One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion.
Tag: ecology
Climate Change
These Programs Have Monitored Our Waters For Decades. Trump Could Destroy Them.
“Long-term monitoring isn’t sexy,” says one source. But this data is how we know what is happening to the planet.
Science and Nature
Along With Its New Park, Ocean Beach Gets a Dunescaping
Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. Vegetating the sand dunes is part of the city’s answer.
Biodiversity
Even Ground Squirrels Got In On the Vole Feast Last Summer
For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many voles?
Urban Nature
Ecologist Erica Spotswood Says Cities Can Be Wildlife Hotspots, Too
The urban ecologist discusses growing cities that can support species diversity, from backyards to tech campuses. But that may come with making tough choices.
Summer Issue 2022
Meet A West Oakland YouTube Celebrity Who Brings Plants and People Together
Santore is known for Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, a self-described lowbrow approach to plant ecology.
Fall Issue 2020
First-of-its-Kind Climate Parcel Tax Now a Measure of Hope
How Measure AA funds are being used to restore shorelines, wildlife habitat, and public access around the San Francisco Bay
Winter Issue 2020
Tree Detectives
The Northern California black walnut led scientists into a genetic mystery: is this a rare tree, or a common one?
Wildlife
The Clapper Rail Calls at Dawn
A Bay Nature special feature about weird birds, hardy biologists, and the difficult methods we employ to move past what our eyes and ears tell us and see something like the truth.
Stewardship
A New Paradigm For Conservation: Consider the Countryside
Conservation biologists are realizing that farmlands could play an important role in conservation.
