The longtime regional conservation planning group stalled in 2018. Now we need to work together to build the future, writes its interim executive director Annie Burke.
On the Future of the Bay Area Open Space Council
December 28, 2018 •
Conservation
Bay Nature Local Heroes | Environmental Justice | Farming and Ranching | Health | Parks | Policy | Pollution | Stewardship
Editor’s Letter: On The Salmon Holding Steady in the Stream
December 28, 2018 •
Introducing Bay Nature Magazine’s Winter 2019 issue.
A Wildlife Corridor … for Microbes
December 28, 2018 •
Some living environments may supply a sort of naturally occurring probiotic. How do we conserve them?
Racial and Ethnic Minorities are More Vulnerable to Wildfires
November 6, 2018 •
Some people are more affected by wildfires than others
Cleaning Up Toxic Sites Shouldn’t Clear Out the Neighbors
October 24, 2018 •
UC Santa Cruz Sociologist Lindsey Dillon says cleanup shouldn’t mean displacement.
The Importance of Our Natural Infrastructure
October 15, 2018 •
A first-of-its kind ballot measure in San Jose would fund conservation as a flood solution.
Why I’m Starting a Community College Natural History Program in 2018
October 14, 2018 •
What’s the value of dusty old natural history in the modern world? More than you might think, says Brad Balukjian.
UC Berkeley Study: Experiencing ‘Awe’ in Nature Can Bring Healing
October 9, 2018 •
A UC Berkeley study looks at underserved youth and veterans and finds apparent healing benefits to time in nature.
Human-Caused Climate Change Severely Exposes the U.S. National Parks
October 4, 2018 •
Climate change has exposed the United States National Parks to hotter and drier conditions than the country as a whole, a UC Berkeley scientist writes.
Do Parks Push People Out?
October 1, 2018 •
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?”