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Bay Nature's 2025 Local Hero Awards
Conservation Action. This award goes to an individual who has made or is currently making significant contributions to the conservation of the natural landscapes, wildlife, and/or flora of the San Francisco Bay Area, through leadership, advocacy, …
How Local Conservationists Are Planning for the Trump Era
Dec 5, 2024 · Federal forecast: bleak. Trump’s campaign trail promises, if enacted, are a “nightmare scenario” for environmental work, says David Hayes, former Special Assistant to Biden on climate policy.He helped author Biden’s signature climate bills, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, which together authorized over $1.1 trillion in …
Bay Nature's Most Popular Stories in 2024
Dec 23, 2024 · By 2024’s raw numbers alone, we could probably justify making Bay Nature a wholly coyote-themed publication. We are, however, grateful to have niches of super-readers in just about every taxon—your snake people, your bird people, your protist enthusiasts.
The Coyotes Arrived. Now, They’re Changing Angel Island.
Nov 19, 2024 · Coyote swimming towards Tiburon from Angel Island this April, its head just barely visible (Left, Photo by Casey Dexter-Lee); Coyote getting its legs wet on the shores of Angel Island looking towards Tiburon (Right, Photo by California State Parks/Bill Miller). The idea of coyotes on Angel Island has been floated before. In 1915, the US Army introduced about 20 Columbian black-tailed deer ...
Online Magazine Archive - Bay Nature
Bay Nature magazine, published in print quarterly, covers the unique habitats and wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area and the people working to protect them.With excellent writing, gorgeous photography, and delightful art by celebrated artists John Muir Laws and Jane Kim, each issue of Bay Nature is a local treasure to cherish and share with family and friends.
Time Traveling With Clam Fossils - Bay Nature
Jun 22, 2023 · Clams preserve clues to the climate they lived in, offering a uniquely detailed fossil record. “These are young fossils, baby fossils,” says one researcher.
The Enduring Mystery of Oak Tree "Mast" Years - Bay Nature
Jul 5, 2022 · Variability is only half of masting behavior; the other half is synchrony. If individual trees bore variable acorn crops but asynchronously with each other, the overall number of acorns available might remain constant from year to year, allowing mobile predators like birds to find productive trees and never suffer the cost of a lean year.
Best Redwood Parks in the Bay Area - Bay Nature
Jun 27, 2018 · Explore coast redwoods or giant sequoia anywhere in California and Oregon with the Save the Redwoods League’s new mobile-friendly web tool for a comprehensive list of parks, planning tips, and new ideas: ExploreRedwoods.org Old-growth Redwoods Without the Crowds: Roy’s Redwoods Open Space Preserve
A Lifeline for Three Endangered Wildflowers - Bay Nature
Oct 3, 2024 · An endangered showy Indian clover, spotted in 2019. (samfisch via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC)On a hike in the Sonoma hills in the spring of 1993, Peter Connors was, as usual, ignoring the view for the wildflowers—when he spotted a lone purple-and-white clover that stopped him in …