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State and Federal wildlife officials are unveiling a billion dollar plan to restore 15,000 acres of tidal marshland over the next half century. The project is the largest ever of its kind in California and it’s among the biggest habitat restoration efforts in United States. What were once the Cargill Salt Ponds are on their

When the endangered California Least Tern was discovered nesting at the Alameda Naval Air Station back in the 1970s, a group of concerned community members were mobilized. They formed the Friends of the Alameda Wildlife Refuge to help protect these rare birds.

Spring is here as is the 4oth anniversary of Earth Day and this is a very appropriate time to think about birds and what we can do to protect them.

Today a perspective about Avian Flu.

Today you’ll learn about a wonderful and very simple way you can help environmental organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area.  

It’s estimated that 52% of the nation’s historic wetlands have been lost but there are many efforts underway to restore them.

A discussion of some interesting bird behavior with Rich Stallcup.

For this edition of Your Wetlands we offer a Summer Solstice update.

If you want to see some birds this winter, here are some suggestions.

The Important Bird Areas Program is part of a national and international effort to conserve key habitats for birds during their breeding, migratory, and wintering seasons. It also focuses resources on those areas that are most critical to maintaining bird populations.

One Northern California environmental organization has created something called Summer Service Days, a call to service aimed at youth and the general public.

Many of the wetlands that we enjoy today were saved because of the work of dedicated people decades ago. Today, you’ll meet one of the people we’re calling a Champion of the Bay.

For thousands of years, San Francisco Bay and the Northern California Coastline have undergone tremendous geological transformations. These changes have sometimes been due to natural forces, while at other times, human have triggered a flux.

Well, the Global Change Change debate appears to be over. We’ve finally begun to accept the fact that not only is Global Warming real, it poses a real threat to communities worldwide.

There are military installations all over the United States which are slated to be converted to civilian use. One example is the Concord Naval Weapons Station across the Bay from San Francisco. It is one of the largest areas of open land in the East Bay.

I’d like to tell you about a Bay Area organization that has been leading the way in conservation science for over four decades.

While many of us enjoy getting out into natural areas, few of us realize the profound impacts we can have on wildlife if we’re not careful. This is especially true when it comes to birds and their nesting areas.

The Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge is huge by urban wildlife refuge standards. It comprises some 30,000 acres.

When Save the Bay was founded in 1961, its main objective was preventing San Francisco Bay from being filled in by developers. Nearly 50 years later its mission is still to protect the Bay.

As you may know, there are many wetland restoration projects going around the Bay Area at this moment. In fact, these projects are part of the largest wetland restoration effort in North America.

Some of the stories that fascinate us the most are the ones that are beneath the surface. They’re hard to see but from an environmental perspective they are often as important as the heart and lungs are to us.

Muir Beach is just down the road from Muir Woods National Monument in southern Marin County. We’re filing a number of reports about Muir Beach because it is a beautiful place to visit, but also because the National Park Sservice is working to restore the creek, lagoon, and surrounding landscape.

For this Autumnal Equinox Program Series, we provide some great ideas about places where you can go to watch the Fall migration of birds coming to and through the Bay Area this time of year.