The Inner Visions of Mark Kitchell
“We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then and have known ever since that there was something new to me in those eyes, something known only to her … Read more
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.
Interior Secretary: Contra Costa Habitat Plan A National Model
United States Interior Secretary Sally Jewell took in the view from the summit of Kreiger Peak to highlight the plan that helped preserve the east Contra Costa peak.
First Person: Youth Engagement Award Winner Cheyanna Washburn
We first encountered Cheyanna Washburn in her role as an intern with the California Phenology Project at the John Muir National Historic Site in her hometown of Martinez. Now a student at Diablo Valley College in botany and recreational therapy, … Read more
First Person: Conservation Action Award Winner Craig Anderson
It's sometimes hard to tell what Craig Anderson loves more: land, people, music, outdoor adventure, or his 29-year-old Toyota pickup. That's because whatever he's doing at any particular moment, he's doing it with great passion, keen intention, and a big heart.
Moments of Inception: The Founding Vision of the East Bay Regional Parks
In 1863, not a year after Thoreau’s death, Frederick Law Olmsted, king of American landscape architecture, looked into the hills east of San Francisco Bay and saw that they were good. He imagined a park up there.
Trailblazing with TRAC’s Bruce Beyaert
This year, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee (TRAC) is celebrating its 15th year as the leading advocacy group for completion of the San Francisco Bay Trail along the Richmond shoreline. TRAC’s chair and co-founder is Bruce Beyaert, a longtime … Read more
Berkeley Delays Plan to Exterminate Ground Squirrels
Water officials said they were concerned that ground squirrel tunnels were sending toxins into the San Francisco Bay.
All of These Monster Invasive Fish Came Out of One Small San Francisco Lake
In the Presidio's Mountain Lake, as this sequence of photos shows, there are some ferocious predators lurking in the watery depths.
Connecting the Dots for Pacific Marine Life
National Park Service ecologist Sarah Allen has been looking at the “big picture” of marine ecosystem health since the mid-1970s when she worked as a field biologist on the Farallon Islands, then later in the ’80s and ’90s tracking seabirds, … Read more
A Wildlife Photographer’s Most Important Photography Advice: Set the Camera Aside
Suzi Eszterhas will lecture about the rare animals she's seen and her own adventures in wildlife photography on Wednesday night in the African Hall at the California Academy of Sciences.
