EMS for injured wildlife
Stunned bobcats, entangled geese, sea-foamed birds – sound like the makings of a horror film? These are just a few of the creatures given a new chance at life by...
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.
Images of activism
Petaluma photographer Scott Hess never shied from a debate about conservation. He's hiked, admittedly illicitly, around Lafferty Ranch to reveal the property's hidden beauty, and once snapped pinups of "ecobabes"...
For Jay Holcomb, Every Bird Matters
The Director Emeritus of International Bird Rescue reflects on 40 years of helping oiled and injured birds and wildlife.
A tale of two species, and a lagoon
Sharp Park is at the center of a controversy over whether golfing can coexist with endangered species. The Pacifica course, which overlooks the ocean, is a unique coastal freshwater ecosystem...
Exploring the Bay Area’s “Islands of Wildness”
A seasoned climber, hiker, outdoorsman, and lifelong world traveler, Craig Anderson could have remained an "itinerant geographer and outdoor guide". Instead, he moved to Sonoma County fifteen years ago, signed...
Deadline Looms for Solano’s Rockville Trails
With the clock ticking toward a February deadline, the nonprofit Solano Land Trust is working to purchase 1,500 acres of land known as Rockville Trails in Solano County. Recently, a...
A Hill of Trash Becomes Tidal Marsh in East Palo Alto
Ravenswood Open Space Preserve in East Palo Alto. Trail: 2.7 mi, 9 ft elevation gain, loop
Bay Area Conservancy Turns 15, but Running Out of Funds
The Bay Area program of the California Coastal Conservancy has been protecting critical open space landscapes and wetlands around the region for 15 years now. However, the program's anniversary is...
Remembering David Yearsley, Champion of the Petaluma River
Bay Nature mourns the untimely passing of David Yearsley, the founder and executive director of the Friends of the Petaluma River, in September 2011.
How water has shaped our lives
The Los Altos History Museum puts a local spin on California's epic tale of water in a new exhibit. Shaped by Water guides visitors past an artesian well to art...
