The plan—yet to be City-approved—calls for upward of $17 million in maintenance for Oakland’s neglected trees.
Oakland Offers a Plan to Aid Its Troubled, Unequal Tree Canopy
October 30, 2023 •
Bay Nature’s Hall of Botanical Horrors
October 26, 2023 •
For those who dare—meet the Bay Area’s spookiest plants (and two freaky fungi).
Wild Billions: We’re Following How Federal Money for Nature Is Spent
October 12, 2023 •
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act are supposed to transform our landscapes. Will they?
How to Make Acorn Bread from Scratch (and Decolonize Your Diet a Bit)
October 12, 2023 •
A Karuk food writer’s step-by-step guide to making use of our fall bounty of acorns.
How Dirt Biking Shaped the Bay Area—and the West
September 28, 2023 •
Sixty years ago, Bay Area bikers discovered the Panoche Hills, southeast of San José. Public lands management changed forever.
Unburying the Creek Beneath It, A School Becomes a Steward
September 21, 2023 •
A Sausalito school gets $3 million to repair a riparian corridor, and help students reconnect with nature.
iNaturalist Strikes Out on Its Own
September 12, 2023 •
With the help of a $10 million startup grant iNaturalist has separated from the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society and become its own independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
How Do I Get My Hands on These ‘Wild Billions,’ Anyway?
September 7, 2023 •
Bay Nature’s guide and database for finding nature-related federal funds in BIL and IRA.
Why Thousands of Octopuses Are Snuggled Up Against a Deep-Sea Heater
August 23, 2023 •
Off the California coast, these creatures are getting an evolutionary edge.
Just in Time for Algae Season, A New Satellite Map Offers Glimpses of Bay Blooms
August 7, 2023 •
No one agency is tasked with protecting us from marine algal blooms. So here’s a map worth checking before you go out on the waters of San Francisco Bay.