On the Passing of Rich Stallcup
I’m tremendously saddened to hear of the recent – and, to me, sudden – passing of master birder Rich Stallcup. Rich was one of the founders of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory...
Science and Nature
A petition, an oil boom and a Douglas fir
Wild Emergency Services, an animal aid group, has started a petition to change way California Fish & Game deals with mountain lions in public places after Half Moon Bay cougar...
King Tide, Oakland Zoo and Humboldt squids
Thursday will bring highest tides of year. Grab your camera and help document Bay Area’s risk of sea level rise, and more Bay Area nature news.
Naming the ‘fire lizards’ of the world
For an animal that's been given mythic properties, the salamanders of the world have some pretty colorful names.
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...
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.
Fracking leases, conservatives and a lone wolf
On Wednesday, feds opening 18,000 acres of land for oil and gas leases in Monterey Shale in central California, and other Bay Area nature news.
Chinook salmon sighted in Berkeley creek
The discovery of a 24-inch fish, believed to be a Chinook salmon, in a creek along Berkeley’s northern border with Albany, has inspired a ripple of excitement in the community.
Cupertino cement plant cutting mercury pollution
The Bay Area's No. 1 mercury polluter, the Lehigh cement plant in Cupertino, is cleaning its business after the region's air district passed the strongest air rules in the nation.
Where retreat is not an answer
Some farmers stake their livelihood on faith that the levees holding back rising seas will hold strong. VIDEO.
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