A Leap of Faith
After moving to Berkeley from Mendocino County, writer David Wallace found that he missed the springtime serenades of his local amphibians. So the dug a small pond in his backyard...
Science and Nature
Bay Area Fish Study
The first ever comprehensive assessment of fish in Bay Area streams is now available to the public. From 1992 to 1998, EPA biologist Robert A. Leidy investigated 79 streams that...
Edgewood Preserve
One of the best places to experience a slice of Bay Area landscape as it might have looked before European settlement is San Mateo’s Edgewood County Park and Preserve. Offering...
Elephant Seals at Point Reyes
Last January, “Ear to the Ground” wrote about the elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County, the area’s best known population of these large pinnipeds. But...
International Migratory Bird Day 2002
On a national level, the FWS sponsors an annual celebration of International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) on May 11. Here in the Bay Area, the SFBNWR and the San Francisco...
Launch of Important Bird Areas Program
On November 28, 2001, the president of the National Audubon Society, John Flicker, came to the Bay Area to launch the U.S. component of the international “Important Bird Areas (IBA)...
New Cachuma Redwoods Book
One of the distinguishing features of life in the Bay Area is the presence of the world’s tallest trees, Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwoods. Now, everything you might want to know...
Ranching Photo Exhibit
Intrigued by a way of life that is “so remarkably different from that lived by the other six and a half million people in the Bay Area, one that has...
How have exotic garden plants impacted our native fauna?
Animal habits, or behavior, can indeed change due to the presence of nonnative plants. Two examples come to mind. Fennel is a plant native to the Mediterranean region of Europe...
From the Bottom Up
It's small, it's restless, and it changes sex halfway through its life. Plus, the humble bay shrimp occupies a crucial niche in the complex food web of San Francisco Bay....
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