Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
The last fish barrier is falling on mainstem Alameda Creek. It took almost three decades—and changed the watershed and the people who steward it.
A coalition of advocates and loyal supporters has staved off the closure of a unique marine research center on the San Francisco Bay — at least for another six months.
A soundscape recordist is an escape artist.
Baseball fans collect souvenirs like squirrels collect acorns. There are the official ones: home run balls, foul balls, baseball cards (and the quest to get them autographed), commemorative pins, bobbleheads, hat-shaped ice cream bowls. Grown men and women exchange hard-earned pay for small scoops of “game-used dirt.” There are, also, the unofficial keepsakes. At the…
Newsom’s executive order allows fire reduction efforts to bypass CEQA ahead of fire season. Some fire agencies are seeking to take advantage of the opportunity.
Stepping onto the spanking new Pacheco Marsh trail near Martinez for the first time on May 1, I was struck by the contrast between nature and human industry all around.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
