Bringing Light to Dragonfly Creek
Workers at the Presidio are working to restore a stretch of creek that's been buried for nearly a century. Soon enough, Dragonfly Creek should, once again, be alive with its...
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Making up for a Bigger Dam at Los Vaqueros
The Contra Costa Water District is enlarging Los Vaqueros Reservoir, inundating 340 acres of land that was supposed to be permanently protected. To make up for it, they’re going on...
Road vs. Stream in Niles Canyon
State Route 84 twists and turns along Alameda Creek through Niles Canyon between Fremont and Sunol. An effort by Caltrans to make the road safer has hit a roadblock: Environmental...
The Rainy Day Barrel Contest
With a few good storms already this fall, we have some reason to hope for good rains this season. That will be good news for salmon, and good news for...
Alameda Creek Dam Policies Could Decide Frogs’ Future
Sarah Kupferberg, a research scientist at UC Berkeley, is fascinated by foothill yellow-legged frogs, once common but now scarce in Alameda Creek. The SF Public Utilities Commission is rebuilding the...
Restoring Two Creeks for Coho
Restoration work along Marin County’s Redwood Creek is making this watershed more habitable for the state's southernmost run of coho salmon, while activists push for new protections in the Lagunitas...
Petaluma’s Teenage Fish Force
At first glance the tan building blends into the rest of Petaluma's Casa Grande High School. It's nondescript from the outside, but it houses a rare kind of conservation organization,...
Getting Closer to the Water in Petaluma
River advocate David Yearsley continues his quest to connect people of all ages to the Petaluma River, now with a Petaluma River Heritage Center that focuses on boating, boatbuilding, and...
A Pasture Becomes a Rich Birdwatching and Kayaking Area in Point Reyes
Wildlife thrives at Giacomini Wetland at the south end of Tomales Bay.
The Keeper of the Waters
Gayle Ciardi, the first woman to serve as a watershed keeper for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, is the fourth-generation of her family to work on the SFPUC watershed.
