What People Talk About When They Talk About Sage Grouse
How the greater sage grouse, a chicken-like resident of the sagebrush prairie, became what some call the most important conservation story in a generation.
Category: Policy
Putting Nature on the Balance Sheet
Three Bay Area counties —Santa Clara, Sonoma and Santa Cruz — have found a way to put these values of nature onto a balance sheet.
Award-Winning Filmmaker Discusses Upcoming Wilderness Anniversary
Filmmaker Steve Dunsky usually spends his time behind the camera not in front of it. Now and then, however, he steps into public view. As one of the main creative...
Could this be the end of California’s drift gillnet fishing?
The tide may be finally turning against the use of drift gillnets off California waters. WARNING: Disturbing images.
California’s New Fracking Law Divides Environmentalists
California's new fracking law is the first of its kind in the nation to regulate this method of tight oil extraction.
GGNRA mulls plastic water bottle ban
GGNRA is under pressure to join growing number of national parks that ban the sale of plastic water bottles.
Do the Presidio’s New Dog Walking Rules Go Far Enough?
Limits on commercial dog walkers in the Presidio has some nature lovers questioning: Should they be allowed at all?
Santa Clara Valley habitat plan up for final vote
San Jose officials on Tuesday will decide the fate of a plan to preserve 46,000 acres of open space.
SF to Shift Street Tree Care to Property Owners
Due to looming city budget cuts, SF Mayor Ed Lee recently produced a budget package that cut $300,000 from street tree care. The proposal would shift the city’s responsibility for...
SF Aims to Make City Safer for Birds
Every year in North America, a billion birds die by colliding with windows, buildings, and communication towers. Many of these deaths could be avoided by doing things like tinting windows...
