A Behind the Scenes Look at Point Reyes National Seashore
Did you know the original name of the Point Reyes peninsula was Punta de los Reyes, which translates to Point of the Kings? Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino chose the name...
Category: Perspective
Opinion pieces and perspective from people connected to nature in Northern California.
Environmental Groups Oppose U.S. Army Corps Plan to Dredge the Bay for Bigger Oil Tankers
Conservation groups say the environmental assessment avoids considering environmental justice or marine life
To Close Or Not to Close? That is the Question!
Parks as sanctuaries and refuges in times of crisis.
Organizing for Resilience
Climate change is an urgent call for changing how we steward the land and connect people to it.
How We Win on Climate and Conservation
When I joined Point Blue Conservation Science as its new CEO earlier this year, I did so with equal parts excitement and humility. Excitement because after many years working on...
An Experienced Park Visitor’s View of Point Reyes
For those who are unaware of Point Reyes Station, it is a small town adjacent to Point Reyes National Seashore and the quaint town of Inverness. It’s the type of...
The Birds Come Back to the Bay
Like me, you may have seen recent headlines sounding the alarm that birds are vanishing from North America. From the abstract of the September 2019 report in the journal Science, an “integration of...
Bringing Parks to the People
America’s national parks are often imagined as faraway destinations for special vacations. We’ve set aside places like Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone as getaways unrivaled in majesty and glory. I...
California and the Bay Area Have More Environmental Work to Do
Here in the Bay Area, we pride ourselves on being environmental trailblazers. Our achievements include pioneering curbside recycling, prohibiting the use of ozone-depleting Styrofoam, and leading the effort to ban...
Will California Ban Rodenticides that Kill Predators?
The California Assembly has passed a bill that would outlaw so-called "second generation" anticoagulant rodenticides.
