Donna Graves couldn’t believe it when she heard that the LGBTQ+ exhibit she created at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California, was in jeopardy.

Bay Nature connects the people of the Bay Area to the natural world around them. Find out more about our mission, programs, ...

Bay Nature connects the people of the Bay Area to the natural world around them. Find out more about our mission, programs, ...

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

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 A Richmond Creek Gets Spruced Up, for Fish and People Alike Wildcat Creek has been trash-clogged and flood-prone for forty years. Now residents will plan its revitalization—and maybe the ...

Sailing toward the strait’s wild south side, we meet some fellow travelers. (Kate Golden) Exploration Sailing the Salt Line Carquinez Strait is where Sierra snow meets the San Francisco Bay, but the ...

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?

A California giant chanterelle at Strawberry Canyon in Berkeley. (Alan Rockefeller via mushroomobserver.org, CC-BY-SA) Exploration California’s New State Mushroom Is One Heck of a Fungus After votes ...

A group of coho salmon alevin, with intact egg sacks still visible. (Will Boucher) Conservation A Last Best Hope for Coho in the Russian River Now equipped with $8.4 million in federal money, ...

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