The mammoth McApin Tree is not just the venerable elder in its grove. It’s thought the giant redwood holds within its fire-charred rings the surrounding forest’s formative secrets.
Stewardship
The San Francisco Bay Area is bejeweled with hundreds of parks and open space preserves as well as a rich set of laws and policies meant to ensure the survival of vulnerable species and ecosystems. Real people made this happen through a dedicated call to stewardship.
Volunteers Make the Parks Come Alive. Here’s How to Find and Join Them.
June 26, 2018 •
There are dozens of ways to volunteer in the East Bay Regional Park District.
Watching Wildlife Move Through Sonoma Valley
March 30, 2018 •
Science has led us to an increasing understanding of the importance of wildlife corridors. Sonoma pioneers the monitoring of a series of corridors.
Bay Area Climate Adaptation Collaborative Shutters
March 30, 2018 •
An organization dedicated to responding to climate change in a nature-friendly way loses funding.
After a Fire, Fast-Growing Flowers Lock in a Long-Term Recovery
February 14, 2018 •
We’re used to thinking about how wildfires change the soil for plants. But a UC Berkeley researcher wants to turn the relationship around and ask how the plants that spring up after a fire could lock-in long-term soil recovery.
An Early Look at How the North Bay Fires Have Impacted Undeveloped Land in the Region
October 20, 2017 •
Initially, it appears the fires played an ecological role for open spaces and undeveloped lands.
Meet Mount Tamalpais
September 25, 2017 •
How people came to understand the North Bay’s iconic peak.
Find a Lot of Bugs When You Clean Your Backyard Swimming Pool? Scientists Want to See Them
August 25, 2017 •
A new citizen science project looks closely at the insect gold mine that is backyard pools — and already it’s found potentially new species.
Presumed Extinct, a Wildflower Reappears on Mount Diablo
June 28, 2017 •
The Mount Diablo Buckwheat disappeared in the 1930s. It was thought to be extinct. A single population was rediscovered in 2005. And then last year botanists found a new population numbering in the millions. How has this rarest of rare plants survived?
The Charms of Tolay Lake Regional Park
June 28, 2017 •
In the Alaguali tradition, this lake in Sonoma County was a place of healing. Charmstones found in the lake bed date to more than 4,000 years old, and come from as far away as Mexico.