Two landscapes stand divided by the hundred-year-old Yolo Bypass West Levee in Solano County. To the south of the levee’s U shape, canals tangle toward the sprawling Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, which teems with wildlife. North of the levee, former … Read more
The San Francisco Bay is our region's dominant geographic feature.
Life Beneath the Bay Surface
San Francisco Bay ropes, docks and pilings provide a home for abundant, colorful marine life.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise ID Guide
How to identify individual cetaceans in the San Francisco Bay.
Solving Problems With Eelgrass and Oysters
Giant Marsh’s $3 million restoration and enhancement is the first large-scale endeavor of the Coastal Conservancy’s San Francisco Bay Living Shorelines Project.
Scientists Resurface a One-of-a-Kind, 50-Year-Old Record of San Francisco Bay Life
There used to be a pattern to species distribution in the Bay. Is there still?
Abstract Art? Floating Laboratory? Oakland’s Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Is Both
The Float Lab is both an experiment in resilient architecture and a piece of public art.
Watch the Restoration of a Watershed on Marsh Creek Trail
From Marsh Creek Regional Trail, see some of the newest projects restoring this watershed for salmon, beaver, and tricolored blackbirds.
First-of-its-Kind Climate Parcel Tax Now a Measure of Hope
How Measure AA funds are being used to restore shorelines, wildlife habitat, and public access around the San Francisco Bay
Did Salmon Always Live in San José?
After an absence of many decades, Chinook salmon swim up the Guadalupe River in San José most winters. The fish look for places to lay eggs and often find them. If there’s enough water left in the dry season, their … Read more
Do Dolphins and Porpoises Live in San Francisco Bay?
They haven’t always been here, but they are now.