An excerpt from Sylvia Lindsteadt’s Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area on the logging of the East Bay’s redwood trees.
Old Giants: The Last Days of Oakland’s Redwoods
January 1, 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.
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.”
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Remembering Harold Gilliam
December 19, 2016 •
Environmental journalist Harold Gilliam blazed the trail for organizations like Bay Nature.
Stanford Paleoecologist Elizabeth Hadly Takes on the Future
November 28, 2016 •
Stanford University paleoecologist Elizabeth Hadly, an advisor to Governor Jerry Brown and the new faculty director of the Jasper Ridge Ecological Reserve, looks into the deep past to unlock the future.
A Fishing Expedition: On the Hunt for Anglers and Childhood Memories in the East Bay
October 25, 2016 •
A writer goes looking for fish, stories, and memories in the East Bay parks.
Letter from the Publisher: Rethinking Eucalyptus
October 18, 2016 •
Twenty-five years after the Tunnel Fire, Bay Nature Publisher David Loeb assesses California’s wildfire regime and eucalyptus trees.
How the Australian Eucalyptus Came to the East Bay Hills
October 18, 2016 •
A 19th century industrialist and his legacy of trees.
Malcolm Margolin’s Beautiful Life
August 1, 2016 •
One of the Bay Area’s master storytellers retires.