Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Nature cleaned up nicely in the science and environment categories at SPJ NorCal. Here’s a little backstory on our winners.
These chinooks are likely hatchery strays. But they are still an ecosystem boon—and flaming-bright symbols of restoration at work.
The first update to a local State of the Birds report in 14 years shows restoration working—and some puzzling declines.
This piece was originally published in KneeDeep Times, a digital magazine featuring stories from the frontlines of climate resilience in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The 2025 State of Our Estuary assessment, released this fall at a regional conference, takes the
And coho salmon love it.
One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
