The Fight Over Sustainable Transportation in Santa Cruz County
As urban wildlife stakes its claim on the green corridor running through town, the human residents of the county have spent the past two decades arguing over what to do...
Category: Policy
Learn to Burn
Scientists estimate that California needs to burn one million acres a year to prevent catastrophic wildfires. That’s more than a single agency can manage, but if you teach one million...
Candlestick Point Safe Parking Site Tests Using Public Park Land to Address Housing Insecurity
The Bayview-Hunters Point community, city, and state move forward on a first-of-its-kind use of a state park to house the unhoused.
Beavers Can Help California’s Environment, But State Policy Doesn’t Help Them
Scientific opinion of beavers has changed over the years, but when it comes to conflict, there's still not many options.
Does Protecting Land Work to Protect Wildlife?
Most conservation plans assume that protecting land works to help biodiversity. Point Blue scientists decided to check and see.
Uncomfortable Questions and Bay Nature’s New Fall 2021 Issue
Is it success if local policies triumph at the expense of environments elsewhere?
Can Rooftop Solar Save California’s Open Space?
This spring, Alameda County approved of the Aramis Renewable Energy Project, dividing East Bay environmentalists who disagree about whether the undeveloped North Livermore Valley should remain open ranchland and wildlife...
Solar Power or Open Space? North Livermore Project Reveals California’s Green Fault Lines
Looking at the North Livermore Valley, it’s easy to forget that three of California’s largest cities lie less than an hour’s drive away. In late winter and early spring, the...
California Commits to Conserving 30 Percent of its Land and Water by 2030. What Does That Mean?
On October 7 California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the state to create a new California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserve 30 percent of its land and coastal waters by 2030. Conservationists...
On Environmental Protection, Biden’s Election Will Mean a 180-degree Turn From Trump Policies
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The Trump administration has waged what I and many other legal experts view as...
