“We’re in a place where we have more money than we have applications,” says Brandon Bates, assistant state conservationist with NRCS. And the agency really doesn’t want to have tosend this money back to Congress.
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.
A Last Best Hope for Coho in the Russian River
January 9, 2024 •
Now equipped with $8.4 million in federal money, conservationists are aiming to bring back the watershed’s salmonids
Believing in the Power of Beavers
January 2, 2024 •
California’s beavers have been by turns hunted, protected, and neglected—even parachuted away to distant forests. Today, the embattled rodent is finding new appreciation for its ecological work.
Giving Back to the Green Hills: Winter 2024 Stewardship Opportunities
December 26, 2023 •
Those fantastically green hills, meadows, and gardens of Bay Area winter could use your help.
Oakland’s Urban Tree Dreams Get (Partially) Funded
December 21, 2023 •
The city’s draft urban forest plan has drawn more than 800 comments—many clamoring for more native trees.
A River Runs Above Us
December 19, 2023 •
In mid-November 2021, a great storm begins brewing in the central Pacific Ocean north of Hawai‘i. Especially warm water, heated by the sun, steams off the sea surface and funnels into the sky. This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online … Read more
The Comeback Quail
November 30, 2023 •
The official bird of San Francisco has been AWOL in the city for years. But the Presidio hopes to change that.
Newfangled Horizontal Levees Rise (Gently) Across the Bay
November 16, 2023 •
A dozen such projects have sprouted, offering habitat-friendly flood protection. Getting permission for them is a challenge.
Oakland Offers a Plan to Aid Its Troubled, Unequal Tree Canopy
October 30, 2023 •
The plan—yet to be City-approved—calls for upward of $17 million in maintenance for Oakland’s neglected trees.
The Native Seed Gold Rush
October 19, 2023 •
Big environmental dreams—and disasters—have created demand. Now it’s time to worry about supply.