Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Drought returns to California, with a long fire season ahead.
I find myself awakening to the wonder of time — the deep, slow, earth-time of trees, and dirt, and rocks — and to the aching grief of human greed and misunderstanding.
California’s first State Park burned in the 2020 CZU Lightning Fires. Now conservation groups want it to rebuild as the model of state parks for the future.
Can, or should, regional agencies intervene in a city’s development decision?
In at least one tree species, scientists say the culprit appears to be a fungal pathogen.
Cars and bikes kill 5,000 newts every year on Alma Bridge Road. It’s an avoidable tragedy.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
