Mount Tam? That’s yesterday’s high peak. A younger generation of hikers ascends Mission Peak instead.
Why has Mission Peak Become the Thing to Do?
October 16, 2014 •
New Vision Launched for Candlestick Point
October 14, 2014 •
Just two years ago, the state wanted to abandon Candlestick Point. Now it’s investing money in the park’s renewal.
Conservationists Who Hunt Describe their Connection to Nature
October 14, 2014 •
Nature and culture writer Aleta George takes hunting field trips with a noted conservationists — and finds an extended series of lessons about the intimate and indelible connection between hunting and conservation.
It Was The Perfect Fish Study — Until Nature Messed It Up
October 13, 2014 •
Why do some fish go to sea while others stay home? NOAA researchers had elegant plans to investigate — and then the drought intervened.
Fountain a Watering Hole for Drought-Affected Birds
October 8, 2014 •
Where does a thirsty bird go when the drought hits hard?
Explore a New Segment of the Ridge Trail On a Newly Opened Part of Sonoma Mountain
October 7, 2014 •
A writer who lived on Sonoma Mountain walks us through a new segment of Ridge Trail that opens his onetime backyard to the public.
When It Comes to Smell, the Turkey Vulture Stands (Nearly) Alone
October 7, 2014 •
Turkey vultures can locate food by scent alone — but it took naturalists a while to figure that out.
Ship Retraces Legacy of Once Mighty Bay Shrimp
October 2, 2014 •
If the Chinese shrimping villages were still around today, could the California bay shrimp support a thriving industry as it once did?
In An Unusual Year for Upwelling, Research Cruise Keeps an Eye on Marine Sanctuaries’ Rich Life
September 29, 2014 •
For the past decade, the Applied California Current Ecosystem Studies expedition has monitored the ocean waters just west of the Bay Area. Recently, researchers took the boat in search of krill, the base of California’s marine life.
Putting Nature on the Balance Sheet
September 24, 2014 •
Three Bay Area counties —Santa Clara, Sonoma and Santa Cruz — have found a way to put these values of nature onto a balance sheet.