California’s New Fracking Law Divides Environmentalists
California's new fracking law is the first of its kind in the nation to regulate this method of tight oil extraction.
Category: Policy
GGNRA mulls plastic water bottle ban
GGNRA is under pressure to join growing number of national parks that ban the sale of plastic water bottles.
Do the Presidio’s New Dog Walking Rules Go Far Enough?
Limits on commercial dog walkers in the Presidio has some nature lovers questioning: Should they be allowed at all?
Santa Clara Valley habitat plan up for final vote
San Jose officials on Tuesday will decide the fate of a plan to preserve 46,000 acres of open space.
SF to Shift Street Tree Care to Property Owners
Due to looming city budget cuts, SF Mayor Ed Lee recently produced a budget package that cut $300,000 from street tree care. The proposal would shift the city’s responsibility for...
SF Aims to Make City Safer for Birds
Every year in North America, a billion birds die by colliding with windows, buildings, and communication towers. Many of these deaths could be avoided by doing things like tinting windows...
Sharp Park Debate Hastens Citywide Biodiversity Policy
The ongoing debate over protected species at San Francisco's Sharp Park golf course in Pacifica seems to have accelerated a long-simmering effort to enact a citywide biodiversity policy. But with...
New Marine Life Management and Protections
The Pacific Coast is home to more than 50 species of rockfish, including Pacific snapper. Rockfish and other groundfish were once plentiful, but years of commercial fishing have depleted stocks....
Marine Protected Areas Update
Find out the latest on California's effort to establish some of the strongest marine protected areas in the world.
San Francisco Natural Areas Program
San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program is in the final stages of hammering out a plan to guide the management and improvement of its designated Natural Resource Areas. Of the 3,480...
