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In this issue, our updated Transit to Trails map offers many options for getting out into nature via public transit. You can also learn about the numerous Bay Area species of native bees, the history and habitat of Brooks Island, and the community effort that has protected and restored Mori Point. Or peruse the beautiful woodcut prints and text in an excerpt from Gary Snyder’s and Tom Killion’s new collaborative book, Tamalpais Walking. Cover photo by Rollin Coville.
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Make getting there part of the adventure with our updated map of the region's transit-accessible trails. From backpacking on Mount Diablo to strolling the Bay shore in Mountain View, there are many ways to get outdoors without adding to your carbon footprint.
Special Section
in the Apr-Jun 2009 issue
Published April 01, 2009
Feature
by Erik Vance
Gordon Frankie has an obsession, and he hopes it's contagious: In gardens around the Bay Area, dozens of species of native bees, many nothing like the more familiar but nonnative honeybee, await your discovery, and your help.
From the Apr-Jun 2009 issue
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Sidebar
by Sue Rosenthal
Google "mulch" and you'll find university websites from Alaska to Florida touting mulch as one of the most environmentally friendly and effective tools for improving a backyard garden. But that mulch keeps native bees from digging their nests...
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Image Gallery
prints by Tom Killion, text by Gary Snyder
Poet Gary Snyder and artist Tom Killion have been walking on and around Marin's iconic mountain for decades. These prints and text from a new book capture the mountain's magic and the allure it's had for generations of artists, poets, and hikers.
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East Bay Parks Feature
by Joe Eaton
Within view of Richmond, Brooks Island today is a haven for nesting terns. That's just its latest incarnation. A short paddle across the harbor to this island refuge takes you back centuries and "away from it all."
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Sidebar
by Joe Eaton
At Hayward Regional Shoreline, East Bay Regional Park District staff and volunteers have created new nesting habitat for the endangered California least tern. Here's the recipe...
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On the Trail
by Dan Rademacher
A town comes together to protect beautiful Mori Point, home to threatened frogs, endangered snakes, and superb wildflowers.
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On the Trail
by Sue Rosenthal
Environmental mitigation is often a devil's bargain, but in southern Santa Clara County its beneficial result is the preservation of Coyote Ridge, the Bay Area's largest expanse of serpentine grassland.
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On the Trail
by Jessica Taekman
Straddling the mountains between the Napa and Sonoma valleys, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park offers spectacular vistas, great wildflowers, and stargazing at a volunteer-run observatory.
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On the Trail
by Ann Sieck
Few people visit the bayside marsh where Wildcat and San Pablo creeks end their long wandering across Richmond, but the Bay Trail here takes you into a habitat valuable to many species, including ours.
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Letter from the Publisher
by David Loeb
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Signs of the Season
by Joseph Kinyon
In spring, it's breeding time for bay pipefish, remarkable seahorse relatives that hide among the eelgrass in protected bays and estuaries along the West Coast.
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Conservation in Action
by Josiah Clark
It has been said that the movement of a butterfly's wings can change the course of world events. Some San Francisco neighbors hope that will be true for the green hairstreak...
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First Person
by Dan Rademacher
We talk with Tom Killion, who grew up in Mill Valley. He has been making woodblock prints of the California landscape since he was a teenager, including about 60 of Mount Tamalpais.
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Families Afield
by Sue Rosenthal
While living dinosaurs are nowhere to be found in California these days, you can see recognizable descendants of plants that lived with them--right here in the modern Bay Area.
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Ask the Naturalist
by Joe Eaton
Do birds have extra eyelids?
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Naturalist's Notebook
by Jack Laws
Who knew that the kestrel hovering over that vacant field has superpowers?
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by Aleta George
Saving the native on Yerba Buena Island, blitzing sudden oak death, protecting plovers, conserving marine life, and more...
From the Apr-Jun 2009 issue
Berkeleyans closer to selling backyard produce , Residents want local food sustainability
Solar spectacle on horizon, Sunday's partial solar eclipse first in 18 years