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Bay Nature magazine tells the stories of nature, wildlife, & environment in the SF Bay Area
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"I cannot express how enthusiastic I am about Bay Nature... if we can get the local population to understand even one-tenth as much about living systems as they do about operating systems, we can transform the nine-county region." - Paul Hawken, Author

01/07/2024

ALMANAC PRINTS AVAILABLE: Every season, artist/naturalist Jane Kim illustrates six nature highlights in Bay Nature Magazine's Almanac.

Thanks to The Great Highway Gallery in San Francisco, print versions of each new Almanac will now be available for purchase every quarter— that's six beautiful new prints every three months! First up is the Winter 2024 Almanac, which includes:

- American Avocet
- Bleeding Fairy Helmet
- California Manroot
- Orion
- Juvenile Western Skink
- Pacific Herring

TO PURCHASE: [email protected]
8 x 10 inches
$85 each
Open edition

01/05/2024

No More Guessing! Your Grebe Guide is Here.

Western? Pied-billed? Eared? Clark’s? Horned?! This naturalist notebook, illustrated by John Muir Laws, shows us how to tell our local grebes apart:

https://ow.ly/FKIC50QooFU

John Muir Laws

01/05/2024

The Amanitas Are Blooming. Don’t Eat Them.

Death caps and Western destroying angels, both common Oakland , thrive after rainfall, the East Bay Regional Park District warns:

https://ow.ly/7BVV50QnZeG

🖊️+📸 Iris Kwok; originally published on Berkeleyside
2nd image: averypommee via iNaturalist.org

01/03/2024

Recently, the state of California released beavers into the wild for the first time in 75 years. It was a family of seven translocated from Sutter County onto the ancestral lands of the Mountain Maidu people in Plumas County.

“In 2022 California introduced new policies that embrace beavers as partners in supporting biodiversity, healing water systems, and reducing fires,” Erica Gies writes in Bay Nature's new Winter 2024 feature. But that’s after many years of official beaver policy that treated these remarkable rodents as unwanted pests. “Today’s beaver-friendlier approach,” Gies writes, “will catch up California with other western states.”

Get the full beaver backstory here:

https://ow.ly/w7OS50QnAsG

Photos: Andrew Lincoln, Julie Kitzenberger(2); 1950 poster: California Department of Fish and Wildlife

12/31/2023

Exciting news! 🔈 Institute for Nonprofit News has awarded Bay Nature a $5,000 bonus match for our last hours of year-end fundraising. ⭐ Double your impact through midnight TONIGHT 12/31! ⏰ The countdown to 2024 starts now. Give here 🔗 https://ow.ly/3TM550QmGE2

📷 Vishal Subramanyan Wildlife Photography

12/30/2023

Bay Nature gathers nature-lovers like YOU around the common interest of environmental journalism and feeds your passion for local stories. 🦉 Support us TODAY and your gift will be matched through midnight on Dec. 31! GIVE HERE 🔗 https://ow.ly/JPys50QmGvf

📷 Vishal Subramanyan Wildlife Photography

12/29/2023

Bay Nature has exciting plans for 2024 to grow our small nonprofit's audience and bring our stories to life with more in-person outings in nature. 🦊 Will you help us with a gift of support? Donations will be matched up to $90,000 until midnight on December 31—so don’t delay! Give here 🔗 https://ow.ly/IzHy50Qmt1U

📷 Vishal Subramanyan Wildlife Photography

12/28/2023

Don't leave Bay Nature out in the cold this giving season! ❄️ With your support, we can keep the stunning photography, in-depth articles, and local nature coverage you love going in 2024 and for many years to come! Give here 🔗 https://ow.ly/lBkt50QmfRt

📷 Vishal Subramanyan Wildlife Photography

2023

12/28/2023

Want to volunteer more in 2024? We’ve got some ideas on how to get started this winter. Help track the upcoming king tides, steward Sycamore Grove Park, or help to document h**p sightings at Pepperwood Preserve.

https://ow.ly/MrsG50QmbVz

✏️: Bay Nature Staff
🎨: Illustration by John Tenniel, via Wikimedia Commons

12/27/2023

Oakland's Urban Tree Dreams Get (Partially) Funded

“Trees are a social justice issue. We need everyone's participation,” says Oakland's tree services supervisor David Moore, who worked on a new plan to kick-start the city's tree canopy restoration. Oakland has received an $8 million Inflation Reduction Act grant from the U.S. Forest Service to launch the program.

