Tag: "watershed"
Waterways of the Largest Estuary on the West Coast
San Francisco Bay's watershed extends to the Sierras. Ponder the waterways of the largest estuary in western North America.
Post on Aug 31, 2012 by Sharol Nelson-Embry from QUEST Northern California
Bay-Friendly Gardening: Welcoming Wildlife and Nature Into Human Habitats
A "Bay-Friendly" gardens initiative is underway around the Bay Area under the sponsorship of Stopwaste.org. Last weekend some generous, certified “Bay-Friendly” garden owners opened their yards for tours.
Post on May 11, 2012 by Sharol Nelson-Embry from QUEST Northern California
Producer's Notes: California's Lost Salmon
While producing our story on these magnificent fish we had the privilege to witness the incredibly dedicated conservation fishery biologists at the Don Clausen Fish Hatchery at Lake Sonoma. Sadly, it seems that much of their work may have gone for naught.
Post on May 12, 2009 by Chris Bauer
6 MORE Simple Things You Can Do to Help the Bay: Conservation Edition
I hadn't been working at The Bay Institute long when our then Executive Director dropped a packet of information on my desk and asked me to draft a letter. The topic? Urinals.
Post on Aug 07, 2008 by Ann Dickinson
A fishy odyssey through the delta
Talk about a wild ride. Every year, millions of fish make a strange and harrowing detour through the Skinner Fish Facility, part of the State Water Project's facilities in the Delta. In my last post, I wrote about my visit to the Banks Pumping Plant, whose giant pumps slurp water from the Delta to help [...]
Post on Jul 07, 2008 by Ann Dickinson
Reporter's Notes: Mercury in the Bay – Part 1
View Larger Map In honor of Earth Day, we wanted to take a big look at a chronic environmental issue in the Bay Area, tracing it from its origins to the contemporary strategies to solve it. Mercury was the obvious choice: It's been flowing into the Bay since before California joined the union, and it [...]
Post on Apr 18, 2008 by Amy Standen
Up A Creek: an exploration of your watershed
Raise your hand if you live in a watershed! Are all of your hands up? We all live in a watershed, an area of land that all water (from rain, snow and springs) flows across, under and through on its way into a common body of water, such as a creek, river, bay or ocean. [...]
Post on Apr 09, 2008 by Amy Gotliffe
