Annie Burke is connecting conservation work across the Bay.
Tag: Bay Area Open Space Council
Winter Issue 2020
Organizing for Resilience
Climate change is an urgent call for changing how we steward the land and connect people to it.
Winter Issue 2019
On the Future of the Bay Area Open Space Council
The longtime regional conservation planning group stalled in 2018. Now we need to work together to build the future, writes its interim executive director Annie Burke.
Stewardship
An Early Look at How the North Bay Fires Have Impacted Undeveloped Land in the Region
Initially, it appears the fires played an ecological role for open spaces and undeveloped lands.
Bay Nature Local Heroes, History, Stewardship, Wildlife
Meet Bay Nature’s 2016 Local Heroes
Bay Nature Institute announces its Local Hero Award winners for 2016, and a special fourth award, presented to Bay Nature co-founder Malcolm Margolin.
Stewardship
Open Space Council Co-Founder Larry Orman on Mapping the Bay Area’s Wild Places
Guiding people through the wilderness – and empowering them with the tools to protect it – comes naturally to GreenInfo Network Executive Director and Bay Nature board chair emeritus Larry Orman.
Trails
Three Peaks, One Day, No Car
This coming weekend, you could count yourself among an elite few folks who use only bicycles and mass transit to summit the Bay Area’s three major peaks in one day. Or join in for just one or two. Or follow along and learn just how far you can get without a car.
Stewardship
A Vision for Open Space
Bettina Ring is Executive Director of the Bay Area Open Space Council, a group of 60 organizations dedicated to protecting and maintaining the Bay Area’s network of open space lands, including its parks, trails and agricultural lands.
Spring Issue 2011
Big Plans for Wild Lands
When it comes to the challenge of preserving biodiversity in the face of climate change, population growth, and other pressures, you have to think big. A new regional plan does just that with a proposal for a comprehensive Conservation Lands Network whose implementation would help ensure the preservation of diverse habitats essential for the survival of healthy populations of native species.
Spring Issue 2010
Open Space Council Turns 20
The Bay Area has dozens of great open space agencies. Two decades ago, during a down economy, they got together to create an Open Space Council. It turned out to be a very good idea indeed.
