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.
Farming and Ranching
Before the Annual Fungus Fair, It’s All About Finding the Right Mushroom
Served in French dishes under the alias pom pom du blanc, lion’s mane has a texture and taste resembling lobster or shrimp. Chris Schoenstein, a lifelong enthusiast and member of the Mycological Society of San Francisco, has only seen one 2 or 3 times. But that, if you’re a mushroom hunter, is the hook that keeps you coming back to an event like the Wunderlich Foray.
Behind the Fracking Boom: Unearthing the Secrets of the Monterey Shale
But the pressure to exploit these resources isn’t going away anytime soon either, nor is the debate over the wisdom of doing so. As we weigh the pros and cons, a missing piece of the conversation is the land itself: What is the Monterey Formation? What is it made of and how did it get here? And what kind of habitats, plants, and animals live atop it?
Above the Monterey Shale, farmers worry fracking will destroy the land
What happens when Big Oil meets small town California?
New wildlife corridor created at foot of Mount Diablo
Roddy Ranch has been spared from development and is on it's way to becoming a new park.
In condor country comes a California oil boom
California could be on the verge of a major oil boom centered a stone's throw from the Bay Area. What does that mean for the landscape and the wildlife that call that place home?
Local Hero: Cindy Moreno of WattzOn and Full Circle Farm
It's not easy to catch up with Cindy Moreno. The daughter of immigrant farmworkers from the Central Valley and a recent graduate in environmental studies from San Jose State, Cindy is doing more than her share for the environment.
San Francisco, a honeybee’s paradise
Why has San Francisco, of all places, become the land of milk and honey for honeybees?
The thrill of the hive: San Francisco beekeeping
One of San Francisco's most prominent beekeepers produces 500 pounds of honey a year by never turning down a bee in need.
Bumblebees like flower diversity, not asphalt
Want to help out the bumblebee population? Get rid of asphalt and plant a diversity of flower species. That’s the conclusion of a new study of a California native bumblebee published recently in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy … Read more
