“We’re in a place where we have more money than we have applications,” says Brandon Bates, assistant state conservationist with NRCS. And the agency really doesn’t want to have tosend this money back to Congress.
Tag: Livermore
Fall Issue 2017
Western Sycamores Speak of an Older California
Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore. Trail: 5 mi, 88 ft elevation gain, loop
Botany
The Livermore Tarweed Lives Happily Ever After
The Livermore tarweed is indistinct, hairy, and smelly. It is also exceedingly rare and in imminent danger.
Summer Issue 2005
Proposed Development Near Livermore
The city of Livermore might be most famous for its national laboratory, but native plant enthusiasts and biodiversity advocates will tell you that the area should be just as well known for its many “botanical hot spots.” On the north … Read more
Winter Issue 2006
Livermore Valley
Along Tesla Avenue at the south edge of Livermore, rows of grapevines angle from the roadside, showing a trace of fall color on their taut wires. Almost within earshot of the bustle of town, it’s the kind of place you’d … Read more
Spring Issue 2004
Altamont Pass Wind Debate
In the January-March 2004 issue of Bay Nature, Ear to the Ground covered the deaths of hundreds of raptors each year at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in Livermore. In response to the large numbers of bird kills in … Read more
Winter Issue 2004
Altamont Wind Resources Area
As migrating shorebirds pass through Northern California, environmentalists hope they don’t meet the same fate as the hundreds of raptors that perish each year at Altamont Pass in Livermore. More than 40 golden eagles, up to 300 red-tailed hawks, up … Read more
