought and climate change?
Beavers Used to Be Almost Everywhere in California
June 19, 2014 •
Farming & Ranching
The San Francisco Bay Area may be one of the densest metropolitan areas of the country, but roughly 40 percent of the region's total land area is made up of farms and rangelands.
San Francisco Group Launches Pop-Up Gardens
June 6, 2014 •
There are pop-up kitchens, pop-up retail stores … so why not pop-up gardens? One San Francisco group is taking over vacant lots until they are developed.
Tule Elk Relocated As Numbers Rebound
May 7, 2014 •
How do you relocate a 1,000-pound bull? Wildlife officials truck California’s “homegrown elk” to new sanctuaries.
Interior Secretary: Contra Costa Habitat Plan A National Model
May 6, 2014 •
United States Interior Secretary Sally Jewell took in the view from the summit of Kreiger Peak to highlight the plan that helped preserve the east Contra Costa peak.
Before the Annual Fungus Fair, It’s All About Finding the Right Mushroom
December 23, 2013 •
Served in French dishes under the alias pom pom du blanc, lion’s mane has a texture and taste resembling lobster or shrimp. Chris Schoenstein, a lifelong enthusiast and member of the Mycological Society of San Francisco, has only seen one 2 or 3 times. But that, if you’re a mushroom hunter, is the hook that keeps you coming back to an event like the Wunderlich Foray.
Behind the Fracking Boom: Unearthing the Secrets of the Monterey Shale
October 14, 2013 •
But the pressure to exploit these resources isn’t going away anytime soon either, nor is the debate over the wisdom of doing so. As we weigh the pros and cons, a missing piece of the conversation is the land itself: What is the Monterey Formation? What is it made of and how did it get here? And what kind of habitats, plants, and animals live atop it?
Above the Monterey Shale, farmers worry fracking will destroy the land
August 5, 2013 •
What happens when Big Oil meets small town California?
New wildlife corridor created at foot of Mount Diablo
July 24, 2013 •
Roddy Ranch has been spared from development and is on it’s way to becoming a new park.
In condor country comes a California oil boom
July 18, 2013 •
California could be on the verge of a major oil boom centered a stone’s throw from the Bay Area. What does that mean for the landscape and the wildlife that call that place home?
Local Hero: Cindy Moreno of WattzOn and Full Circle Farm
May 8, 2013 •
It’s not easy to catch up with Cindy Moreno. The daughter of immigrant farmworkers from the Central Valley and a recent graduate in environmental studies from San Jose State, Cindy is doing more than her share for the environment.