Q&A: Conservation Photographer Ian Shive on His New Film About the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
A celebrated conservation photographer and filmmaker talks about how he views the San Francisco Bay's national wildlife refuge.
Urban Nature
The Burning Question in the East Bay Hills: Eucalyptus Is Flammable Compared to What?
Twenty-five years after the Oakland Hills fire, people still disagree about whether blue gum eucalyptus is a fire threat in the East Bay Hills
How the Australian Eucalyptus Came to the East Bay Hills
A 19th century industrialist and his legacy of trees.
How to Forage For and Prepare Bay Nuts
Bay nuts are in season. Here are some tips for finding and preparing them.
A Ribwort Plantain Grows, Four Stories High, in San Francisco
A muralist highlights overlooked nature in San Francisco.
This Animal Has Never Been Seen Away From Lake Merritt — But It’s Not From Oakland
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
The We Players theater group performs Romeo and Juliet at the Petaluma Adobe this summer.
An Emissary of the Bay’s Forgotten Beaches
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’
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
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.
