Newark could address the housing and climate crises simultaneously by building resilient homes. But the city’s current plan continues to prioritize development of Newark’s shoreline, putting 469 single-family homes in a flood zone…
As California dries off after historic flooding caused by nine consecutive “atmospheric river” events, resulting in hundreds of thousands of families being evacuated, nearly two dozen lost lives, and billions of dollars in…
Years in the making and the product of thousands of hours of work and input from hundreds of Bay experts from the scientific community, non-profits, governmental agencies, and academic institutions, two important new…
In 1972, the nation’s most improbable national wildlife refuge was established. Amongst the pickleweed, cordgrass and meandering sloughs of South San Francisco Bay, a national wildlife refuge was created to protect nature in…
This summer we were excited to launch a weekly social media series profiling the bird life of the Newark Area 4 baylands. The series comes to us from volunteer Alex Cho, a 17-year…
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from the world’s scientific community leaves no doubt that we must take urgent action on climate change while we still have a…
Could paving over the South Bay shoreline in Newark with luxury housing lead to more flooding across the Bay in Redwood City and as far away as Sonoma County? Possibly, suggests a new…
In a joint letter sent to the California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot and Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity, Jennifer Norris, 25 organizations and coalitions representing hundreds of thousands of Californians called on…
In just over a month, nearly 5,000 Bay Area residents from Newark and around the Bay signed a petition urging the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the San Francisco Bay…