With Bay of Life, Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom wanted to go past Monterey Bay’s natural beauty to explore its past, present and possible futures.

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With Bay of Life, Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom wanted to go past Monterey Bay’s natural beauty to explore its past, present and possible futures.
A social distancing-approved reading list and other indoor nature activities
This is an excerpt from photographer and longtime Bay Nature contributor Stephen Joseph’s new book, Mount Diablo, A Story of Place and Inspiration. The book consists of hundreds of Joseph’s photographs, taken over three years on the mountain, and features essays by local conservation leaders.
Rising, by Elizabeth Rush, is an elegant argument that it’s time to retreat from our shoreline.
There’s deep joy in articulating reality, the poems in this new collection make clear—the simple reward of seeing the world as it is.
A new book celebrates the great American history — and hopeful future — of beavers.