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At Coyote Hills, 300 Acres of Farmland are Transforming
More than 100 different species of birds—from American bitterns to marsh wrens—have visited the native salt grass and sprawling, stubby pickleweed in the newly constructed seasonal wetland.
Mud-Starved Wetlands Get a Meal, At Last
With Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, the Bay’s wetlands are finally getting some precious muck. Why have we been dumping it offshore?
Fall 2016
Bay Nature’s October-December issue highlights both recent successes in the return of wildlife and opening up of new lands in the Bay Area, as well as ongoing challenges in managing our urban landscape. Reporter Kat McGowan writes about the quiet return of river … Read more
Summer 2013
Bay Nature Institute joins this year’s celebration of “The Year of the Bay” with the publication of a special 16-page insert by award-winning environmental journalist Ariel Rubissow Okamoto. Baylands Reborn: Restoration and Renewal on San Francisco Bay traces the development … Read more
Summer 2010
Our summer 2010 issue encompasses the long-lasting rocks of the East Bay hills and geology of Salt Point State Park and the ephemeral MaryAnn Nardo’s stunning paintings of delicate local butterflies, as well as efforts to protect and restore habitat … Read more
Summer 2009
Our summer 2009 issue features some of our area’s lesser-known habitats and creatures. From the vantage points of kite-mounted cameras and field microscopes, two researchers study and record beautiful images of the diversity of life in a ditch at the … Read more
Spring 2023
In Spring 2023, Bay Nature examines the woes of Dungeness crabbers, whose livelihoods increasingly conflict with humpback whales. We celebrate our Local Heroes, who are transforming our future communities and natural spaces. We hang out with scientific detectives analyzing century-old … Read more
Newfangled Horizontal Levees Rise (Gently) Across the Bay
A dozen such projects have sprouted, offering habitat-friendly flood protection. Getting permission for them is a challenge.