Tag Archives: natives

Pamper Mother Nature this Mother’s Day

For most of you, this week’s to do list includes buying chocolate, flowers, and cards for the mothers in your life.  After all, mothers deserve a special day of recognition for everything they do for us.  But what about Mother Nature? Mother Nature provides a myriad of incredible benefits that we all enjoy and usually [...]

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Weekly Roundup | April 5, 2013

Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay. Palo Alto Patch 4/3/13 Save The Bay Welcomes Estuary Scientist Sam Luoma to Board of Directors Save The Bay, the largest regional organization working to protect and restore San Francisco Bay, announced today that Dr. Sam Luoma has joined its Board of [...]

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Notes from the Field | Rain, Rain Come and Stay

The last few weeks have been quite soggy around the Bay. From record King Tides to winter storms that packed a punch, Bay Area residents have become well aware that the winter season is upon us. These storms have wreacked havoc on our morning commutes, created the always frustrating soggy sock dilemma, and have even [...]

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From a Creek to the Bay: Restoring Local Waterways

While studying in Berkeley for the past four years, I was far enough removed from the shoreline that the Bay seemed to be nothing but a distant thought: what lay under the Bay Bridge when I occasionally headed into the City in my Tina Turner gold sequined dress. It turns out there was a little [...]

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Notes from the Field | Waiting for Rain

I spent most of my life in Washington State before moving to the Bay area 7 years ago and I am used to the stormy winter weather of the Pacific Northwest. The people who know me best are aware that I love winter in the Bay area because I miss the rain and gray skies [...]

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