Read our second story on in Bay Nature's series:

https://ow.ly/iiUA50Qlvjc

🖋️: Lia Keener
📸: Florence Middleton; data viz map: Anushuya Thapa

City of Oakland - Local Government U.S. Forest Service

12/24/2023

Spot Some Ferns This Winter

Winter is our green season here in the Bay Area, and it’s a grand time to go searching for some ferns. Angela Pai writes about how and where to find ferns this time of year.

https://ow.ly/qxLk50QjxUU

📸s: Stephanie Penn, Ken-ichi Ueda, iNaturalist.org

12/24/2023

King Tide Season

The next big ones will arrive Jan. 11–12. Here’s why these extreme tides happen—and how you can help document them, so we can all prepare for sea-level rise. “Photographing today’s extreme high tides gives us a window into the everyday water level of the future,” says Annie Frankel of the California King Tides Project. Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright has the story.

https://ow.ly/OExh50QjxKB

📸s: courtesy CA King Tides Project; Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright

California King Tides

12/22/2023

What’s your ‘why’ for reading Bay Nature? 🦦 Our board made a long list of reasons they give their time & funds to our nonprofit. Here are a few: 1. Fabulous nature & wildlife photos 2. In-depth, fact-checked articles 3. The seasonal almanac with Jane Kim’s glorious illustrations (of course!) Join our board in supporting Bay Nature while they offer a $25,000 match through Dec 31! Give here 🔗 https://ow.ly/cpYs50QliK4

📷 Vishal Subramanyan Wildlife Photography

Ink Dwell

12/22/2023

Sold out Bay Nature night hike! 🥾 Thanks to researchers Carolyn Schwartz and Tarah Haslett of the Velez Lab at San Francisco State University for leading and sharing their knowledge of tracking Pacific chorus frogs. 🐸 Bay Nature’s editor in chief Victoria Schlesinger and 25 guests ventured out to Rodeo Beach under cover of night to learn about the science of frog mating calls. Interested in attending Bay Nature Hikes in 2024? Our Publisher’s Circle members receive priority invitations to these popular outings. For info on membership, click here 🔗 https://ow.ly/s2Sz50QkS7z
📷 Victoria Schlesinger

12/21/2023

Here’s Why a Dozen Horizontal Levees Have Sprouted Around the Bay

Strips of land at the water’s edge are being put to work on multiple fronts: building natural resilience to rising tides, providing habitat, and purifying treated wastewater before it runs into the Bay. Anushuya Thapa reports on what’s so fabulous about these flattish, flood-fighting new land features.

https://ow.ly/CMOp50Qjyma

📸s: Anushuya Thapa, Angela Stiegler

12/20/2023

Winter 2024 Almanac: Manroots, Skinks, and Avocets

You didn’t imagine it. That was a tiny blue tail you saw wriggling through the damp leaves and brush. Here are 6 signs of winter in the Bay Area. These gorgeous illustrations are by artist/naturalist Jane Kim of Ink Dwell. Every issue of Bay Nature magazine features Jane's work!

https://ow.ly/wUsG50QkNLp

12/20/2023

A River Runs Above Us

Atmospheric rivers can cause catastrophic flooding and landslides but are crucial for water supply. In an era of increasing weather whiplash between flood and drought, can we learn to embrace the rains? Article from Hakai Magazine.

https://ow.ly/7qFT50Qkk9E

🖋️: Serena Renner
📸s: Sundry Photography; archive image: CA State Library

12/19/2023

📸 Join us online for a Bay Nature Talk TOMORROW, December 20 from 4-5 pm as award-winning wildlife photographer Vishal Subramanyan shares the stories behind five exemplary images from his portfolio. Hear about his use of natural light, field techniques, and the equipment that helps him capture compelling images.

For more information and to register for the talk, visit: https://ow.ly/vWUF50QkqYl

12/18/2023

Bay Nature makes you wiser! 🦉 From data-driven explorations into the health of our urban canopies to deep dives into how native seed shortages are hampering ecological restorations—our stories will make you the most interesting conversationalist at the next holiday party! Help us keep you in the know with a year-end gift. Give today 🔗 https://ow.ly/95oN50Qjni7
📷 Vishal Subramanyan Wildlife Photography

12/17/2023

Give 2 or more gift subscriptions to Bay Nature this season and save 25%! (Save 22% when you buy one subscription.)
https://baynature.org/gift23

Our Winter 2024 issue features author Amy Tan’s backyard birds, Russian River restoration plans, and more.

Don't wait: our biggest sale of the year ends 12/31!

