San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program Springs to Life
After several decades, San Francisco designates parklands to increase and preserve biodiversity.
Category: Stewardship
The San Francisco Bay Area is bejeweled with hundreds of parks and open space preserves as well as a rich set of laws and policies meant to ensure the survival of vulnerable species and ecosystems. Real people made this happen through a dedicated call to stewardship.
Rainbow Trout Return to Orinda After Half-Century Away
Trout stopped swimming upstream from San Pablo Reservoir after the construction of a small dam in the 1960s. But when storms and workers cleared debris from the dam, the trout swam past.
How the East Bay Shoreline Became A Park for the People
A walk through the tumultuous history of the East Bay's popular shoreline park.
A Mountaintop with Panoramic Bay Area Views, Closed to the Public for 59 Years, Opens This Fall
At the "resting place of the hummingbirds," a panoramic view of the Bay Area that few from the general public have ever seen.
Letter to the Editor: Protecting Diversity Is the Opposite of Xenophobia
Some non-native species are okay. But not all of them.
Ancient Whale Bones and Megalodon Shark Teeth Unearthed in East Bay
A dam retrofit project reveals a treasure trove from the time when California had a vast inland sea.
Sea Otter Adoptees Born in Elkhorn Slough
A surrogate sea otter program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has helped grow the wild otter population in Elkhorn Slough.
Bay Area Nature’s All-Hands-On-Deck Moment
The Bay is healthier now than it has been at any time in the past 50 years. And that’s because people in this century decided to work together across disciplines and institutional boundaries to reverse the damage done over the previous two centuries.
Skip the Elephants and Tigers, These Children’s Books Feature Local Wildlife
With the holidays underway and the kids out of school, now's a good time to curl up with some reads. Why not make them about California?
Pilot Project to Remove 350 Creosote-Treated Pilings from San Pablo Bay
There are 33,000 creosote-treated pilings in the Bay leaching toxins that harm herring.
