A dozen such projects have sprouted, offering habitat-friendly flood protection. Getting permission for them is a challenge.
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Botany
Naturalist’s Notebook: How Salt Marsh Plants Cope With All the Salt
Meet the Salt Marsh 3, a trio of marsh plants specially adapted to live in the brine.
Latest Stories
Why a Mouse Matters
Salt marsh harvest mice are hard to find, and their fates offer a glimpse at our own coastal society’s future. A reporter tags along on an epic rangewide survey of salties—the Bay Area’s own endemic mouse species.
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Young South Bay habitat hero engages kids in refuge conservation
2014 Brower Youth Award winner Lynnea Shuck talks about her Junior Refuge Ranger program.
Wildlife
EndangerBus Feature: Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse
Every once in a while, a small and unremarkable animal makes a huge impact on a landscape. So it is with the salt marsh harvest mouse around the edges of the San Francisco Bay. The endangered species status of the harvest mouse, along with that of the California clapper rail, has been a prime mover in the restoration of thousands of acres of tidal marshes around the region.
