Thanksgiving time marks the start of one of the most exciting sustainable, local food events of the year: Dungeness crab season.
Signs of the Season: From crab pot to stovetop, Dungeness crabs arrive
November 21, 2012 •
The Ocean
Bay Nature stories about the Pacific Ocean.
In unpoliced oceans, marine mammal shootings go unsolved
November 13, 2012 •
The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito has treated six gunshot victims so far this year, including Whirlybird, a sea lion. Which raises the disturbing question. Who is shooting marine mammals and why?
Meet Mark Twain’s frog at Mori Point
October 8, 2012 •
Mori Point, along the coast in San Mateo County, is one of the smattering of locations where the fabled California red-leggeds live, the largest frogs in the West.
Right On Course with John Wade, Farallon Islands Patrol Skipper
October 4, 2012 •
John Wade is one of about 20 skippers who make up the Farallon Patrol for PRBO Conservation Science. Skippers offer their boats and volunteer their time to sail to the Farallon Islands, a shuttle and resupply the scientists who live … Read more
Mapping the future of the coast
October 4, 2012 •
Most of the people in the world–and most of their infrastructure–can be found in jurisdictions bordering the coast or coastal watersheds. The Bay Area is no exception. However, in this era of climate change, the benefits of living close to … Read more
Climate Chronicles: A Sea Change for Seabirds on the Farallon Islands
October 4, 2012 •
You’ll likely smell them before you see them: A rich ammoniac scent engulfs our boat, and then they loom out of the fog – spires of naked rock, eerily lunar in configuration. And as they emerge, there’s an aural accompaniment: the cackles … Read more
Cousteau: Youth the answer to imperiled oceans
September 27, 2012 •
Jean-Michel Cousteau visits Marin’s Marine Mammal Center to deliver hope to visiting schoolchildren: “Educating youth is the best investment we can make.”
On the Lookout for Coho Salmon South of San Francisco
September 27, 2012 •
Fisherman Michael Carl set out over the course of three seasons in search of the vanishing coho salmon of his home waters in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
State and Federal Officials Explain Plan to Avoid 12th Year of Steelhead Die-offs in Pescadero
September 11, 2012 •
On Wednesday, September 12, officials from several state and federal agencies will hold a public briefing to explain a new, if low-tech, effort to head off a twelfth straight year of fish kills at Pescadero Marsh State Beach. For the … Read more
Effort renews to control invasive Asian kelp
August 15, 2012 •
A long, wavy greenish-brown kelp dangles off the docks at South Beach Marina by AT&T Park in San Francisco. It may seem like the seaweed belongs there, but it’s an invasive kelp from Asia, known as Undaria pinnatifida. It’s so … Read more