2014 Local Hero Award Winner for Youth Engagement
Cheyanna Washburn, a sophomore at Diablo Valley College in botany and recreational therapy, is one of those dedicated young leaders who inspires her peers to get involved and active. Before...
Category: 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.
2014 Local Hero Award Winner for Environmental Education
>> Liam was recently interviewed on KQED-FM’s Forum about his life in lepidoptery (2/7/14). LISTEN A trained stage actor (who appeared in Les Miserables on Broadway), Liam O’Brien now uses his...
2014 Local Hero Award Winner for Conservation Action
Craig Anderson is the inspirational Executive Director of LandPaths, a Santa Rosa-based nonprofit dedicated to connecting people to the natural and agricultural landscapes of Sonoma County. At LandPaths, Craig has...
The Rise of Cyanobacteria at Pinto Lake
This past fall a cyanobacteria known as, Microcystis aeruginosa, spiked toxin levels above the state's safe recreational exposure limit at Watsonville’s Pinto Lake. Scientists and the community have begun tackling...
2013—A Bay Nature Year In Photos
For Bay Nature, 2013 brought environmental news, features and photography celebrating and capturing not only nature's beauty but its resiliency and vulnerability. Take a look at the year gone by...
Video: Learning with Palo Alto’s Environmental Volunteers
For decades, the Palo Alto-based Environmental Volunteers have shown kids the wonders of nature all around them.
San Francisco Mulls Commercial Butterfly Release Ban
San Francisco may become the first U.S. city to ban the release of commercially raised butterflies at ceremonies such as weddings, funerals, and charity events.
Restoring Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge has been shaped by industry and development leaving its three endemic and endangered species clinging to their habitat. But in a recent partnership between the...
Becky Jaffe and the Art of Biophilia
Nature photographer Becky Jaffe on art, photography and biophilia.
Roam If You Want To
A life-changing accident gave former Cal academic Ronn Patterson time to think long and hard about his life path. He ended up founding Dolphin Charters, which leads guided natural history...
