After the Lightning Fires in the East Bay Parks
The SCU Lightning Complex fires burned 6,000 acres of East Bay Regional Park District land last year. And already, green ground cover, reptiles, and raptors are returning in Morgan Territory.
Parks
Finding Signs of Recovery in Santa Cruz’s Redwood Forest
Before the CZU Complex fires of 2020, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park had not seen fire for a hundred years. Signs of recovery in the park are as varied as...
The History of Vaccines Through an East Bay Regional Park
Before it became a park, Sobrante Ridge was home to vaccine testing and the infamous "Cutter Incident"
Home on the Range
This story originally appeared in bioGraphic, an online magazine about nature and sustainability powered by the California Academy of Sciences. Photographs by Sarah Killingsworth Point Reyes sits at the western edge...
Rebuilding Big Basin
California's first State Park burned in the 2020 CZU Lightning Fires. Now conservation groups want it to rebuild as the model of state parks for the future.
Birding the Botanic Garden
The Botanic Garden Bird Survey Team has recorded all of the birds they’ve observed in this corner of Tilden Regional Park, specifically tracking which species visit and when, what they...
Reflections on an Era
Reflecting on an era of East Bay conservation, Bob Doyle recounts his career and looks toward the future of parks and open space.
A New Plan for Ranching at Point Reyes and What it Means for the Future of the Seashore
Is commercial agriculture part of Point Reyes National Seashore's essential character?
Watch the Restoration of a Watershed on Marsh Creek Trail
From Marsh Creek Regional Trail, see some of the newest projects restoring this watershed for salmon, beaver, and tricolored blackbirds.
People of Color Have Always Been Outdoors. What Can We Learn from Past Decades of Engagement and Inclusion Work?
This article first appeared in the interdisciplinary journal Parks Stewardship Forum under the title “Coloring Outside the Lines | Connecting the Dots: Why does what and who came before us...
