A derelict fishing vessel has finally been removed from a Sonoma County beach, after nine years. Waiting to do the cleanup ...

All 12 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a ...

Here to stay? Mats of Eurasian watermilfoil clog waterways in the Tahoe Keys, on Lake Tahoe’s south side. It can regrow from a wisp. (Sonya Bennett-Brandt) Biodiversity What Lies Beneath Can we keep ...

Conservation How Local Conservationists Are Planning for the Trump Era Prop. 4’s $10 billion for climate adaptation is one blessing. Another is money that can’t be unspent.

Botany A Lifeline for Three Endangered Wildflowers The Inflation Reduction Act is helping scientists imagine hopeful futures for endangered North Bay wildflower species. It’s been decades since they ...

Carquinez Strait is where Sierra snow meets the San Francisco Bay, but the line of engagement between fresh and salt water is always moving.

The city of Ukiah has acquired these mostly fire-starved hills on its western side to protect the watershed and the community alike. (Courtesy of City of Ukiah) Climate Change On the Russian River, a ...

510 Hikers in Briones Regional Park. (Nicholas Collins) Environmental Justice Hiking For Who You Want to See in Nature Nick Collins is the leader of 510 Hikers, a weekly hiking group with a mission to ...

Climate Change Mud-Starved Wetlands Get a Meal, At Last With Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, the Bay’s wetlands are finally getting some precious muck. Why have we been dumping it offshore?

Inspired by the science of beaver wetlands, activists tackle a long-held belief that beavers aren't native to much of California.

Shade is nowhere to be found on a stretch of International Boulevard in East Oakland. Like the rest of the flatlands, this area historically got highways and rail lines instead of parks and trees.