Letter from the Publisher: California’s Water Year
We can't control the rain. But that doesn't mean there's nothing we can do. Bay Nature Publisher David Loeb on California's drought.
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High Temperatures Threaten Sacramento River’s Fall-Run King Salmon
The early fall king salmon spawning run on the Sacramento River is taking place between Red Bluff and Redding, but prolonged drought has led to reduced flows from Lake Shasta...
Eat Local, Eat Weird? The Secretive Monkeyface Eel Is Both.
Fisherman Kirk Lombard encourages his seafood customers to eat small and eat weird. The monkeyface eel is both.
Ocean Beach’s Sand Supply Dries Up, Leaving Plovers Squeezed
San Francisco's Ocean Beach, already struggling with foot traffic and free-roaming domestic pets, faces a serious erosion problem.
The Only Plant of Its Kind, Living Life in a San Mateo Agricultural Field
In a single agricultural field on the San Mateo County coast, the entire known world population of Ornduff's meadowfoam is thriving.
Replanting the Bay’s Underwater Meadows
A new effort has been launched to restore 70 acres of native eelgrass in the San Francisco Bay, paid for with Cosco Busan oil spill money.
Bear, Elk and Talking Ape in Post-Apocalypse Muir Woods: What Are the Chances?*
A herd of elk and a grizzly bear make an appearance in Muir Woods in the opening scene of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Would such megafauna stage...
Love a Shark? Save a Wetland
The resident sharks of the San Francisco Bay rely on healthy tidal wetlands.
The Scientists are Amateurs, But Their Coastal Research Makes a Splash
After 12 years of study, an ambitious citizen science effort has recorded population figures for 34 different types of algae and invertebrates at 70 different monitoring sites. Sixty percent of...
TBC3: Wrestling Climate Change to the Ground
It’s not “news” to Bay Nature readers that climate change is in the process of giving a serious thwack to living systems. But what’s less well understood is how plants...
