Parks
A Legal Settlement Will Usher In a Wilder Point Reyes
Most cattle will leave, and an ambitious plan aims to restore coastal scrub, grasslands, and chaparral. But the agreement immediately drew fire from community members, who decry the loss of working ranches and farmworkers.
The Patwin People and Solano County Open a Park
Patwino Worrtla Kodoi Dihi Open Space Park in Fairfield. Trail: 4.4 mi, 744 ft elevation gain, loop
A Tale of Two Ponds
In the East Bay, livestock ponds are surprisingly important amphibian habitat.
900 Innes, a New Waterfront Park at India Basin in SF
A shoreline park in Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco.
The Coyotes Arrived. Now, They’re Changing Angel Island.
Deer and raccoons that once fearlessly roamed the island have become prey.
What to Do With SF’s Great Highway? Here’s the Skinny on Prop. K.
San Francisco voters will decide this year whether to authorize the Great Highway to go car-free, and maybe become a park.
A Hazardous Waste Site Becomes ‘San Francisco’s Next Great Park’
After almost 150 years, a piece of San Francisco’s last remaining natural shoreline in Bayview-Hunters Point is now accessible to the public. First, it had to be cleaned up.
A New Park in San Francisco’s Mission Bay Neighborhood
China Basin Park in Mission Bay is open, as of April 2024.
If Turtles Could Talk
… then Turtle #9 would have stories to tell about the restoration of Redwood Creek.
