A note from Bay Nature’s executive director, Wes Radez, as we launch into a new era.
Timely news, art, ideas and science from the natural world of Northern California.
Make Way for Eelgrass: Dilapidated, Unsafe, Toxic Old Pier to Be Removed at Last
East Bay Regional Park District is primed to remove the creosote-treated wood of Richmond’s Ferry Point Pier this year after two years of delays.
Eulogy for a Crayfish We Hardly Knew
The death knell for the sooty crayfish probably sounded with the introduction of its cousin from the north.
Congress Expanded a Climate Program for Farmers. Now, Where Are the Applicants?
“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.
The Amanitas Are Blooming. Don’t Eat Them.
Death caps and Western destroying angels, both common in the Bay Area, thrive after rainfall, the East Bay park district warns.
Oakland’s Urban Tree Dreams Get (Partially) Funded
The city’s draft urban forest plan has drawn more than 800 comments—many clamoring for more native trees.
A River Runs Above Us
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
Inside the East Oakland Plant Nursery That’s Breaking the Incarceration Cycle
“Nobody’s got our kind of re-entry program that mixes soil, re-entry, healing, and good pay,” says Planting Justice’s operations manager, Lynn Vidal.
Bay Nature’s Best, Deepest, and Weirdest Reads of 2023
Stories of the birds and the beasts, plus plants, protists, and fungi. The whales versus the crabbers, a shortage of seeds, an unexpected lake, kelp babies; dirt bikers, vaxxed condors, the strange feet of coots. All here.
As Cities Heat Up, USDA Grants $42 Million for Urban Trees Around the Bay
The money is meant to fix longstanding tree-cover gaps in disadvantaged neighborhoods—but it’s a fraction of what’s needed.