A Tale of Wild Communication

San Francisco Bay is an ecologically rich estuary, significant for its large eelgrass beds, spawning areas for Pacific herring, and tens of thousands of wintering waterbirds and other wildlife. Each winter, waterbirds migrate to the waters in and around the Richardson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to rest in the calm waters and feast on herring.

Conservation ranching techniques create habitat and sequester carbon. Under a new bill, the state would pay ranchers to implement them.

Vital protections are needed for wetlands that depend on groundwater under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

Vibrant ecosystems can absorb carbon dioxide helping mitigate climate change and nitrogen cleaning the run-off from human use of the land for agriculture or development.

Bird survival is human survival and birds are telling us they are in trouble. We have no time to lose.

Shifting populations -- plus a few surprise visitors

Poblaciones cambiantes -- además de algunos visitantes sorpresa