Another father-son geocaching adventure: Learning to love wetlands, even the ones by the highway.
Cut Off from Nature or Take the Right Cut-off?
January 5, 2013 •
Urban Nature
In the San Francisco Bay Area, slices of nature pop up in the most unexpected places, a testament to the region's wealth in biodiversity and the resilience of its natural systems. Bringing nature to urban areas is not just about ensuring the survival of species, but enhancing people's quality of life through a fulfillment of our innate need to be with nature.
Pinnacles, trash and shipping
January 2, 2013 •
SF proceeds with enviro review of shipping trash by rail to Yuba County after groups sue, and more Bay Area nature news.
Owl, a shuttle and Treasure Island
December 19, 2012 •
The male in pair of great-horned owls who’ve long nested in Glen Park died of rat poison, and other Bay Area nature news.
A petition, an oil boom and a Douglas fir
December 17, 2012 •
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 cub shooting, and more Bay Area nature news.
King Tide, Oakland Zoo and Humboldt squids
December 12, 2012 •
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.
Fracking leases, conservatives and a lone wolf
December 10, 2012 •
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
December 6, 2012 •
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.
Cougar cubs, oysters and weather stations
December 5, 2012 •
Widespread criticism over Cal Fish & Game decision to shoot cougar cubs hiding out at Half Moon Bay house, and more Bay Area nature news.
A devil, killer whales and a lawsuit
November 28, 2012 •
Enjoy the start of this week’s “atmospheric river” with a little nature news: Largest concentration of aggressive great-tailed grackles, a.k.a. “devil’s bird,” turns up in SF’s Lake Merced. [San Francisco Chronicle] SF enviros wary over bill to streamline enviro review, … Read more
Dunes, the airport and a thank you
November 26, 2012 •
Landowners trying to develop last of Daly City’s historic sand dunes, and other Bay Area nature news.