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- The endangered coho salmon that inhabit the Russian River watershed are fighting for their survival. What threat do recent California wildfires pose to these fish and what are conservationists doing to save the coho from extinction? Watch this Bay Area Bountiful video to find out. (Producer-Director...
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- Bay Area naturalists are hot on the trail of our local animal residents to better understand their movements and figure out ways to protect them. We learn about the landmark preservation accomplishments entailed in establishing the North Coyote Valley Preserve in San Jose and how it maintains and im...
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- Take a virtual journey to visit sheep, giraffe, goats, cheetahs, antelope, flamingos, lemurs, rhinoceros, zebra and other animals. Filmmaker Joshua Dylan Mellars talks with the animals' caretakers to find out how Bay Area organizations are protecting them and using virtual experiences to raise aware...
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- On this edition of Bay Area Bountiful, we bring you the creations of Makers. First, we’ll step into the workshop of modern day luthiers, hand crafting works of art using sustainably sourced materials. Then, we’ll learn about natural fiber producers and clothing designers who work within a regional s...
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- On this edition of Bay Area Bountiful, we explore some of the traditions of native people and their relationship to the environment. First, we visit Sonoma County where Pomo basket weavers are preserving this ancient tradition and caring for the habitats that sustain the plants used to make the bask...
- The Pomo basket-weaving tradition in Northern California has been passed down for generations. But development projects and the encroachment of invasive non-native plant species continue to threaten the survival of the native plants used to make the baskets. Clint McKay and his family are working to...
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- Max Brimelow and Miki Katoni track coyotes traveling in the Bernal Hill area and elsewhere in San Francisco. They also follow Jonathan Young, a wildlife ecologist with the Presidio Trust. Young is documenting the 15-year history of coyotes appearing within the city limits. Suburban areas have grown...
- Pedro Cota uncovers a story at the intersection of immigration and environmental health. Long lines of cars and trucks queue up awaiting permission to pass through the busy Tijuana/San Diego border crossing. The significant number of carbon emitting vehicles is having serious adverse health effects...
Environment
Where have all the Herring Gone?
By Alastair Bland Pete has fished San Francisco Bay for nearly all of his 60 years. A lifelong San Francisco resident who keeps his last name to himself, he recalls herring runs in the 1970s the likes of which rarely, if ever, occur anymore. “I remember herring spawns that went from Oyster Point all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge,” says Pete, a former commercial fisherman, referring to the point near Brisbane. He also remembers massive spawns that stretched contiguously from the Tiburon…
Environment
Network Listens for Passing Salmon
By Kathleen M. Wong It’s a cold morning in early February, and Chris Vallee of the U.S. Geological Survey is motoring upriver along Steamboat Slough. His two-man crew is hunched in the bow with backs to the wind, wrapped to the ears in water-resistant jackets above warm layers. Vallee pilots the…
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Opening the Mouth of Walnut Creek
By Robin Meadows Paul Detjens is driving us from his Martinez office to a restoration site near the mouth of Walnut Creek on Suisun Bay, a project he spearheads as an engineer for the Contra Costa County Flood Control District. These lower reaches of the creek — straightened, widened, and leveed by…
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