The Guardian of San Bruno Mountain
Silently rising above the industry and commerce lining Highway 101 south of San Francisco is San Bruno Mountain, an area rich in biodiversity. What has allowed this gem to remain...
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.
Piecing together the Diablo landscape
On a warm autmn morning, a half-dozen volunteers are watering young native plants on a piece of land known as Marsh Creek IV, just outside Clayton. The land, on the...
Trees snag Oakland’s first major creek daylighting project
A 250-foot stretch of Sausal Creek would see the light of day. But Oakland's plans to remove 84 trees, many of them coast redwoods, has raised an uproar among Dimond...
On the Passing of Rich Stallcup
I’m tremendously saddened to hear of the recent – and, to me, sudden – passing of master birder Rich Stallcup. Rich was one of the founders of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory...
A docent and a dream at King-Swett Ranches
Docents help bring many Bay Area parks alive to the public. No where is that more true than the King-Swett Ranches outside of Vallejo, where Jim Walsh leads tours into...
Bay Nature Honors Three Local Heroes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley, CA (December 17, 2012) — A beloved ranger/naturalist at Muir Woods, a dynamic advocate for open space around Mount Diablo, and a young woman dedicated to...
2013 Local Hero Award for Environmental Education
Each year, the nonprofit Bay Nature Institute, based in Berkeley, selects three individuals who are making outstanding contributions to the understanding, protection, and stewardship of the natural world of the...
2013 Local Hero Award for Conservation Action
Each year, the nonprofit Bay Nature Institute, based in Berkeley, selects three individuals who are making outstanding contributions to the understanding, protection, and stewardship of the natural world of the...
2013 Local Hero Award for Youth Engagement
Each year, the nonprofit Bay Nature Institute, based in Berkeley, selects three individuals who are making outstanding contributions to the understanding, protection, and stewardship of the natural world of the...
Protecting the “Golden Foothills”
Land Conservation Associate George Phillips coordinates Save Mount Diablo's Stewardship, Landowner Outreach and Hike programs.
