Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area residents have been enjoying a rare celestial treat this month. A recently discovered comet, officially dubbed C/2020 F3 and nicknamed “NEOWISE,” is putting on quite a show as one of the brightest comets to be seen since the 1990s. Until a few days ago, NEOWISE could be seen only in the early morning…
American kestrels, the smallest falcon in North America, are a familiar sight in the Bay Area.
With five to seven leaves resembling outstretched fingers on the palm of a hand, the blackberry Rubus armeniacus grows from curved, blood-red stalks resembling veins. Sonoma County horticulturalist Luther Burbank acquired the seeds in 1885 from a trader in India, and dubbed it the “Himalaya” blackberry, though it was actually native to Armenia and Northern…
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While county and national parks remain open, the state is restricting access at its Northern California beaches
With big ships still moving regularly through the Northern California marine sanctuaries, whales are at risk.
Literacy for Environmental Justice has worked with youth and nature in San Francisco for two decades.
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