The Trump administration is now tearing up the EPA's endangerment finding as it tries to roll back climate regulations on everything from vehicles to industries.
Orange pore fungus (Favolaschia claudopus) Alan Rockefeller via iNaturalist, CC BY-SA 4.0 On my very first guided mushroom hike at Joaquin Miller Park, 30 long years ago, I was gobsmacked at the idea ...
State Route 12 cut to the horizon line of Solano County. Somewhere out of sight lay the small town of Rio Vista and the Delta. But about an hour northeast of San Francisco, midway through southern ...
A long belt of high marsh called Strip Marsh East protects troubled SR 37 from erosion and flooding. If the highway is raised, restored marsh can also protect its fellow marshes to the north. It’s ...
Later this year, the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band—Indigenous people whose ancestors lived throughout the river valleys that stretch inland from Monterey Bay—will reclaim land within the tribe’s historical ...
Examining the human-engineered oyster substrate at Giant Marsh during a low tide in May 2025. (Sonya Bennett Brandt) This piece was originally published in KneeDeep Times, a digital magazine featuring ...
Pastures are visible from a derelict milking barn at the historic D Ranch, founded in 1870 and abandoned after the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore. There’s an ambitious plan to restore these ...
The eponymous trees of Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, giving Rivendell vibes in the fog. Redwoods emit terpenes, chemicals that account for the trees' scent and also help seed fog. (Kate Golden) ...
Fetid adder’s-tongues attract fungus gnats—and us humans, too. But do please leave the flowers be. (Stephanie Penn) Deep in the shadows of redwood understory, when winter rains still drip on the ...
A coyote walks the streets of Angel Island in 2022. They're a recent arrival to the island and probably swam to it. (Stephen Riffle via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC) Just over a mile of water lies between ...
Juvenile sunflower sea stars resemble adults and add more arms as they grow. Ocean conservationists and scientists hope to eventually reintroduce them as fearsome urchin predators. (Gayle ...
Black bear fur can range in color from white to cinnamon to black and most shades in between. (angelmoo963 via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC) On a gray early March morning in Sonoma County, everything is ...
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