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Join Friends of China Camp State Park’s Executive Director Martin Lowenstein and Bay Nature’s Wes Radez for a stroll along the Turtle Back Trail. China Camp offers beautiful views of the San Pablo Bay waterfront and features an extensive intertidal … Read more
Sunset sails on the Schooner Freda B offer a magical experience departing from downtown Sausalito on the stunning San Francisco Bay. As the sun dips below the horizon, passengers are treated to breathtaking views of iconic landmarks such as the … Read more
This signature sail, boarding in Sausalito, will take you under the Golden Gate Bridge and all the way out to Point Bonita Lighthouse. This is a prime area for wildlife and we’ll have a naturalist on-board to guide you through … Read more
Join the River Otter Ecology Project this fall aboard the legendary tall wooden ship Matthew Turner on the beautiful San Francisco Bay. The River Otter Ecology Project will be reflecting on its accomplishments, toasting its partners, and ensuring many more years … Read more
No one agency is tasked with protecting us from marine algal blooms. So here’s a map worth checking before you go out on the waters of San Francisco Bay.
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.
Researchers and water agencies are searching for ways to lower the risk of another worst-case bloom by reducing the amount of nutrients in the Bay.
At Point Pinole, 21 sturgeon carcasses––some more than seven feet long––lay strewn along a mile-long stretch of beach in late August 2022, baking in the relentless heat. It was the peak of the largest harmful algal bloom on record in … Read more
A little too hairy and a little too pinchy to classify as charismatic, scorpions strike fear in the hearts of many—through no fault of their own. A scorpion expert sets the record straight on these gentle loners.
Anchovies sparkled and seawater sprayed from the crusty maws of gray whales as they burst through the surface, again and again, off the coast near Pacifica, fifteen miles south of San Francisco. Groups of up to six gray whales devoured … Read more
