Apr-Jun 2002
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Feature
by David Rains Wallace
After moving to Berkeley from Mendocino County, writer David Wallace found that he missed the springtime serenades of his local amphibians. So the dug a small pond in his backyard to see if he could get a few frogs to breed there. It turns out that despite the very real threats posed by pollution and sprawl, the Bay Area's native frogs are remarkably resilient survivors.
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Sidebar
by David Rains Wallace
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Photo by Alan S. Hopkins.
Feature
by Judith Larner Lowry
Years ago, there was a quail refuge on the outskirts of the town of Bolinas. Seeking to restore her yard to the coastal prairie it used to be, Bolinas writer Judith Lowry decided to shape her garden to meet the quail's habitat needs. In the process, she discovered how a covey of quail can stitch together a sometimes fractious neighborhood.
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Photo by Mark Brest van Kempen.
Image Gallery
by Mark Brest van Kempen
Have you ever wondered what some familiar spots in San Francisco looked like 300 years ago? Environmental artist Mark Brest van Kempen did, so he went back in time and took some pictures.
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Photo courtesy of San Bruno Mountain Watch (SBMW).
On the Trail
by Susan Zakin
San Bruno Mountain rises along the southern border of San Francisco, remnant of an ecosystem that once covered much of this peninsula. The mountain provides a tenuous refuge for some of the rare plants and endangered butterflies that have lost much of their former habitat. And it beckons to people who want a taste of the San Francisco peninsula as it was before Europeans arrived.
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Letter from the Publisher
by David Loeb
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Signs of the Season
by Sue Rosenthal and S.W. Edwards
Nine places to see effusive displays of native wildflowers.
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Ask the Naturalist
by Joe Mueller
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by Marilyn Smulyan
Record salmon runs, San Francisco Bay Water Trail, rescuing seabirds, Big Basin's Centennial Celebration, Phil Frank, and more...
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