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Tag: The Nature Conservancy
Science and Nature
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?
Wild Billions
Before the Clawbacks, This ‘Freaking Game-Changer’ for Nature Made It Rain
Trump has pulled back big parts of Biden’s signature climate laws. But BIL and IRA have already awarded at least $1.4 billion to Bay Area nature.
Conservation
Point Reyes, After the Cattle
When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious plans for restoration—but there are big challenges to manifesting the vision. Not least, how it will be paid for.
Conservation
Paddling the Cosumnes River Preserve, a Lush Refuge in the Central Valley
Restoration dollars from the IRA mark the latest chapter in stewardship across the Cosumnes River watershed, where sandhill cranes flock.
Wild Billions
Scientists Hatch a Big Collab to Aid Pacific Coast
Like a Pacific octopus, this project has a lot of tentacles. It also has very big ambitions.
Summer Issue 2013
Q&A: Conservationist Huey Johnson Reflects on a 50-Year Career
Huey Johnson was the first Nature Conservancy employee west of the Mississippi. He founded the Trust for Public Land. He’s still going strong.
Summer Issue 2012
Lessons from the Mountain
The looming bulk of Mount Hamilton is a familiar sight to anyone driving Highway 101 through the Santa Clara Valley. At 4,196 feet, it’s the tallest peak visible from the shores of San Francisco Bay. This is the most expansive wild landscape in the Bay Area: roughly 700,000 acres of public parks, university and conservancy reserves, and private ranches. Now it’s also become a living laboratory for studying the affects of climate change.
Summer Issue 2011
Living Landscape Lives Large in South Bay
Even with state park closure looming, South Bay land trusts and philanthropists are thinking big with a major new initiative to protect 80,000 acres from San Benito County to San Francisco.
Wildlife
Graham Chisholm, One for the Birds
Graham Chisholm is a powerhouse for conservation in California. He’s director of Audubon California, used to run the Nature Conservancy’s California programs, has co-authored a couple of birding guides, and even has a Ph.D. in political science from UC Berkeley. Not too shabby!
