Summer volunteers watch for potential harmful algal blooms (HABs), fed by gallons of raw sewage, through Baykeeper’s monitoring program.

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Voting season is here—for bees! Until September 8th, folks can vote for their choice of state bee. Picking a native pollinator to represent the state uplifts the hardworking bees that pollinate crops and are crucial to native landscapes. While California … Read more

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Pesticides used in common over-the-counter topical tick and flea treatments have been found in Bay Area wastewater effluent at levels that are toxic to aquatic organisms.

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California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park. Gov. Gavin Newsom supports the project.

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Jake Sigg, one of California’s best-known advocates for protecting native biodiversity, died on June 10, one week after his 99th birthday.

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Locals have dubbed one otter “Birdadette.” How common is this behavior?

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A bill to exempt the proposed shipyard from environmental analysis is doing the time warp again.

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For most lakes and rivers, the state’s official map of fecal bacterial contamination shows data that’s more than a year old.

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This article first appeared on High Country News and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. When I was 9 years old, I was glued to a documentary series on PBS called Eyes on the Prize, … Read more

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Catching the view through the telescopes, and a communal vibe, at the monthly stargazing meetup at Rush Ranch in Solano County.

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Experts are bracing for big storm surges and king tides, flooding, and a host of impacts on wildlife and ecosystems. But more rainfall isn’t guaranteed, actually.

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‘We basically had all of the banned words,’ one environmental equity researcher says. So they got scrappy.

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Here’s one job that AI probably won’t steal.

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In the aftermath of a psychedelic mushroom trip, Baykeeper founder Michael Herz and Kate Josephs decided to upend their lives, move aboard a boat in the East Bay, and start producing a podcast on the history of the San Francisco Bay.

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Community spirit—and serious safety precautions—made my first prescribed burn feel like a friendly gathering.

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