Ship Retraces Legacy of Once Mighty Bay Shrimp
If the Chinese shrimping villages were still around today, could the California bay shrimp support a thriving industry as it once did?
The Bay
High Temperatures Threaten Sacramento River’s Fall-Run King Salmon
The early fall king salmon spawning run on the Sacramento River is taking place between Red Bluff and Redding, but prolonged drought has led to reduced flows from Lake Shasta and high water temperatures downriver, which could deal many egg nests a death blow.
Replanting the Bay’s Underwater Meadows
A new effort has been launched to restore 70 acres of native eelgrass in the San Francisco Bay, paid for with Cosco Busan oil spill money.
Love a Shark? Save a Wetland
The resident sharks of the San Francisco Bay rely on healthy tidal wetlands.
Marsh Once More: The Bay Trail Takes Off at Hamilton Airfield
Looking out across the 650-acre project toward the distant Godzilla arm of the backhoe against the blue sky, I finally see on the ground what the planners and engineers have been describing to me ever since I first began writing stories about Hamilton ten years ago: a tapestry of habitats.
The Last Oyster
The West Coast’s native Olympia oyster serves an important role as an ecosystem builder with its ability to filter the water. But owing to reasons that are still somewhat unclear, over the last few millennia native oysters have largely disappeared from the San Francisco Bay.
A Long Time Coming, but the Bay’s Back at Former Hamilton Airfield
Last week a backhoe knocked a hole in the outer levee at the former Hamilton Army Airfield, letting the Bay seep back onto a landscape that had undergone 18 years of preparation for this moment.
Abundant Leopard Sharks Enjoy a New Haven in the San Francisco Bay
Leopard sharks are a shallow-water coastal species, with a range extending from southern Oregon to southern Baja California. They are the most abundant shark species in the San Francisco Bay.
Turning the Corner on Invasive Spartina
Today, after 13 years of work by the Invasive Spartina Project and its partners to eliminate the invasive hybrid, the team is now into the rebuilding phase of its long-term plan, replanting the area with native cordgrass in hopes that it will reclaim its former territory.
The Elusive Black Rail May Adapt Better Than You’d Think
Black rails are one of the most secretive of birds. But new research is showing that the scurrying marshland species can pick up and move if it must.
