Apr-Jun 2006
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Feature
by Michelle Hester
Not many people get to visit Año Nuevo Island—you need a rubber boat, a strong stomach, and a research permit. But sea lions haul out here in droves, and hundreds of seabirds—including rhinoceros auklets—come to breed on its few wind-swept acres. Today, erosion is threatening the auklets' deep burrows, so researchers are working to restore this critical breeding site for these strange-looking seabirds.
From the Apr-Jun 2006 issue
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East Bay Parks Feature
by Bill O’Brien
Trails are the main way we access most of the Bay Area's diverse and abundant open space. Despite that, it's easy to forget that trails have to be planned and built by someone. However, for the East Bay Regional Park District, which has over 1,000 miles of trails, this is a full-time job. At places like the newly-opened Brushy Peak Regional Preserve, trail planners must balance people's desire for access with the needs of native plants and animals.
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Photo by G.K. Gilbert, U.S. Geological Survey.
On April 18, 1906, a massive earthquake centered just west of San Francisco ruptured the earth from Humboldt to San Juan Bautista. While the more dramatic traces of this 7.8 temblor may be hard to find one hundred years later, the tectonic forces that moved the earth that day are still relentlessly shaping our young and active landscape, carrying us towards another cataclysm in the near future.
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in the Apr-Jun 2006 issue
Published April 01, 2006
On the Trail
by Wanda Sabir
On San Francisco's southeastern waterfront, Heron's Head Park hosts nesting avocets, nature education programs, and the seeds of a revitalized city Bay shore.
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Photo by Vicky Semones.
Letter from the Publisher
by David Loeb
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Signs of the Season
by Aleta George
Vernal pools are havens for specialized species, including the endangered Contra Costa goldfield and the native solitary bee that pollinates it.
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Photo by Vicky Semones.
First Person
by Cindy Spring
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Letter From a Reader
by Rick Luttmann
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by Aleta George
Remembering Jean Siri, preserving Lompico Headwaters, diving deep for corals off Monterey...
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