The We Players theater group performs Romeo and Juliet at the Petaluma Adobe this summer.
Urban Nature
In the San Francisco Bay Area, slices of nature pop up in the most unexpected places, a testament to the region's wealth in biodiversity and the resilience of its natural systems. Bringing nature to urban areas is not just about ensuring the survival of species, but enhancing people's quality of life through a fulfillment of our innate need to be with nature.
An Emissary of the Bay’s Forgotten Beaches
July 1, 2016 •
Hardly anyone knew about the plant called sea-blite when it lived on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. No one noticed when it disappeared. Now, thirty years after it went locally extinct, a freelance coastal ecologist sets out on an unlikely mission to bring it back.
Place Shapes the Sonoran Blue, A Contender for Bay Area’s ‘Most Beautiful Butterfly’
June 10, 2016 •
The Sonoran Blue is, according to some experts, the most beautiful butterfly in the Bay Area. Alum Rock Park in San Jose is the best place to find them, and even there it’s not easy.
Measure AA for a Clean and Healthy Bay
June 7, 2016 •
Residents of the Bay Area’s nine counties have passed a $12-per-year parcel tax to raise $500 million toward wetlands restoration and other Bay shoreline improvements over the next 20 years in what will be a historic influx in funding for the Bay.
Build a Wetland, Save the Frogs … If You Can Figure Out Where to Build It
April 22, 2016 •
A Berkeley group hopes to build 1,000 wetlands in the next 10 years to save amphibians. They need help.
Wild Stories of an Unseen City
April 5, 2016 •
An excerpt from Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails, & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness, by Nathanael Johnson.
The Livermore Tarweed Lives Happily Ever After
March 14, 2016 •
The Livermore tarweed is indistinct, hairy, and smelly. It is also exceedingly rare and in imminent danger.
Finding Your Park with GGNRA’s Christine Lehnertz
March 1, 2016 •
GGNRA Superintendent Christine Lehnertz looks at the challenges and opportunities unique to the national park in San Francisco’s backyard.
15 Years of Bay Nature: A Talk by Publisher David Loeb
February 25, 2016 •
Publisher David Loeb traces the roots of his attachment to nearby nature — and why he started a magazine about it.
The Disappearing Language of Sparrows
January 20, 2016 •
San Francisco white-crowned sparrows have their own dialects. As the city gets louder, those dialects are disappearing.