It’s Fun! It’s Science! It’s a Bioblitz!
On the last weekend of March, 9,000 people armed with binoculars, butterfly nets, cameras, and smartphones, spread out over an archipelago of national park lands from Point Reyes in Marin...
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.
Award-Winning Filmmaker Discusses Upcoming Wilderness Anniversary
Filmmaker Steve Dunsky usually spends his time behind the camera not in front of it. Now and then, however, he steps into public view. As one of the main creative...
Trail Trekkers Forge a New Path in El Cerrito
Since 2012, the El Cerrito nonprofit ECTT has built two new trails: Motorcycle Hill Trail and another called Lower Snowdon Trail. Both of these are in the Hillside Natural Area,...
Seeing America, Again: Re-imagined Art Project Connects Artists, Parks
A new campaign crowd-sources artwork from all 50 states to revive New Deal-era posters with a new collection of art celebrating America’s national parks.
Bioblitz Turns Up Ancient Find in the Presidio
One of the most unexpected finds of the March Golden Gate National Parks bioblitz, at El Polin Springs in the Presidio, was a freshwater sponge, one of the most ancient...
Beavers Used to Be Almost Everywhere in California
Beavers used to live across most of California before they were trapped out of existence. But could they be a solution to drought and climate change?
Santa Clara Water District Cuts Reservoir Releases to Local Creeks and Ponds
Santa Clara Valley Water District officials say they are facing an “unprecedented shortage” of water this year, and as the district’s drinking water reservoirs run dry, it is cutting releases...
A New Paradigm For Conservation: Consider the Countryside
Conservation biologists are realizing that farmlands could play an important role in conservation.
‘Slow Coast’ Will Stay Slow with Newly Protected Lands
For the first time in a century, the public will have access to two key sites along the Central Coast.
“Bay Nature on the Air” Nominated for Northern California Emmy Award
Bay Nature on the Air -- nature shorts based on features from Bay Nature magazine -- has been nominated for a regional Emmy Award.
