What’s keeping sea otters from expanding their population? Cat poop, perhaps.
Category: Health
Fall Issue 2019
East Bay Regional Park District Bans Glyphosate
This past July, the East Bay Regional Park District announced a ban on the controversial herbicide glyphosate, also known by the brand name Roundup. The prohibition was effective immediately in picnic areas. The district said it would discontinue use of … Read more
Fall Issue 2019
Healing the Body, Mind, and Cultural Divide: It’s More than a Walk in the Park
One Saturday morning late last spring, I pulled into Garin Regional Park in the hills above Hayward. I didn’t have the $5 for parking, but intuiting why I was there, the ranger let me pass anyway. A crowd was amassing. … Read more
Environmental Justice
San Francisco Opens a New Campground at Sunrise Point
Residents and advocates turn to the challenge of keeping it welcome.
Winter Issue 2019
A Wildlife Corridor … for Microbes
Some living environments may supply a sort of naturally occurring probiotic. How do we conserve them?
Fall Issue 2018
Do Parks Push People Out?
Parks improve health and fight climate change. But not all parks affect a community in the same way — and the question is: “Who’s it for?”
Winter Issue 2017
Nature Offers Health Benefits, and Brain Research Helps Explain Why
Outdoors-lovers have long known that nature makes us feel good. Now scientists peering into the brain are starting to explain why.
Health, Stewardship
Reconnecting People with Nature: Rue Mapp, Outdoor Afro
Inspired by a childhood divided between urban Oakland and a Lake County working ranch, Rue Mapp founded Outdoor Afro, an online community and organization that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through outdoor recreational activities.
