New documentary film series explores how humans and nature are codependent.
Are Humans Part of Wild Nature? Interview with M. Sanjayan
January 15, 2015 •
First Look
Timely news, art, ideas and science from the natural world of Northern California.
Time — and Late Fall Rain — Revitalize Mount Diablo
January 5, 2015 •
On the last day of 2014, Joan Hamilton walked around Green Ranch Road on Mount Diablo to see what a full year, and some long-awaited rain, had done to the Morgan Fire burn area.
Bill Kortum Leaves Legacy in Conservation
January 5, 2015 •
Sonoma County’s Bill Kortum, 87, dies leaving much of Sonoma County land preserved for posterity.
High Pressure Ridge Gone at Start of Rainy Season
December 13, 2014 •
Is California’s drought caused by “natural variability” or was it much more likely to happen under climate change?
Not Doomed (Yet): A Q&A With Extinction Experts Anthony Barnosky and Elizabeth Hadly
November 24, 2014 •
Two biologists discuss Earth’s alarming extinction rate.
A Conservationist’s Take on the Knowland Park Controversy
November 17, 2014 •
The City of Oakland is about to make a major decision on the future of one of the Bay Area’s last remaining maritime chaparral communities.
For Nontraditional Conservationists, A New Career Pathway
October 23, 2014 •
The Golden Hour Restoration Institute has announced plans to offer an applied master restoration certificate.
Fountain a Watering Hole for Drought-Affected Birds
October 8, 2014 •
Where does a thirsty bird go when the drought hits hard?
American Wilderness: Back to the Future in Vallejo
September 10, 2014 •
Environmental groups gathered in downtown Vallejo over the weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, to ponder the meaning of the word and to filter the concept through the lenses of California’s diverse communities.
Bear, Elk and Talking Ape in Post-Apocalypse Muir Woods: What Are the Chances?*
August 14, 2014 •
A herd of elk and a grizzly bear make an appearance in Muir Woods in the opening scene of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Would such megafauna stage a comeback 10 years after humans are mostly killed off?