Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Most rural California state parks have languished in obscurity, but Anderson Marsh has been buoyed by those who value its history.
Filmmaker Judy Irving set herself a goal to get a good shot of an endangered salt marsh harvest mouse. She did, and it’s Bay Nature’s July 2013 cover image.
Not only are snowy plovers nesting in unexpected places this year, at least one pair appears to be a bit unconventional.
Santa Cruz state parks supporters are using a bit of marketing and PR to attract new park-goers and raise money.
Why would anyone be destroying young, reforested tree in Golden Gate Park? Hundreds have had their tops lopped off. And other Bay Area nature news.
Olompali State Historic Park, located just west of Highway 101 between Novato and Petaluma, is rich in both natural and human history. But despite its location right next to a major highway, it is less well-known and less visited than some of its other North Bay cousins in the state park system. Here visitors can…
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