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

Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers ...

Environmental Justice The People Will Keep Fishing, Despite Forever Chemicals in the Fish PFAS is 'way more widespread than we really thought' in Bay Area sport fish, a scientist says. But it’s not so ...

When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious restoration plans.

Ocean Beach from Sutro Heights stretching south towards Montara Mountain in the distance (National Park Service) First Look Along With Its New Park, Ocean Beach Gets a Dunescaping Sea-level rise is ...

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.

The environment is on the ballot this November—and not just in the presidential race. Amidst a plethora of other measures, Californians will vote on Proposition 4, the so-called climate bond, which ...

For the first time in history, black bears are living in North Bay counties, occupying an ecological niche once filled by grizzlies.

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?