Women who made history in Yosemite National Park
Today is International Women’s Day. March is Women’s History Month. And the year 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of Yosemite National Park and the California State Park system. I am honoring [...]
Nonprofits raise funds to rescue Jug Handle State Natural Reserve, famous for rare ecological phenomenon
On March 16, 2012, the California State Parks Foundation and the Olmsted Park Fund announced an agreement with California State Parks to give Jug Handle State Reserve a reprieve from closure for [...]
Nonprofits save Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve from closure
After a six-month grassroots public effort, this world-famous reserve is now among four parks to be removed from the infamous May 2011 list of 70 California state parks to be permanently closed [...]
For next generation of Californians, parks legacy is at stake
If parks close and stay closed, it would mark the first time the state park system would be left smaller for the next generation of Californians.
Wake up call: California park that immortalizes world-famous legend needs philanthropic lifeline
Volunteers are the true heroes in the fight to save our parks, but they need help.
Can nonprofit save Jack London’s legacy as historic park faces closure?
"Across Sonoma Mountain wisps of sea fog are stealing … I have everything to make me glad I am alive. I am filled with dreams and mysteries. I am all sun and air and sparkle. I am vitalized, [...]
Reality check: Public parks need philanthropy
Philanthropy will be critical for keeping parks open, safe and clean and protecting the ecological integrity of these public lands.
National Park Service wants your comments on the F-line extension to Fort Mason
IF YOU have ever visited the Aquatic Park Historic District in San Francisco, chances are you have walked over a defunct rail line that dead-ends at a tunnel underneath the Fort Mason hillside. [...]
Bay Nature
The Bay Nature Institute, based in Berkeley, California, is dedicated to educating the people of the San Francisco Bay Area about, and celebrating the beauty of, the surrounding natural world.