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Jan 7, 2025 · Explore the natural world of Northern California with Bay Nature's in-depth articles, photography, illustration and events.
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 …
Winter 2025 - Bay Nature
Dec 31, 2024 · Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap! This winter, we tap a sapsucker expert to explain how these specialized well-drillers are speciating in our midst. We drive up to Lake Tahoe to paddle through algae and invasive weeds that seem to be in cahoots. We peer into livestock ponds, and head to three new Bay Area parks. We consider a community of cats. We learn how to read the wind by the waves, like sailors, and ...
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Large-Scale Solar Is Coming to Tiger Salamander Country
Dec 12, 2024 · The North Livermore Valley is one of the last undeveloped valleys in the Bay Area. (Tanvi Dutta Gupta) Nevertheless, Aramis today includes more environmental protections than its first proposal several years ago—budgeting almost $10 million for conservation efforts, including protections for California tiger salamanders and the purchase of 458 nearby acres to …
The Public’s Reaction to Otter Reintroduction - Bay Nature
Sep 12, 2024 · The open house in Sausalito was one of 16 held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in June 2023 about the potential reintroduction of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis), also known as California otters, to their historic range in northern California and Oregon. Attendees were invited to write down their opinions about a sea otter return and hundreds of their answers were published ...
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 ...
What’s It Like Inside a Woodrat Nest? - Bay Nature
Jan 3, 2021 · Woodrats, pack rats, and trade rats are all common names for the same remarkable rodent genus, Neotoma.Our local species, the dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes), has a nice multicolor coat—unlike the nasty nonnative Norway and black rats, all too common in urban areas.It’s also extremely cute, with big Mickey Mouse ears and a lovely, lightly fuzzy tail.
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 …
The Living Drill Bits That Grind Holes in Beach Rocks
Oct 10, 2022 · Piddocks begin their lives as larvae drifting at the mercy of the open ocean. At this stage, they measure only 300 to 500 microns wide—about the width of three human hairs.