Carquinez Strait is where Sierra snow meets the San Francisco Bay, but the line of engagement between fresh and salt water is always moving.
Science and Nature
Summer Issue 2024
Summer 2024 Almanac: Meteors, Tree Fog, and Katydid Romance
Some happenings enigmatic or unnoticed—and some that can’t be unseen.
Summer Issue 2024
In the Name of Eelgrass
To protect the eelgrass meadows in San Francisco’s Richardson Bay, the anchor-out era near Sausalito is coming to a close.
Summer Issue 2024
Summer 2024 Editor’s Letter: The Costs of Conservation
“A community that champions and identifies itself with the environment deserves a full picture of how conservation and homelessness can clash,” writes editor-in-chief Victoria Schlesinger.
Wildlife Watching
Like Top Gun, But With Falcons, and On Alcatraz
Our first sign of falcon presence is a lone pigeon feather that floats down like a sinister snowflake from the top of the Alcatraz lighthouse, the highest point on the island. “I bet that top walkway is just littered with … Read more
Science and Nature
Remembering Marty Griffin, Conservationist Extraordinaire
This May, Dr. Martin Griffin passed away at age of 103. He was a colossus of conservation in the Bay Area. An interview from 2011, when we named him one of our first Local Hero award winners.
Stewardship
On the Russian River, a Slow Road to Good Fire
The Ukiah Valley is getting a $7M federal grant meant to help high-risk communities—and the landscapes surrounding them—become more fire-resilient. The Forest Service says prescribed fire is key. So why aren’t Ukiah and other grantees proposing to do more of it?
Spring Issue 2024
The Human Animal: Cemeteries Are Gardens. Who Are They For?
“Cemeteries are heady spaces,” writes columnist Endria Richardson, “ripe with meaning for how we think, mostly, about life.”
Art and Design
He Set Out to Photograph All of California’s Forests. Then They Began to Burn.
Stefan Thuilot has been documenting a very big picture view of how forests are changing.
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