Bay Nature cleaned up nicely in the science and environment categories at SPJ NorCal. Here's a little backstory on our winners.

These chinooks are likely hatchery strays. But they are still an ecosystem boon—and flaming-bright symbols of restoration at work.

The first update to a local State of the Birds report in 14 years shows restoration working—and some puzzling declines.

This piece was originally published in KneeDeep Times, a digital magazine featuring stories from the frontlines of climate resilience in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The 2025 State of Our ...

The first attempts to restore Mendocino’s streams for coho and other salmon began in the 1960s. Decades of logging in the ...

Tiny silver fish float up at Clear Lake in August. Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians records indicate this was the biggest fish kill since 2017. (Courtesy of Luis Santana) As Luis Santana motored out ...

This article is from bioGraphic, an independent magazine about nature and regeneration powered by the California Academy of Sciences. I see my first sunflower sea star in a plastic container barely ...

You are visiting your local nursery, getting ready for spring. The Bay Area’s winter is over and you can almost imagine the Early Girl tomatoes fruiting profusely, azaleas and marigolds blushing wild ...

Jeff Miller stands atop the fish barrier at the base of Niles Community Park as they rescue stranded steelhead in 2016. (Courtesy of Jeff Miller) In the summer of 1997, Jeff Miller went for a long ...

Pastures are visible from a derelict milking barn at the historic D Ranch, founded in 1870 and abandoned after the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore. (Lisa M. Krieger) In the gently rolling ...