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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.
First-of-its-Kind Climate Parcel Tax Now a Measure of Hope
How Measure AA funds are being used to restore shorelines, wildlife habitat, and public access around the San Francisco Bay
Pandemic Forces Closures, Job Cuts, Shifted Science for Bay Area Conservation Groups
As closures and financial losses mount, Bay Area organizations have cut back on staff or science.
In its Last Bankruptcy PG&E Promised California 140,000 Acres for Conservation. Where Did They All Go?
Some say a landmark conservation deal is now a “vision unfulfilled”
Taking the Long View for the Summer
In May, my family and I headed to Sycamore Grove Park near Livermore for a long stroll on Mother’s Day. Something about the dry heat and native, lazy-limbed sycamore trees there feels like an earlier version of California, and it … Read more
Tending the Wild at Skyline Gardens
Skyline Gardens, an incredible hotspot for California native plants with sweeping views, doesn’t look like a garden. But it is.
New Maps, New Perspectives
North Coyote Valley near San José might look unremarkable in the context of the Bay Area’s 1.2 million acres of unprotected land. But there’s actually nothing quite like it. The valley represents one of the few available undeveloped connections between … Read more
Remembering the Survival Faire, Earth Day’s Predecesor
Fifty years ago, San José State students buried a car to symbolize the end of the oil era and the first Earth Day.
Save the Redwoods Reaches Deal for 564-Acre Cascade Creek Forest Near Año Nuevo
Save the Redwoods League has agreed on a deal to acquire 564 acres of redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains, creating a new connection from Big Basin to Año Nuevo State Parks and protecting the headwaters of Cascade Creek. … Read more
Organizing for Resilience
Climate change is an urgent call for changing how we steward the land and connect people to it.