Winter 2012

In this issue, you’ll find out how volunteers are helping save state parks, from Jack London to Henry Coe.

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Issue Content

Early-Spreading Wild Cucumber Climbs Fast Once It Starts to Rain

Early-Spreading Wild Cucumber Climbs Fast Once It Starts to Rain

by | February 6, 2012
Bay Area Conservancy Turns 15, but Running Out of Funds

Bay Area Conservancy Turns 15, but Running Out of Funds

by | January 1, 2012
Containing an Invasive Weed at Thornewood Preserve

Containing an Invasive Weed at Thornewood Preserve

Project Aims to Eliminate Only Site for False Brome in California
by | January 1, 2012
Deadline Looms for Solano’s Rockville Trails

Deadline Looms for Solano’s Rockville Trails

by | January 10, 2012
Killer Algae on Sonoma Coast

Killer Algae on Sonoma Coast

by | January 1, 2012
Remembering David Yearsley, Champion of the Petaluma River

Remembering David Yearsley, Champion of the Petaluma River

by | January 1, 2012
Taking Care of Baby Salmon

Taking Care of Baby Salmon

New Project Tests Fallow Fields as Salmon Nurseries
by | January 23, 2012
From the Inside Out

From the Inside Out

Digging the Geology of the East Bay Hills
by | January 6, 2012
Hidden Villa Memories

Hidden Villa Memories

by | January 1, 2012
Keeping Clapper Rails High and Dry

Keeping Clapper Rails High and Dry

by | February 16, 2012
A Little Help from Our Friends

A Little Help from Our Friends

Pitching In to Save State Parks
by | January 1, 2012
Letter from the Publisher

Letter from the Publisher

by | January 1, 2012
A Nature Quest on Corona Heights

A Nature Quest on Corona Heights

by | January 18, 2012
Naturalist’s Notebook: Migrating Birds Fill Up in Flooded Rice Fields

Naturalist’s Notebook: Migrating Birds Fill Up in Flooded Rice Fields

by | January 2, 2012
Taking the Measure of Climate Change At Corte Madera Marsh

Taking the Measure of Climate Change At Corte Madera Marsh

by | January 12, 2012
Back to the Land at Hidden Villa

Back to the Land at Hidden Villa

A Peninsula Preserve for Farming and Nature
by | February 21, 2012
What’s the Secret of Nectar?

What’s the Secret of Nectar?

by | January 1, 2012
Blitzers Search for SOD

Blitzers Search for SOD

On the Front Lines of Oak Research
by | March 8, 2012