Bay Nature Magazine

3 weeks ago | baynature.org | Tanvi Dutta Gupta

“I think this is breaking my Teams right now,” said Evyan Borgnis Sloane, deputy executive officer for the California State Coastal Conservancy. She was starting a webinar, and some 600 people had flooded the online waiting room—an unusual crowd for a standard agency webinar on funding processes. It spoke to how thirsty people have been for information on Proposition 4’s $10 billion bond, approved by California voters in November 2024, to fund climate adaptation work across the state.

4 weeks ago | baynature.org | Tanvi Dutta Gupta

Bay Area scientists and conservation advocates blasted a Trump administration proposal to remove federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) habitat protections for listed species by significantly narrowing what it means to “harm” them under the law. The administration argues that the ESA limits industrial development and energy extraction that promotes economic growth.

1 month 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.