Bay Nature Institute
Bay Nature is an independent, nonprofit organization offering inspiring stories, naturalist-led hikes, nature talks and an award-winning magazine exploring the San Francisco Bay Area. baynature.org
- The status of Biden-era environmental justice grants has been unclear even to grantees themselves; some haven't heard from their agency contacts for months. Others are still pulling down dollars from the funding portal, and taking things one invoice at a time. baynature.org/article/envi...
- Public comment is now open for the Trump administration's big proposed change to the Endangered Species Act. Here's what conservation experts told us it could mean for threatened Bay Area species. baynature.org/article/this...
- Apparently, when life gives you voles, that's what you eat. 📷 by @sonjawild.bsky.social/UC Davis 🖋️ Vishal Subramanyan baynature.org/2025/03/06/e...
- While we're thinking about voles and the predators that love them, here's an archive Naturalist's Notebook from @johnmuirlaws.com on how kestrels can spot voles from above—because vole pee is super bright in UV, which kestrels can see! baynature.org/article/the-...
- Early-career journos: come make local environmental news at a mission-driven organization in the San Francisco Bay Area at a time when the environment really, really needs to get covered. This is full-time, paid opportunity. #journalismjobs
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- Our sailor-editor @meownderthal.bsky.social did a full-page illustration of the Beaufort wind scale for our Winter print issue along with her piece on it. This one time, we're in favor of tearing out the page to take with you on the water (and send a pic if you do).
- Thanks for the share, @sammyroth.bsky.social! It's great to see you here. Large-scale solar power is coming to Tiger Salamander country; it's called Aramis. Read more about it here. 🌎
- Bay Nature 1. Deepens your knowledge of Bay Area open spaces. 2. Connects you with scientists and environmental organizations. 3. Grows your community in nature. Give today at ow.ly/7sPK5… Your gift will be doubled through December 31! 📷: Barbara Butkus BayNature
- Bay Nature 1. Deepens your knowledge of Bay Area open spaces. 2. Connects you with scientists and environmental organizations. 3. Grows your community in nature. Give today at ow.ly/4o0j50UmEHI Your gift will be doubled through December 31! 📷: Barbara Butkus #BayNature
- California, with its great diversity, has about 1,500 of the 5,400 lichens known across the continent. Stephen Sharnoff's field guide to California lichens that contains about 500 of those species. 🔗: ow.ly/uplE50UlYyu ✏️: Claire Peaslee 📷: Stephen Sharnoff #BayNature #lichen #fungifriends
- Every year, Bay Nature and the local nature and conservation community come together to celebrate amazing individuals who are making a difference for our precious Bay Area environment. We announce Bay Nature’s 2025 Local Hero Award winners! 🔗: ow.ly/vCHs50UlXfi #BayNature
- Bay Nature's Tanvi Dutta Gupta spoke with more than a dozen local advocates, officials, and scientists in the conservation world to find out how they're preparing for the Trump era. 🔗: ow.ly/FS5T50UlVPY ✏️: Tanvi Dutta Gupta 📷: Courtesy of Feather River RCD #BayNature 🌏
- Our Wild Billions project examines the impacts of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act on nature. David Hayes, key architect of the bills, weighs in. 🔗: ow.ly/zvPc50UgmHc 📷: Wetlands photo by Kate Golden/Bay Nature #BayNature
- On a Bay Nature hike, our hike leader arranged for us to meet a local rancher. We inform you on and off the trail! Help us bring you more perspectives about nature. Your gift will be doubled through Dec. 31! Give today at ow.ly/sjwQ50UkeME 📷: Barbara Butkus #BayNature
- Before the sun sets on #GivingTuesday, don’t miss your chance to become a first-time donor to Bay Nature! If 100 new donors give today, the Institute of Nonprofit Newsrooms gives us $2,000. Hop on board and give here! 🔗: baynature.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/638 Photo by Barbara Butkus #BayNature
- Bay Nature is your trail buddy in all things nature. Buddy up with us this #GivingTuesday with a gift! If we reach 100 first-time donations, we get a bonus $2K from the Institute of Nonprofit News. Give today! #GivingTuesday 🔗 baynature.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/638 📷: Barbara Butkus #baynature
- This #GivingTuesday, Bay Nature helps you start your day right with a nature break. We spotted this otter while on a Elkhorn Slough outing inspired by a BN story. Our goal is to receive gifts from 100 new donors. Give today! 🔗 baynature.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/638 📷: Barbara Butkus #BayNature
- As you sit on the shore, ponder the physics of waves. Understanding how waves work does not reduce the wonder and awe of watching them crash. Illustrations by John Muir Laws. 🦑 ow.ly/3N8K50UcblI #BayNature
- Years ago, scientists discussed introducing the canine carnivores to control the island’s deer population. Now it seems coyotes have since crossed over on their own and settled in, Jillian Magtoto writes. ow.ly/8qlX50UcbbW #BayNature
- Bay Nature’s staff and writers celebrated three journalism awards for our science and environment reporting in this premier competition among Northern California journalists. The values you support by supporting Bay Nature were recognized. ow.ly/2xIC50Uc9y7 #BayNature
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- Raising Hungry Sea Star Babies Is No Cinch. Scientists want to reintroduce these many-armed roombas as a great help for kelp 🦑 baynature.org/article/rais...
- Neither the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law nor the Inflation Reduction Act sound like environment bills, but they’re our nation’s biggest environmental legislation in a generation. Bay Nature has an ongoing series that tracks BIL & IRA fund dispersals #ClimateSky baynature.org/article/wild...
- Intrepid editorial fellow Tanvi Dutta Gupta witnessed the MBARI hydrophone deployment yesterday. The feed is up and running, bringing you whale songs from Monterey Canyon's depths! (It says it's not live, but it is!) 🦑@montereyaq.bsky.social www.mbari.org/project/soun...
- The Ocean Issue, from guest editors Eric Simons & Tessa Hill. We take a boat ride to see teeming birds at the Farallones, explore the deep sea with ROVs & AI, consider how marine life is faring in hot water & meet thousands of buoys sending us ocean intel 🦑 Cover photo by Jeffrey Rich baynature.org
