BIL and IRA spending on nature in the greater San Francisco Bay Area has topped $1 billion, according to Bay Nature’s most recent tally for our Wild Billions project.
Category: Policy
Fire
Will Newsom’s Expedited Wildfire Prevention Plans Harm Wildlife?
Newsom’s executive order allows fire reduction efforts to bypass CEQA ahead of fire season. Some fire agencies are seeking to take advantage of the opportunity.
Conservation
How (and When) Can You Get Your Hands On California’s Climate Bond?
After L.A. wildfires and Trump cuts, Prop 4’s $10 billion for climate adaptation will be even more important—and competitive. Here’s what you need to know.
Latest Stories
This Trump Change Could ‘Eviscerate’ the U.S. Endangered Species Act
A plan to redefine ‘harm’ could remove federal habitat protections from almost 100 Bay Area listed species. The proposal is now open for public comment until May 17.
Spring Issue 2025
How Molok Luyuk Got Its National Monument Designation (and Not Windmills)
At first it was labeled a wind energy resource area. Then all the wind companies walked away.
Environmental Justice
With Trump’s War on DEI, Local Environmental Organizations Rethink Diversity Commitments
Some organizations are doubling down on DEI. Others are taking down words that could get them in trouble.
Policy
Local Groups Sue Trump Administration to Protect White Sturgeon
Recent federal- and state-level orders to divert water have environmentalists concerned over local impacts on this historic fish.
Farming and Ranching
A Legal Settlement Will Usher In a Wilder Point Reyes
Most cattle will leave, and an ambitious plan aims to restore coastal scrub, grasslands, and chaparral. But the agreement immediately drew fire from community members, who decry the loss of working ranches and farmworkers.
Wild Billions
Large-Scale Solar Is Coming to Tiger Salamander Country
Even key critics of Aramis, in the North Livermore Valley, say its habitat conservation plan is not terrible.
Parks
What to Do With SF’s Great Highway? Here’s the Skinny on Prop. K.
San Francisco voters will decide this year whether to authorize the Great Highway to go car-free, and maybe become a park.
