Parks improve health and fight climate change. But not all parks affect a community in the same way — and the question is: “Who’s it for?”
Do Parks Push People Out?
October 1, 2018 •
Pollution
Charismatic Sea Ducks Seem to be Disappearing, But It’s Hard to Say Why
March 30, 2018 •
Are surf scoters disappearing from the San Francisco Bay? Or from the world?
Mystery Substance Killing Seabirds in the East Bay
January 20, 2015 •
State investigators will begin testing a mystery substance that has killed or injured more than 200 seabirds in the San Francisco Bay.
How an East Bay Water Agency is Experimenting with Mushrooms to Improve Water Quality
November 6, 2014 •
A pioneering experiment in the East Bay shows how mushrooms can reduce toxins or harmful microbes in the water supply
Berkeley Delays Plan to Exterminate Ground Squirrels
March 28, 2014 •
Water officials said they were concerned that ground squirrel tunnels were sending toxins into the San Francisco Bay.
The Man Who Sees the Trash
January 6, 2014 •
Richard James, who keeps the beaches of Point Reyes as litter-free as he can, has an obsessive eye for the discordant note of trash. His life as a park volunteer comes with a lesson: You learn strange things when you pick up after the world.
Point Molate Beach Park Opens After Long Closure
October 14, 2013 •
Point Molate Beach Park reopened at sunrise Monday morning after being closed for more than a decade due to budget woes.
What, exactly, is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
January 23, 2013 •
From the journal of Brian Kallen, who describes his journey through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
“Global Frackdown” Rally in SF Focuses on Oil and Gas in California
September 21, 2012 •
The state is considering new regs on fracking, which could create a new oil boom in California, in a swathe stretching form the Bay Area to Los Angeles.
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Restoring Aramburu Island
July 1, 2011 •
Aramburu Island sounds like it might be in the South Pacific, and until recently, it was about as noticed locally as some distant atoll. But then in 2007, in the wake of an oil spill, folks from Tiburon Audubon discovered that this humble island in Richardson Bay was a major refuge for injured birds. Now, they’re hoping to make it good habitat for healthy birds and other wildlife too.