In the San Francisco Bay Area, slices of nature pop up in unexpected places.
The city of Berkeley plans to purchase a Fourth Street parking lot and transfer the property to the nonprofit Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, as part of a recent settlement agreement over the long-contested shellmound site in West Berkeley.
Bestselling author Amy Tan has filled journals with anecdotes, observations, and drawings of backyard birds.
The death knell for the sooty crayfish probably sounded with the introduction of its cousin from the north.
The city’s draft urban forest plan has drawn more than 800 comments—many clamoring for more native trees.
“Nobody's got our kind of re-entry program that mixes soil, re-entry, healing, and good pay,” says Planting Justice's operations manager, Lynn Vidal.
The money is meant to fix longstanding tree-cover gaps in disadvantaged neighborhoods—but it’s a fraction of what’s needed.
The plan—yet to be City-approved—calls for upward of $17 million in maintenance for Oakland's neglected trees.
A half mile of new trail helps address a surprising number of problems in Oakland.
What’s a nature-based solution? An explainer.
With the help of a $10 million startup grant iNaturalist has separated from the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society and become its own independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
