In the Alaguali tradition, this lake in Sonoma County was a place of healing. Charmstones found in the lake bed date to more than 4,000 years old, and come from as far away as Mexico.
The Charms of Tolay Lake Regional Park
June 28, 2017 •
History
Human settlement in the San Francisco Bay Area dates back 10,000 years to early Native American settlements. Today, the region is a teeming metropolis of 7 million people that collectively challenge the health of the region's ecosystems. How it got this way is a story that prompts a deeper understanding of our place in the landscape.
BayWood Artists Celebrate 20 Years of Painting With Mount Tam Show
June 28, 2017 •
An artist’s view of Mount Tam.
Farewell Letter from Bay Nature Publisher David Loeb
June 28, 2017 •
Bay Nature Publisher David Loeb reflects on changes since he co-founded the magazine in 2001.
Celebrate Inclusive National Parks with the #AANPE
April 3, 2017 •
The African American National Parks Event encourages people to visit their local national parks on the first weekend in June
How the East Bay Shoreline Became A Park for the People
March 28, 2017 •
A walk through the tumultuous history of the East Bay’s popular shoreline park.
Letter to the Editor: Protecting Diversity Is the Opposite of Xenophobia
February 23, 2017 •
Some non-native species are okay. But not all of them.
Old Giants: The Last Days of Oakland’s Redwoods
January 1, 2017 •
An excerpt from Sylvia Lindsteadt’s Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area on the logging of the East Bay’s redwood trees.
Dark Treasure: Mount Diablo’s Lost Coal Mines
January 1, 2017 •
An excerpt from Sylvia Lindsteadt’s Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area on the lost coal mines of Mount Diablo.
Bay Area Nature’s All-Hands-On-Deck Moment
January 1, 2017 •
The Bay is healthier now than it has been at any time in the past 50 years. And that’s because people in this century decided to work together across disciplines and institutional boundaries to reverse the damage done over the previous two centuries.
Rue Mapp on Doubling Down on Black Joy in Nature
December 24, 2016 •
“The story of Outdoor Afro really begins, for me, in my own family.”