Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
The Pacific Ocean is the hottest we’ve ever seen it. What that means — or doesn’t — for the coming El Niño.
Through their numbers are on the right track, the condor population isn’t self-sustaining. Condors in the wild still face significant threats from lead poisoning and micro trash, and require constant monitoring — most of it by volunteers.
Two strong historical El Nino wet winters nurture hope for relief from our current drought. But there are several good reasons to hedge about the coming winter.
The 23,000 acres around Crystal Springs are prime hiking territory in an urban region desperate for more places to get outdoors. They’re also home to numerous endangered species, and critical to San Francisco’s drinking water supply.
“I am what poet, farmer, essayist and author Wendell Berry might call a placed person, and this is my home.”
Why are deer droppings so small? East Bay Regional Parks’ Cat Taylor has the scoop on ungulate poop.
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
