Tag: Mount Tam
Who Knew Bees Could Bring A Mountain Together
Party cups—that would normally hold beer—painted fluorescent blue, yellow, and white rest atop a mess of dried-up orchardgrass and are tethered to the ground with a thin cord. Inside each...
Snorkel Surveys Reveal the Fish World of Mount Tam’s Creeks
A biologist spends his days looking for coho and steelhead -- and small, spiny sticklebacks.
Nature and Culture Mix in a Theatre Amid the Oaks on Mount Tam
The traditional Mountain Play on Mount Tam incorporates the scenery around it.
Mount Tam’s First Botanist: Alice Eastwood and the Plants of Tamalpais
Alice Eastwood made her reputation and found botanical immortality on Mount Tam.
The Nature of Marin’s Famed Dipsea Trail
Mount Tamalpais State Park in Mill Valley. Trail: 14 mi, 4,107 ft elevation gain, out-and-back
In the Forests Around Mount Tam, The Southern Range of Northern Spotted Owls
The luxuriant forests of Upper Lagunitas Creek, Phoenix Lake, and Bolinas Ridge are critical sanctuary for the northern spotted owl.
BayWood Artists Celebrate 20 Years of Painting With Mount Tam Show
An artist's view of Mount Tam.
Botanical sleuths scour Mount Tamalpais
Working off historical records of rare plant locations, plant "hunters" on Mount Tamalpais are scouring the mountain in search of the illusive Mason’s ceanothus shrub and other botanical novelties. The...
