Newfangled Horizontal Levees Rise (Gently) Across the Bay
A dozen such projects have sprouted, offering habitat-friendly flood protection. Getting permission for them is a challenge.
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.
Oakland Offers a Plan to Aid Its Troubled, Unequal Tree Canopy
The plan—yet to be City-approved—calls for upward of $17 million in maintenance for Oakland's neglected trees.
The Native Seed Gold Rush
Big environmental dreams—and disasters—have created demand. Now it's time to worry about supply.
A Day Out with Civicorps, a Youth Training Program for the Green Jobs Economy
This East Bay nonprofit is training young people underrepresented in the green economy to get conservation jobs.
A Better Way to Forage Matsutake Mushrooms
"Xayviish has far more personality than any grocery-store mushroom," writes Sara Calvosa Olson, a Karuk tribal member. "It’s a meaty but delicate time machine, whisking your spirit back to your gathering place."
Now We Are Asking Nature to Solve the Problems We Created
What’s a nature-based solution? An explainer.
Helping Out Around the Bay: Fall 2023 Stewardship Opportunities
As we round the corner to the holidays, nature and communities in the Bay Area welcome you to join in on the activities of fall.
Unburying the Creek Beneath It, A School Becomes a Steward
A Sausalito school gets $3 million to repair a riparian corridor, and help students reconnect with nature.
Unburying the Creek Beneath It, A School Becomes a Steward
A Sausalito school gets $3 million to repair a riparian corridor, and help students reconnect with nature.
Scientists Try a ‘Field of Dreams’ Approach to Restoring California’s Bull Kelp Forests
Can scientists defeat vast armies of sea urchins and re-kelp California's North Coast? A Wild Billions story.
