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College Student Discovers 11 New Species of Predatory Worms in Bodega Bay
How little we know about the biodiversity of marine invertebrates.
Don’t Make Them Cross the Road
Once a tough sell, wildlife crossings are now proliferating in the Bay Area.
California May List Ancient, Iconic White Sturgeon as Threatened
They've survived 200 million years without changing. Now, “changes to the Bay-Delta system and changes to our climate are happening too quickly for them,” says a UC Davis scientist.
A Richmond Creek Gets Spruced Up, for Fish and People Alike
Wildcat Creek has been trash-clogged and flood-prone for forty years. Now residents will plan its revitalization—and maybe the steelhead can come back, too?
The Creek Cleanups Will Continue Indefinitely
Santa Clara Valley Water is spending millions cleaning up after unhoused people’s encampments. Now it would like to move them out, instead.
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State Lawmakers Axe Longstanding Habitat Conservation Fund [Update: It’s Back]
Here’s a look at what these state conservation dollars have helped fund in the Bay Area.
The Meaning of Dos Rios, California’s Newest State Park
On Wednesday, June 12, the state of California officially opens Dos Rios, the first new state park in more than a decade. It’s a riparian forest restoration at the confluence...
Like Top Gun, But With Falcons, and On Alcatraz
Our first sign of falcon presence is a lone pigeon feather that floats down like a sinister snowflake from the top of the Alcatraz lighthouse, the highest point on the...
Remembering Marty Griffin, Conservationist Extraordinaire
This May, Dr. Martin Griffin passed away at age of 103. He was a colossus of conservation in the Bay Area. An interview from 2011, when we named him one...
