California has had about the average amount of rain expected for this time of year, but snowpack is half of normal and melting fast. This is absolutely evidence of #climatechange.

The editorial team Bay Nature is hiring a general assignment/climate change reporter for a one-year, full-time fellowship. The application is open until March 16. Please share widely! baynature.org/employment-o...

Hey Bay Area peeps- Ideas for celebrating Black History Month in these parts: baynature.org/2026/02/10/e...

This is one to read and share.

Law enforcement drove through the barrier of more than 50 protesters who were walking through the crosswalk at the entrance of Coast Guard Island, eventually using flash bangs to break through. 🎥: Sarah Ravani

Fun beaver/fish interaction: When I approached this pond, I startled brown trout preparing to spawn below it (beavs filter sediment & keep downstream substrate clean). The fish dashed to the dam & hid in its base. Beavers created perfect spawning grounds: pristine gravel adjacent to dense cover! 🤯🦫🐟

After securing $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid earlier this year, Trump is now demanding a $230 million payday from the government.

If I were ever elected president, the first thing I’d do is take a sledgehammer to that ballroom.

Trump has no right to destroy any part of the White House. He doesn't own it. It is THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. He is only a temporary tenant whether he wants to believe it or not. Why did they allow this destruction. The Rose Garden has already been turned in to an outdoor speakeasy.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Good news for the Amah Mutsun Land Trust and tribe! baynature.org/2025/09/20/t...

Fall issue of @baynature.org has arrived!

Woah! This is awesome.

Heartbroken by this news. baynature.org/2025/08/20/r...

I research and write Bay Nature magazine's quarterly nature almanac and Jane Kim illustrates it. Seeing those hours of exploration and research turn into these drawings from a classroom of kiddos in Alameda, broke me in the best kind of way.

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

A year ago we spied the first Western fence lizard in our backyard. It was so tiny, and mainly camped out in a slim crevice between two old steps. We've seen it a dozen times over the year, and then nothing for about two months. But here today: full-grown and thankfully hard to see!

KneeDeep Times in hiring. Check it here www.kneedeeptimes.org/assistant-ed...

“As protesters and law enforcement officers clashed in downtown Los Angeles, an L.A. Police Department helicopter flew over a crowd on 1st Street, announcing, “I have all of you on camera. I’m going to come to your house.”” Wtaf www.latimes.com/california/l...

Who could have predicted...

I love George Saunders, every time. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Our cover this week.

We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.

Dark Pence is back.

New on Bay Nature baynature.org/article/how-...

Yes!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

A hero @booker.senate.gov

@corybooker.com @booker.senate.gov Thank you Corey Booker for standing up for the American people who really care about democracy.

Near the moment Booker crossed the finish line, he alluded to the fact that, as a Black lawmaker, his very presence on the floor was a direct defiance of Thurmond’s 24-hour plus effort to fight Civil Rights. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...

"Orbán always predicts “very bright days in the future; success, unimaginable success.” “Please trust us,” Orbán declared in his annual state-of-the-nation speech in early 2023. “You can bet on it: By the end of the year, we will have inflation in single digits.”

Yep

According to a source I have at the CIA, Director Radcliffe lied today under oath. Signal is absolutely not loaded on agency computers. As a matter of fact it’s specifically prohibited as an outside app. Skype is allowed for conference calls but not Signal. He’s lying. @markwarner.bsky.social

JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Bay Nature's spring issue has hit mailboxes and is online: baynature.org/magazine-arc...

The Trump administration warned 60 universities on Monday that they could face penalties from pending investigations into antisemitism on college campuses, a threat sharpened in recent days by its cancellation of funding to Columbia University and the arrest of a protest leader there.

30 years ago, the environmental dream was that China would "leapfrog" over fossil fuel development and go straight to renewables. It turns out the future was unevenly distributed (see: China's massive coal burning), but it has finally arrived www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available? It's literally called Library Extension.

NEW: RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy. A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...

Looks like consultants at least are trying to pick up physical climate scientists in opportunistic hires. Here's an example from Deloitte, w a variety of other geographies: NOAA is taking heavy losses today. Hope the rest of the community will do what we can to help scientists land on their feet.