Local Heroes 2025: Mirella Ramos, Environmental Educator
Mirella Ramos is helping more people feel at home in nature.
Post Type Archives: Articles
Local Heroes 2025: Susan Schwartz, Community Hero
Susan Schwartz has decades of experience as a weed warrior.
Local Heroes 2025: Annie Burke, Conservation Action
Annie Burke is connecting conservation work across the Bay.
15 Years of Local Heroes
The awards grew from a desire to recognize elders who helped create a local conservation culture.
Why Cut Redwoods?
A counterintuitive approach to conservation gains urgency in the face of drought and wildfires in California.
How Molok Luyuk Got Its National Monument Designation (and Not Windmills)
At first it was labeled a wind energy resource area. Then all the wind companies walked away.
A 200-Year-Old Scale That Will Help You Read the Wind
On land, we can usually afford to ignore the wind. Not so in a small sailboat, where the wind is your boss.
A Community and Its Cats
I was running through my neighborhood the other day when I stopped to say hello to a cat I had never met before.
Tunitas Creek: A New Beach Park Is Opening in San Mateo
Upcoming access to a beach with views and interesting geology
