Environmental journalist Harold Gilliam blazed the trail for organizations like Bay Nature.
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Remembering Harold Gilliam
December 19, 2016 •
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.
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.
A Shakespearian Classic with a California Landscape Twist: Romeo and Juliet Comes Outdoors to the Petaluma Adobe
July 28, 2016 •
The We Players theater group performs Romeo and Juliet at the Petaluma Adobe this summer.
John Muir Laws and the Art of Slowing Down, Sitting Still, and Paying Attention
April 18, 2016 •
“As a naturalist, educator, and artist, I have found that my journal is the most necessary tool I carry into the field with me; it is even more necessary than my binoculars.”
Rekindling The Old Ways
April 6, 2016 •
The Amah Mutsun work to recover traditional ecological knowledge.
New Paradigms for Stewardship
March 31, 2016 •
In 2005, the tribal elders of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band came to Tribal Chairman Valentin Lopez and reminded him that California Indians have a responsibility to steward Creation. Lopez agreed with them, but he had a big problem: no … Read more