Map: Where Oodles of Federal Dollars for Nature Have Gone
BIL and IRA spending on nature in the greater San Francisco Bay Area has topped $1 billion, according to Bay Nature's most recent tally for our Wild Billions project.
Water
The People Will Keep Fishing, Despite Forever Chemicals in the Fish
Bay Area sport fish sampled in a study were overwhelmingly tainted with PFAS. “It’s more widespread than we really thought,” says a scientist. But it’s not so easy to persuade anglers to eat less fish.
Swimming Together in San Francisco Bay
No one comes out of the cold water in a bad mood.
A 200-Year-Old Scale That Will Help You Read the Wind
On land, we can usually afford to ignore the wind. Not so in a small sailboat, where the wind is your boss.
Local Groups Sue Trump Administration to Protect White Sturgeon
Recent federal- and state-level orders to divert water have environmentalists concerned over local impacts on this historic fish.
Paddling the Cosumnes River Preserve, a Lush Refuge in the Central Valley
Restoration dollars from the IRA mark the latest chapter in stewardship across the Cosumnes River watershed, where sandhill cranes flock.
What Lies Beneath
Can we keep Lake Tahoe's aquatic invaders at bay?
Naturalist’s Notebook: Making Waves
The next time you sit at the shore, ponder the physics crashing before you.
California May List Ancient, Iconic White Sturgeon as Threatened
They've survived 200 million years without changing. Now, “changes to the Bay-Delta system and changes to our climate are happening too quickly for them,” says a UC Davis scientist.
Sailing the Salt Line
Carquinez Strait is where Sierra snow meets the San Francisco Bay, but the line of engagement between fresh and salt water is always moving.
