Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Every year, Bay Nature Institute selects three people whose extraordinary work on behalf of conservation and environmental education in the Bay Area warrants special recognition and appreciation. This year’s Local Hero for Conservation Action is Ralph Benson, longtime Executive Director of the Sonoma Land Trust. This award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions…
Jack Harrison, 26, is a wilderness and fly-fishing guide and the lead survival instructor at Adventure Out outdoor school based in Santa Cruz. We caught up with Jack as he returned from a morning of ocean fishing at Stinson Beach and spoke with him about his wilderness adventures, surviving in the wild, and the importance…
Coho salmon need help, but so do people with modest incomes. A new initiative seeks to bridge the two.
River Otter Ecology Project executive director Megan Isadore and her team work tirelessly to research the return of the river otter to Northern California.
NoahLani Litwinsella has been volunteering with SPAWN, the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, since he was just a small fry.
Naturalist Michael Ellis talks California poppies.
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