You don’t have to go far. But it helps to spend all your spare time in the woods. That’s what Vishal Subramanyan, 20, does.
Exploration
Camping and Backpacking | Climbing | Gardening | Kids and Nature | Paddling | Point Reyes Walkabout | Trails
When the Air Is an Orchestra: Visually Impaired Birders On Paying Attention
November 10, 2022 •
“I think people think that because blind people can’t see, we don’t know birds. But they’re the nearest part of nature,” says poet Susan Glass.
Largest Tidal Restoration Project in California Will Make Way for Wildlife & Mitigate Floods
August 16, 2022 •
Two landscapes stand divided by the hundred-year-old Yolo Bypass West Levee in Solano County. To the south of the levee’s U shape, canals tangle toward the sprawling Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, which teems with wildlife. North of the levee, former … Read more
How Your Beach Photos Are Helping CA Scientists: Snapshot Cal Coast 2022
August 11, 2022 •
This year’s Snapshot Cal Coast featured 4,083 people logging 46,683 observations of almost 4,000 species into the iNaturalist app from June 13 to July 4.
Soon-to-Open Tunnel Tops Park Supports a More Inclusive Future
July 14, 2022 •
This weekend, on Sunday, July 17, the new 14-acre Tunnel Tops park opens to the public in San Francisco’s Presidio, a former military base turned urban national park that hosts around 10 million visitors a year
The Story of the Butterflies
July 4, 2022 •
At almost every stage of life, the butterflies are threatened by climate change, habitat degradation, and increased use of neonicotinoid pesticides. At the same time, monarchs flourished in habitats that people made particularly habitable.
A New, Small Park With a Very Big History
June 30, 2022 •
Brickyard Cove in Berkeley is the crown jewel of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park and accessible to everyone
A Trail through California History
June 30, 2022 •
Olompali State Historic Park preserves the combined histories of the Coast Miwok, early ranchers, a hippie commune, and, briefly, local music legends.
Life Beneath the Bay Surface
June 27, 2022 •
San Francisco Bay ropes, docks and pilings provide a home for abundant, colorful marine life.
Bay Nature Summer 2022 Editor’s Letter: Summer Reading
June 22, 2022 •
An introduction to Bay Nature magazine’s summer 2022 print issue.