The Tree That’s Rare, Endangered and Common
Should we worry about the Monterey pine going extinct?
Tag: endangered species
A Letter from the Publisher About the 2016 Presidential Election
Bay Nature publisher David Loeb reflects on what makes America truly great.
An Emissary of the Bay’s Forgotten Beaches
Hardly anyone knew about the plant called sea-blite when it lived on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. No one noticed when it disappeared. Now, thirty years after it...
Driving Home the Butterfly
The endangered Mission blue butterfly flies again on Twin Peaks, thanks to a dedicated six-year transplant effort that might be in its last year.
What People Talk About When They Talk About Sage Grouse
How the greater sage grouse, a chicken-like resident of the sagebrush prairie, became what some call the most important conservation story in a generation.
Dublin Land Exchange Raises Concern Over Burrowing Owls
The burrowing owl requires only a few basic ingredients to survive urban settings but biologists say those needs are threatened by a new land exchange.
Santa Cruz cypress delisted as endangered species
Another success of the Endangered Species Act. The Santa Cruz cypress, a small evergreen, is doing well thanks to protections.
Fracking the land of the kit fox, and its fellow desert natives
What's in store for the desert species who've come to rely on an undeveloped landscape now threatened by a California oil boom?
A marvel of magnolias
Magnolias may not be native to Northern California. But the SF Botanical Garden has been conserving this endangered flowering tree, and now's the time to see them in full bloom.
Grasslands behind Sign Hill inspire conservation campaign
South San Francisco may be “THE INDUSTRIAL CITY,” as stated on the hillside overlooking the town of warehouses and industrial parks on the outskirts of SFO. But nestled alongside Sign...
