October 21, 2016 by Eric Simons
A celebrated conservation photographer and filmmaker talks about how he views the San Francisco Bay's national wildlife refuge.
November 20, 2014 by Paul Epstein
2014 Brower Youth Award winner Lynnea Shuck talks about her Junior Refuge Ranger program.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
The San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society is a non-profit supporting the education, interpretation, and research activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The primary mission of SFBWS is to promote public awareness and appreciation of the San Francisco Bay and its natural history, and to conserve and preserve the remaining bay lands as essential wildlife habitat. In addition the Society works to improve opportunities for low-impact public use; operates a bookstore and visitor center at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge; and funds educational events, research, and exhibits.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
The mission of the Committee is to save the Bay's remaining wetlands by working to place them under the protection of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and to foster world-wide education regarding the value of all wetlands.
July 08, 2012 by Bay Nature Staff
This refuge, the largest urban wildlife refuge in the country, hosts over 280 species of birds each year over a ...
July 08, 2012 by Bay Nature Staff
This refuge, the largest urban wildlife refuge in the country, hosts over 280 species of birds each year over a ...
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April 01, 2011 by Erica Reder
It’s always nice to see plants and wildlife return to a restored site. But it’s especially nice when a plant that’s both rare and finicky shows up in a spot miles away from the nearest remaining population. That’s what happened when Point Reyes bird’s beak appeared at LaRiviere Marsh near Newark.
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July 01, 2009 by Bay Nature
Using kite-mounted cameras and field microscopes, an architecture professor and a retired microbiologist have uncovered surprising diversity in an unassuming ditch next to a railroad grade that cuts across the South Bay salt ponds near Alviso. From vivid oranges laced with bird tracks to bright greens bubbling with oxygen exhaled by cyanobacteria, there's complexity and wonder waiting at the Weep, from several hundred feet in the air down to the microscopic level.
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July 01, 2008 by Aleta George
With no April showers, the largest vernal pool in the Warm Springs Unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay ...
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January 01, 2006 by Aleta George
After hearing testimony from 89 speakers, bleary-eyed Menlo Park city council members voted 3 to 2 on November 1 to ...