Smoke Aside, the Angel Island Fire Was a Win for the Island’s Wild Landscapes
The island needs fire. It’s also a nearly impossible place to burn safely.
History
Should California’s Rewilding Include Grizzly Bears?
Although the Legislature just shot down a bill to assess the possibility of reintroduction, the idea and debate persist. And everyone's got an opinion.
The Podcast Studio Is Gently Floating in the Harbor
In the aftermath of a psychedelic mushroom trip, Baykeeper founder Michael Herz and Kate Josephs decided to upend their lives, move aboard a boat in the East Bay, and start producing a podcast on the history of the San Francisco Bay.
25 Years of Change
A quarter century of hard work has restored nature to the San Francisco Bay Area in places where it was once unimaginable.
Walking in John Muir’s Footsteps at Alhambra Hills Open Space
Once slated for homes, now open to hikers
Berkeley to Buy Ohlone Shellmound Site, Then Return it to Indigenous Land Trust
The city of Berkeley plans to purchase a Fourth Street parking lot and transfer the property to the nonprofit Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, as part of a recent settlement agreement over the long-contested shellmound site in West Berkeley.
Scientists Look to a Rare Butterfly’s Next of Kin
Maybe we can save the Lange’s metalmark. Or maybe there’s a stand-in, waiting in the wings?
Landscapes of Change, at SFMOMA
They're secret repositories of history, and places to contest exclusion, forgetting, and destruction.
The Mystery of the Los Gatos Beavers
Years before beavers famously returned to Martinez, Los Gatos locals were spotting them in their creeks and ponds. How they got there, though—that's a bit of a rabbit hole.
Oakland’s Urban Tree Dreams Get (Partially) Funded
The city’s draft urban forest plan has drawn more than 800 comments—many clamoring for more native trees.
