Tanvi Dutta Gupta

3 weeks ago | baynature.org | Tanvi Dutta Gupta

Marin Audubon Society v. FAA seemed “fairly unremarkable,” says environmental lawyer Susan Jane Brown. At stake lay an issue as straightforward as environmental litigation gets: Before flying recreational aircraft over national parks, the plaintiffs said, the agencies had to review the impacts on wildlife and park visitors as dictated by federal law.

1 month ago | baynature.org | Tanvi Dutta Gupta

An American avocet dives into the silt and emerges beak open: “I think it got something!” Avroh Shah says. Out at the Baylands Nature Preserve, the sweep of sky over these shimmering mudflats opens a view to the horizon. “Every time I come here, there’s a smile on my face,” Shah says. Now a sophomore at Palo Alto High School, Shah has explored these nearly 2,000 acres in Santa Clara County since childhood: boating at Shoreline Lake, biking along Coyote Creek, walking on the Bay Trail with friends.

1 month ago | baynature.org | Tanvi Dutta Gupta

The more sediment obscures the cameras, the clearer it becomes to everyone in the cramped control room: this mission at MARS isn’t going smoothly. All the operators are trying to do today is plug a cord into an outlet. But the mundane becomes complex when you’re doing it with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) 3,000 feet underwater in Monterey Canyon at the Monterey Accelerated Research System ocean observatory—more commonly shortened to MARS.

1 month ago | baynature.org | Tanvi Dutta Gupta

On February 13 in a quiet auditorium in Oakland, the California State Coastal Conservancy’s executive officer, Amy Hutzel, took the podium at the agency’s board meeting to propose a resolution that, three weeks earlier, would have been “self-evident”: She asked the board to reaffirm the Conservancy’s commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. “These don’t seem to be normal times,” she said.

2 months ago | sfpublicpress.org | Tanvi Dutta Gupta

This piece was produced by Bay Nature — a nonprofit, independent media organization that connects the people of the San Francisco Bay Area to the natural world — for its Wild Billions reporting project. A scientist loses sight of recovery for an endangered butterfly he’s spent his career protecting. An environmental justice nonprofit director anticipates possible layoffs. A forest expert watches wildfire risks grow as critical work gets delayed.