Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
The son of Russian immigrants living in post-war Shanghai, Igor Skaredoff moved to California with his parents at the age of six, and has been here for most of his life. After a long career as an environmental engineer for Shell Oil, Skaredoff retired from industry and dedicated himself to advocating for the creeks and…
Without rainwater, Farallon Islands research station is unable to function.
Publisher David Loeb had his Bay Nature epiphany while hiking in China Camp State Park. That’s when he conceived of the idea to start a magazine about the natural wonders of the San Francisco Bay Area. Recently David gave a presentation at the Oakmont Symposium in Santa Rosa on the roots of Bay Nature magazine,…
A Dolores Park construction hole filled with water. Was this the clue to an unresolved mystery, and a window into a piece of San Francisco history?
Removing French broom might as well be a message for Earth Day 2014 — pull the weeds is your backyard, however intractable they might be.
Spotted and photographed on the North Peak Trail, Mount Diablo State Park, by David Loeb, April 20.
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