In the Third Kind of Fog
For San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll, it all happened at Limantour.
History
“Never Give Up!”
Before Harold Gilliam began his weekly newspaper column in 1960, the category of environmental journalism simply did not exist. For the next 35 years, Gilliam pioneered and perfected the craft of environmental reporting. We talk to him about his career, biggest stories, and how things are different for today's environmental journalists.
Book Review: A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California
This book is an unmatched picture--in paintings and words-- of what California might have been like before the arrival of Europeans.
Book Review: California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names
by Erwin G. Gudde (revised by William Bright), UC Press, 2010, 496 pages, $27.50 What’s in a name? Sometimes rich history and intriguing stories. The 40th-anniversary edition of California Place Names animates many local geographic names we take for granted. … Read more
Book Review: Dorothy Erskine, Graceful Crusader for Our Environment
A strong biography of the founder of Greenbelt Alliance, dorothy Erskine, who deserves to be remembered widely and well.
Book Review: Living Landscape: Rise of the East Bay Regional Park District
A new book chronicles the recent history of the East Bay Rewgional Park District, which turned 75 years old in 2009 and remains the largest regional park district in the nation.
Letter from the Publisher: Bay Nature and a Changing Planet
We’re looking forward to celebrating Bay Nature’s 10th anniversary in January, while wondering what happened to summer--and what’s in store for our climate.
Resources for Learning More About the Delta
Are you interested in learning more about the Delta or in exploring it further? Here's an extensive--but by no means complete--listing of resources on the Delta's ecosystem, recreational opportunities in the Delta, organizations that are working to restore and protect it, and the political processes that are shaping its future.
The Once and Future Delta
About the only thing people agree on about the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta--the subject of countless white papers, editorials, and political debates--is that it's in a heap of trouble. But this 1,000-square-mile patchwork of islands, sloughs, wetlands, and farmlands is also a rich and complex--if highly altered--ecosystem at the core of the San Francisco Estuary. Here we take a look behind today's news to understand what the Delta once was, how it has been changed, and what it might become . . . with a lot of help from its friends.
Book Review: California Indians and Their Environment: An Introduction
California Natural History Guide No. 96, by Kent G. Lightfoot and Otis Parrish, University of California Press, Berkeley, 2009. $19.95. Available at ucpress.edu. This book is a synthesis of a huge amount of new information and a re-interpretation of old … Read more
