Bay nuts are in season. Here are some tips for finding and preparing them.
How to Forage For and Prepare Bay Nuts
October 12, 2016 •
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.
A Ribwort Plantain Grows, Four Stories High, in San Francisco
August 24, 2016 •
A muralist highlights overlooked nature in San Francisco.
This Animal Has Never Been Seen Away From Lake Merritt — But It’s Not From Oakland
August 22, 2016 •
A small land crustacean has lived on the beach at Adams Point for a century. It’s never been seen elsewhere in the world. It’s definitely not an Oakland native. Now what?
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.
An Emissary of the Bay’s Forgotten Beaches
July 1, 2016 •
Hardly anyone knew about the plant called sea-blite when it lived on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. No one noticed when it disappeared. Now, thirty years after it went locally extinct, a freelance coastal ecologist sets out on an unlikely mission to bring it back.
Place Shapes the Sonoran Blue, A Contender for Bay Area’s ‘Most Beautiful Butterfly’
June 10, 2016 •
The Sonoran Blue is, according to some experts, the most beautiful butterfly in the Bay Area. Alum Rock Park in San Jose is the best place to find them, and even there it’s not easy.
Measure AA for a Clean and Healthy Bay
June 7, 2016 •
Residents of the Bay Area’s nine counties have passed a $12-per-year parcel tax to raise $500 million toward wetlands restoration and other Bay shoreline improvements over the next 20 years in what will be a historic influx in funding for the Bay.
Build a Wetland, Save the Frogs … If You Can Figure Out Where to Build It
April 22, 2016 •
A Berkeley group hopes to build 1,000 wetlands in the next 10 years to save amphibians. They need help.
Wild Stories of an Unseen City
April 5, 2016 •
An excerpt from Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails, & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness, by Nathanael Johnson.
The Livermore Tarweed Lives Happily Ever After
March 14, 2016 •
The Livermore tarweed is indistinct, hairy, and smelly. It is also exceedingly rare and in imminent danger.