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We got the backstory on Marin Audubon Society v. FAA, a case that's helping dismantle U.S. environmental impact analysis rules. Ironically, it started as an attempt to protect local wildlife. baynature.org/article/how-tr…

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Last day to support our Journalism Fellowship Program! 🔶 Bay Nature is one of the few environmental publications in the US offering paid, full-time journalism fellowships. 🍋 Help us reach our $20K goal! 🔗 ow.ly/Yotb50VY7O9 📷 Andrew Cheng

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“It’s not as simple as ‘remove the cattle and everything will be fine.’ ” Lisa M. Krieger reports on the grand vision for Point Reyes National Seashore. It's far from guaranteed. baynature.org/2025/05/15/poi…

Good luck, little butterflies. No pressure. baynature.org/2025/05/01/sur…

While we were reporting on the EJ grant freezes, a court ordered them unfrozen. But we'll have to see if it really happens! Here's what the uncertainty has meant for local Bay Area environmental justice orgs. Let us know if you've been affected. baynature.org/article/enviro…

Public comment on Trump's proposal to gut the ESA is open for the next month—see the story for the link. The agency must respond to comments, which also help build the case for future litigation. baynature.org/article/this-t…

Trump's EPA says it's proud of saving money. Here's what that looks like on the ground for the low-income, pollution-burdened community of North Richmond—with major grant funding frozen, unfrozen, then frozen again. baynature.org/article/trumps…

We can't bring back SF's once-magnificent roaming dunes. But we can definitely improve the dune habitat at Ocean Beach, and ward off the sea for a while. Dune plantings are happening! #naturebasedsolutions baynature.org/2025/03/13/oce…

This wasn't some weirdly motivated or superintelligent lone squirrel—it was a whole phenomenon. Apparently, when life gives you voles, that's what you eat. 📷 by @wild_sonja, UC Davis, 🖋️ @vishalfoto baynature.org/2025/03/06/eve…

Agencies and nonprofit environmental groups with federal grants face a quandary: Do they risk their funding to stand up for their values? Or do they scrub the offending statements from their public platforms—since words are, well, just words? baynature.org/article/with-t…

We are hiring! Two editorial fellows—one a reporter, one a photographer. Paid, FT, one year starting August 2025. Apply by March 12. baynature.org/employment-opp…

Indigenous cultural practitioner Diana Almendariz is working with a scientific team to figure out whether the growth under woven tule mats might help control mosquito populations in wetlands. ow.ly/vrTY50V3I4X

A guide to the Bay Area's local butter-butts, from John Muir Laws. baynature.org/article/natura…