12/16/2023

As Cities Heat Up, USDA Grants $46 Million for Bay Area Urban Trees

Here’s a local look at a nationwide push to plant more trees in cities. As part of our Wild Billions coverage, Helen Doyle dives into urban forestry around the Bay and the (many!) cities and local organizations aiming to get trees in the ground with federal money. Hopefully, these trees will help fight against climate change and offer cities a chance to address historic injustices, prioritizing planting in underserved communities.

https://ow.ly/fWr650Qjn2w

📸s: Anushuya Thapa (map); SF Public Works (3)

Friends of the Urban Forest

12/15/2023

🌟NEW STORY🌟 Inside the East Oakland Plant Nursery That’s Breaking the Incarceration Cycle

“Nobody's got our kind of re-entry program that mixes soil, re-entry, healing, and good pay,” says 's operations manager.

https://ow.ly/eRSC50QiYE9

🖋️: .keener
📸s: Courtesy of Planting Justice; Sol Mercado

12/13/2023

A Storied Marine Laboratory Is Reborn

For more than four decades, students from around the Bay Area studied marine life firsthand at the College of Marin’s Bolinas Marine Laboratory. Now, 18 years after being shuttered for lack of funding, this unique field station is on the cusp of reopening. Bay Nature co-founder David Loeb reports:

https://ow.ly/6NXF50QhK80

Photos: William Legge (brown pelicans); archival image courtesy Joe Mueller

College of Marin Audubon Canyon Ranch

12/12/2023

When Everyone Wants to Photograph the Same

"Our time spent watching wildlife has the potential to cause harm," argues naturalist and photographer Sarah Killingsworth in an opinion essay. Check out this insider’s take on the hazards of .

https://ow.ly/GyJh50QhK1M

📸s: Sarah Killingsworth Wildlife Photography (red foxes image)

From Bay Nature Magazine's Fall 2023 issue.

12/12/2023

We’ve been listening to our audience and you’ve told us you value our reputation as a high-quality print magazine, but also that our digital offerings help you enjoy and engage with our reporting. That’s why our online stories go from light to lengthy, from fun to fact-filled! And you can enjoy them on the platforms you use throughout your day: our website, weekly e-newsletter, and social media. Will you support us as we stay true to our journalistic roots and appeal to a new generation of readers online? Give today 🔗 https://ow.ly/fVxo50QhIBr
📷 Vishal Subramanyan Wildlife Photography

12/09/2023

Give A Local Treasure

Consider giving Bay Nature magazine this season: It's filled with the wonders of Bay Area ! Every issue of our beloved quarterly features new parks and trails to explore, gorgeous nature illustrations and wildlife photography, and award-winning writing about the natural world—and the people working on its behalf. And the covers! 😍 Give a gift and keep one for yourself during our holiday sale (get 25% off!). Printed sustainably.

https://ow.ly/1XKc50Qh4fN

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12/08/2023

Naturalist’s Notebook: How Salt Marsh Plants Cope With All the Salt

Salt kills plants by sucking water from their tissues, but these salt marsh plants have amazing adaptations that help them survive and thrive in super saline conditions. Check out this guide to these specialized plants, illustrated by John Muir Laws.

https://ow.ly/pRaW50QeRvj

🖋️: Kate Golden and John Muir Laws

12/08/2023

All Vaxxed Up and Ready to Roost

Six captive-bred California condors were released last week near San Simeon in Central California. This batch has what conservationists hope will be a superpower: a vaccine against the avian flu that’s ripping through birds worldwide. Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright reports on the first tentative steps of Condor 1139 and the rest of his carrion-loving, nine-cohort.

https://ow.ly/wk4A50QeREX

📸s: USFWS; John Heil via US Fish and Wildlife Service

Ventana Wildlife Society

12/07/2023

As Cities Heat Up, USDA Grants $42 Million for Urban Trees Around the Bay

The money is meant to fix longstanding tree-cover gaps in disadvantaged neighborhoods—but it’s a fraction of what’s needed.

https://ow.ly/eMqi50Qgr3E

🖋️: Helen J. Doyle
📸s: Anushuya Thapa (map); SF Public Works (3)

Friends of the Urban Forest Friends of the Urban Forest U.S. Department of Agriculture San Francisco Public Works

12/07/2023

A Day Out with Civicorps, a Youth Training Program for the Green Jobs Economy

For this East Bay nonprofit, training young people underrepresented in the green economy to get conservation jobs is a form of environmental justice. From the Fall 2023 print issue.

https://ow.ly/RFzL50QeRz3

🖋️: Tamara Sherman
📸: Laure Isabelle Andrillon

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