Driving Home the Butterfly
The endangered Mission blue butterfly flies again on Twin Peaks, thanks to a dedicated six-year transplant effort that might be in its last year.
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.
What People Talk About When They Talk About Sage Grouse
How the greater sage grouse, a chicken-like resident of the sagebrush prairie, became what some call the most important conservation story in a generation.
Range of Possibilities
If ranchers are such great conservation partners, why has ranching often been viewed as bad for the environment?
Bayview: The Growing Understanding of Rangelands
Just as demand for locally sourced beef is rising, the ability of local ranchers to produce it is going down. The soaring rents and real estate prices that make it...
Q&A: Point Reyes Photographer Daniel Dietrich and the Ethics of Shooting the Wild
Acclaimed Inverness-based wildlife photographer Daniel Dietrich is raising awareness around the shifty practice of owl baiting in the quest for the perfect shot.
A Natural History of That Little Yellow Flower That’s Everywhere Right Now
Oxalis provides a delightful burst of yellow color in the spring. Also, it's eating the entire Bay Area alive.
Fighting to Save, and Popularize, San Bruno Mountain
David Schooley and San Bruno Mountain Watch have done much to save San Bruno Mountain. Now they want to share it with the world.
Without Racial Diversity, Do Enviros Risk Becoming Marginalized?
UC Berkeley professor Carolyn Finney explains why environmentalists should support biodiversity — and racial diversity.
‘Slow Coast’ May Get a National Monument
Santa Cruz Redwoods National Monument has a certain ring to it.
From the Bottom Up at Mountain Lake
With San Francisco's Mountain Lake once again clean enough to support native species, its managers are reintroducing the basic building blocks of a healthy ecosystem.
