Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Recovering from near extinction in the 1870s, California’s tule elk populations have increased substantially. They can be appreciated at the preserve in Tomales Point at the Point Reyes National Seashore.
Viewing a diverse Bay Area ecosystem can be as simple as a trip to the beach.
Blue herons nest in Golden Gate Park.
The often-maligned coyote thrives in much of California, including a variety of habitats in the Bay Area.
On August 10, 2007, the California Coastal Commission unanimously voted to deny a fishing permit to allow experimental long-line fishing off the coast of California and Oregon for the first time since 2004. The proposal by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) would have allowed the Ocean Pacific Sea Food Company to make four expeditions…
How do you commission portraits of species the world has dismissed as extinct, species no one has seen in decades? That was the conundrum we at Bay Nature faced when it came time to solicit illustrations to accompany Presumed Extinct: Lost Species of the Bay Area. To reanimate these lost species, Bay Nature tapped the…
Independent, nonprofit environmental journalism connecting people with nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
