Local Heroes 2025: Mirella Ramos, Environmental Educator
Mirella Ramos is helping more people feel at home in nature.
Conservation
Local Heroes 2025: Susan Schwartz, Community Hero
Susan Schwartz has decades of experience as a weed warrior.
Local Heroes 2025: Annie Burke, Conservation Action
Annie Burke is connecting conservation work across the Bay.
15 Years of Local Heroes
The awards grew from a desire to recognize elders who helped create a local conservation culture.
Why Cut Redwoods?
A counterintuitive approach to conservation gains urgency in the face of drought and wildfires in California.
How Molok Luyuk Got Its National Monument Designation (and Not Windmills)
At first it was labeled a wind energy resource area. Then all the wind companies walked away.
Trump’s EPA Suspends $19M North Richmond Environmental Justice Grant—Again
EPA says it’s proud of axing grants to save money.
Even Ground Squirrels Got In On the Vole Feast Last Summer
For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many voles?
With Trump’s War on DEI, Local Environmental Organizations Rethink Diversity Commitments
Some organizations are doubling down on DEI. Others are taking down words that could get them in trouble.
What Lives, and Dies, on Tule Mats
A woman and her students weave a world of life for mosquito predators.
