If you look up the Arrowhead Marsh along the Oakland shoreline on Google Maps, the arrowhead shape is striking. If you look closer, you see that the eastern half of the marsh is noticeably darker in color than the western … Read more
Meet An Ancient, Amazing Fish in Need of an Image Makeover
April 20, 2022 •
Cape Horn is a concrete and earth-filled dam on the upper Eel River in Mendocino County. About 140 miles north of San Francisco, the dam was built in 1907 and blocks the waters of the Eel to form the Van … Read more
Wetlands Help Fight Climate Change, But the Kind of Wetland Matters
February 24, 2022 •
Wetlands breathe in carbon dioxide, but can breathe out methane.
Sea Otters in San Francisco?
February 2, 2022 •
Ever since the 1930s, when an improbable remnant colony of sea otters was discovered off the rugged Big Sur coast after more than a century of intensive fur hunting, Californians have worked to bring the animals back from the edge … Read more
Scientists Resurface a One-of-a-Kind, 50-Year-Old Record of San Francisco Bay Life
August 18, 2021 •
There used to be a pattern to species distribution in the Bay. Is there still?
Ode to Sam: A Legacy of Partnership for Sam Schuchat’s 20 Years at the Coastal Conservancy
June 14, 2021 •
State Coastal Conservancy Executive Officer Sam Schuchat is retiring after 20 years in the role.
The Refuge On the Wild Side of Silicon Valley
June 10, 2021 •
You could spend a lifetime getting to know the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
City and Regional Goals Clash as Newark Pushes Ahead With Low-Density Housing in A Bayshore Flood Zone
March 9, 2021 •
Can, or should, regional agencies intervene in a city’s development decision?
Bay Nature in 2020
December 21, 2020 •
Bay Nature’s top stories from an unusual year.
After Losing Several Key Battles Over Water, Delta Advocates See Hope in the Last Option Remaining: the Law
May 13, 2020 •
Is bad news good news for the Bay and Delta’s diminishing flows?