The air in my apartment is sluggish and still; the electricity cut out hours ago and won’t return for many more. The windows and doors sealed, guarding our lungs from the toxic air outside, which swirls with particulates from the various wildfires raging across much of California’s Bay Area. I live in Santa Clara County, which not only has a ...

*This piece was a collaborative effort between CBI and SDMMP, with coordination by CBI and main text prepared by SDMMP. Few people have contributed more to plant conservation in San Diego County than Patricia Gordon-Reedy. A native Californian, she has been a quiet and respected leader in the San Diego environmental community for over 30 years. We are honored to ...

Back in the late 1970s, Dr. Reg Barrett at the University of California Berkeley told the US Forest Service that their biggest looming conservation problem in the Sierra Nevada was going to be a large weasel called the fisher. Dr. Barrett saw the fisher's dependence on large, old trees and dense canopy forest as a source of conflict with ...

Coyote Valley endures as one of the last flat, undeveloped landscapes remaining in Santa Clara County, California. Located within one of the world’s top 25 most essential biodiversity hotspots (the California Floristic Province), Coyote Valley resides on the south side of San Jose, California, nested between the Santa Cruz and Diablo Mountain Ranges.    In addition to providing recreation, flood ...

The San Joaquin Valley (“Valley”) is positioned to play a pivotal supporting role as California works to achieve its ambitious goal to meet half of the state’s electricity demand by 2030 from renewable sources. The Valley is also home to some of the richest, most productive farmland in the world while containing some of our most imperiled plants, animals, and ...