The mammoth McApin Tree is not just the venerable elder in its grove. It’s thought the giant redwood holds within its fire-charred rings the surrounding forest’s formative secrets.
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Calling for a Revisionist Natural History
June 26, 2018 •
Highlighting the natural histories of communities of color in the Bay Area may help more people feel welcome in the environmental community and sciences.
Volunteers Make the Parks Come Alive. Here’s How to Find and Join Them.
June 26, 2018 •
There are dozens of ways to volunteer in the East Bay Regional Park District.
San José Ballot Measure Would Rewrite the City’s General Plan for Development, to the Dismay of Open Space Advocates
May 30, 2018 •
San Jose’s Measure B, on the ballot in the June 5 election, could have far-reaching implications for civic governance
The Most Visited State Park System in the Nation Is Remaking Itself and Wants Your Buy-In
March 30, 2018 •
Seven years after the crisis, California State Parks tests out a new model.
Watching Wildlife Move Through Sonoma Valley
March 30, 2018 •
Science has led us to an increasing understanding of the importance of wildlife corridors. Sonoma pioneers the monitoring of a series of corridors.
Parks Are Our Shared Spaces, and It’s Easy to Take Them for Granted
March 30, 2018 •
So much of the good stuff in life happens in natural places, and it all depends on parks functioning properly in ways we can too easily take for granted.
Bay Area Climate Adaptation Collaborative Shutters
March 30, 2018 •
An organization dedicated to responding to climate change in a nature-friendly way loses funding.
Charismatic Sea Ducks Seem to be Disappearing, But It’s Hard to Say Why
March 30, 2018 •
Are surf scoters disappearing from the San Francisco Bay? Or from the world?
After a Fire, Fast-Growing Flowers Lock in a Long-Term Recovery
February 14, 2018 •
We’re used to thinking about how wildfires change the soil for plants. But a UC Berkeley researcher wants to turn the relationship around and ask how the plants that spring up after a fire could lock-in long-term soil recovery.