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Category Archives: Animals and Wildlife
Key State Report to Show How Water Tunnels Will Impact Endangered Fish
This month, new details have emerged about Gov. Jerry Brown’s $23 billion plan to build new plumbing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It could be the state’s largest water project in a generation, consisting of two massive, 40-foot-wide tunnels and … Continue reading
News Pix: Alcatraz's Glowing Millipedes, Devil's Slide Construction and SF Symphony Strike
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More than a million visitors visit Alcatraz every year, but a recent discovery has revealed another attraction that lives within the shadows of this historic prison. A recent search for rats on the island turned up millipedes glowing intensely white … Continue reading
Arrests Reported in Tree-Sitting Bypass Protest
From her vantage point in a ponderosa pine, Amanda Senseman—better known as Warbler—can see for miles. Thursday morning she spotted something that made her angry: California Highway Patrol officers arresting folks who share her opposition to a Highway 101 bypass. … Continue reading
Tunnel Vision: Who Really Determines California's Water Flow
Governor Jerry Brown's plan for two massive tunnels in the Delta is getting a lot of attention, but a different state agency is making the tough water decisions.
News Pix: Mass for New Pope, San Francisco Symphony on Strike, Turkeys Plague Residents
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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone conducts a mass in honor of the election of Pope Francis, the first Pope from South America, on March 14, 2013. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Musicians for the San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday, March 13 after eight … Continue reading
Can You Shoot a Goose? And Other Bay Area Wildlife Questions
By Alex Emslie Ever want to trap a turkey? Eradicate a raccoon? Garrote a goose? You’re not alone. As more and more wild creatures set up housekeeping in Bay Area cities and suburbs, some residents are getting tired of squirrels … Continue reading
The Bird vs. the Bypass: Tree-Sitter Fights Mendocino Highway Project
By Deborah Svoboda If you want to talk face-to-face to Warbler, you have to be OK with heights. Warbler, the name adopted by a 24-year-old farmer, is living indefinitely in a ponderosa pine on the southern outskirts of Willits, up … Continue reading
Confusion in San Francisco's Chinatown Over Shark-Fin Ban
By Caitlin Esch and Rachael Marcus San Francisco Chinatown merchants and community leaders met with officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife this week after several local businesses were cited for selling off their supply of now-banned shark … Continue reading
A Bay Area Problem: What To Do If You Are Attacked by a Wild Turkey (Videos)
by Jonathan Roisman On a recent drive in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood, a motorist stopped at a stop sign and instantly found herself surrounded by wild turkeys. When the driver honked, the birds responded by pecking the car's tires and door. … Continue reading
National Parks' Benefit to Bay Area: $445 Million
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Point Reyes Station, a pastoral West Marin outpost, has a population of 848. But on one recent weekday, parking is tight on the town’s main street and there is a steady stream of foot traffic. Steve Costa, co-owner of Point … Continue reading
