Nearly a thousand acres of the valley oak savanna, wetlands, and agricultural land that once dominated Silicon Valley will be protected
The Last Big Save
November 5, 2019 •
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.
Want to Prevent California’s Katrina? Grow a Marsh
September 16, 2019 •
These islands in the Delta aren’t really islands at all anymore.
Eat an Oyster, Restore a Reef
September 16, 2019 •
Linda Hunter pulls up to Bay Natives Nursery in Bayview-Hunters Point and opens the rear hatch of her gray Prius. Inside are several white plastic buckets full of shells. They come from oysters eaten the previous day by customers at … Read more
How Otters Keep Seagrass Healthy
September 16, 2019 •
Seagrass beds are important to consider when regarding climate change not only because they can sequester carbon in soils, but also because seagrass may buffer against ocean acidity.
Restoring a Watershed in the Heart of San Francisco
September 16, 2019 •
Water, naturally, seeps or springs up from the ground and flows downhill until it reaches an outlet. To restore a watershed you would need to protect all of that space—the springs, creek, and estuary mouth. To protect an entire watershed … Read more
Save the Redwoods Has a Deal to Acquire A Forest of Giant Sequoias Rivaling the Mariposa Grove
September 16, 2019 •
The purchase includes the fifth-tallest tree on earth, the Stagg Tree, a 250-foot-tall, 3,000-year-old giant.
Can Better Forestry Jobs Prevent Fires and Restore Rural America?
September 9, 2019 •
On an unseasonably warm November day in a rural neighborhood in the western Sierra Nevada, men with chainsaws patrol a tree thicket that burned three years ago. One man, whose chaps have torn on his right thigh and whose shirt … Read more
A Trout Reclaims a River
June 23, 2019 •
A year ago, Stanford University began removing the 120-year-old Lagunita Diversion Dam on San Francisquito Creek, which flows through Palo Alto and Menlo Park. As a result, last spring was the first migration season in over a century wherein California … Read more
Building My Community Through Nature
June 23, 2019 •
It’s Saturday afternoon at Lands End in San Francisco. We are tired from all the weeding, but we feel alive and satisfied. A red-tailed hawk hovers above us, as if to signal that it’s time to end the program. We … Read more
Keeping Moraga’s Painted Rock Open
March 25, 2019 •
The John Muir Land Trust needs to raise $2 million by May to create a new 84-acre open space park in Moraga.