‘Bouillabaisse of life’ in San Francisco Bay
Paddle the San Francisco Bay with Paul McHugh, a journalist and columnist who's been covering the environment for more than 30 years. VIDEO.
The Bay
Spotlight on San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
If you find yourself headed through the Central Valley at this time of the year, a nice pit stop off Highway 5 is the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge.
Virginia rail peeks through reeds at Lake Merced
A Virginia rail made a surprise year-end appearance at Lake Merced in San Francisco.
Gateway to the Delta
I’m in another world from the moment I step into the East Bay Regional Park District’s Big Break Regional Shoreline. Here on the edge of the Delta in eastern Contra Costa County, birds sing and soar overhead, cottonwood leaves rustle … Read more
Painting the Delta, from “frankenanimals” to finished artwork
When we decided to commission an original illustration for our January feature about Big Break Regional Shoreline, I did what I often do in these situations: I contacted Ann Caudle, who runs the scientific illustration program at Cal State Monterey. … Read more
Trees snag Oakland’s first major creek daylighting project
A 250-foot stretch of Sausal Creek would see the light of day. But Oakland's plans to remove 84 trees, many of them coast redwoods, has raised an uproar among Dimond Park users.
Foster City’s developer faces sea level rise
Meet the Fosters, the family who build Foster City out of former wetlands on the San Francisco Bay. They and their neighbors now face the difficult scenario of sea level rise. VIDEO.
Up a creek in floodwaters
During the big deluge two weeks ago, Marin's creeks were raging with water at a capacity rarely seen so early in the winter season.
The Ghost Below at The Marine Mammal Center
Special Art Exhibit Premiere: The Ghost Below at The Marine Mammal Center Date: Saturday, December 1, 2012 – December 31, 2013 Time: 10 am – 5 pm, daily Approximately 100,000 marine mammals and nearly 1 million seabirds become an entangled … Read more
Will this year’s good ocean conditions last?
The first thing we heard was the exhalation of the animal,” says marine ecologist Kirsten Lindquist about the blue whale that surfaced close to R/V Fulmar during a research trip in late July. The trip was run by ACCESS, Applied … Read more
