East Bay Park District Agrees to Take On Golden Gate Fields
The district approved the $175 million deal to turn the racetrack into a park on Wednesday, though several boxes remain to be checked before the sale is final.
Category: Nature News
News from around the conservation world of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Select Sea Otters Are Snacking on Seabirds in Elkhorn Slough
Locals have dubbed one otter “Birdadette.” How common is this behavior?
Remembering Malcolm Margolin
It is with great sadness we share news of the passing of Malcolm Margolin, writer, editor, book publisher, and co-founder of Bay Nature magazine. Malcolm died Wednesday, August 20, from complications with Parkinson’s disease, according to Berkeleyside. Malcolm and David … Read more
A Battery Fire Deposits Heavy Metals into Elkhorn Slough
Lithium-ion battery components—nickel, manganese, and cobalt—were found at concentrations thousands of times greater after the fire. The implications for wildlife hang in the balance.
The Public’s Reaction to Otter Reintroduction
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife invited coastal communities to comment on otters in Northern California and here’s what they learned.
All Vaxxed Up and Ready to Roost, Six Captive-Born Condors Fly Free
Though, faced with freedom, Condor 1139 and his fellow juveniles take their sweet time to step across the threshold. "We're on condor time," says a program manager.
The Storied Bolinas Marine Laboratory Is Reborn
Nearly two decades after it was shuttered, advocates and researchers are hoping to reopen the field station where community college students were once involved in the marine sciences.
iNaturalist Strikes Out on Its Own
With the help of a $10 million startup grant iNaturalist has separated from the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society and become its own independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Just in Time for Algae Season, A New Satellite Map Offers Glimpses of Bay Blooms
No one agency is tasked with protecting us from marine algal blooms. So here’s a map worth checking before you go out on the waters of San Francisco Bay.
Birds Flock to a Resurrected Tulare Lake, Peaking at Nearly the Size of Lake Tahoe
The resurrected Tulare Lake and thousands of acres of nearby flooded farmland are providing a temporary respite for the millions of migratory birds that pass through California along the Pacific Flyway every year.
