Enjoy an unforgettable sunset sail on San Francisco Bay! Board the Schooner Freda B in downtown Sausalito and cruise around iconic parts of the Bay. Sights often include Alcatraz, Angel Island, the Marin Headlands, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay … Read more
Soon-to-Open Tunnel Tops Park Supports a More Inclusive Future
This weekend, on Sunday, July 17, the new 14-acre Tunnel Tops park opens to the public in San Francisco’s Presidio, a former military base turned urban national park that hosts around 10 million visitors a year
What’s the Secret of Strawberry Hill, a Butterfly Haven in a City That’s Rough on Butterflies?
For urban butterfly habitats, more is more.
This Is a Story About A Super-Cute Long-tailed Weasel Spotted in San Francisco’s Presidio for the First Time in a Century…
Erica Spotswood, the science director of the San Francisco Estuary Institute’s Urban Nature Lab, got her dissertation studying seed dispersal on the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Moorea. A kind of low-growing fruit tree named Miconia calvescens had arrived … Read more
What a City Can Do for Nature
In the early 1990s, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service reviewed the status of a rare coastal sand dune plant called the San Francisco lessingia, which grows only in San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. The background the service … Read more
Is This the Bayview’s Big Park Moment?
In San Francisco’s southeastern side, city officials see a crown jewel for a remade waterfront park. But will the people who live there see the same thing?
A Model For Dismantling Environmental Racism
Literacy for Environmental Justice has worked with youth and nature in San Francisco for two decades.
The World’s Most Powerful Classroom. No Tech Support Required.
The focus on nature right now might seem counterintuitive. On the contrary, being outside is recognized as an essential activity.
A New Alpha Coyote Takes Over in San Francisco’s Presidio
After a ferocious battle, the new coyote pair stuck around and the old one had gone.
Caught on Camera: The Presidio’s Coyotes When People Aren’t Around
Most coyotes won’t stay within the Presidio’s relatively safe confines.