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 •
Botany
The study and science of plants.
A Ribwort Plantain Grows, Four Stories High, in San Francisco
August 24, 2016 •
A muralist highlights overlooked nature in San Francisco.
What’s Next for the Redwoods?
July 11, 2016 •
A bold new design for the redwood forests of the 21st century is forged in the Santa Cruz Mountains
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.
Into the Realm of Awe
June 27, 2016 •
There’s something about old-growth redwoods. But there’s something about second-growth, too.
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.”
In the Third Spring After the Morgan Fire, Just Add Water to Mount Diablo for Flowers
April 15, 2016 •
With 38 inches of rain at the top of the mountain since last summer, the bloom has been great all over Mount Diablo.
Ask the Naturalist: Where are the Flowers on Mount Diablo?
April 15, 2016 •
Where to go for spring 2016.
The Native Plants of the Quiroste Valley
April 1, 2016 •
Better know some of the common plants of the Amah Mutsun world.
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.