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If your work in ecology/conservation in the greater SF Bay Area is at risk—especially BIL/IRA-funded—please get in touch and help Bay Nature magazine understand what's at stake. The info gaps are huge and no useful information is coming out of the federal government right now.

Billions in BIL and IRA grant funding are frozen. “There’s no way we can continue the work when we don’t know we’re going to get paid,” says one nonprofit director. baynature.org/article/trump-… 🖋️ Tanvi Dutta Gupta 📷 Salmon by Michael Wier, courtesy of California Trout

Perspective: When times are turbulent, find your people. Here's a short list of Bay Area environment-related affinity groups, from feminist birders to conservation networking groups. baynature.org/2025/02/11/how…

A guide to the Bay Area's local butter-butts, from John Muir Laws. baynature.org/article/natura…

Indigenous cultural practitioner Diana Almendariz is working with a scientific team to figure out whether the growth under woven tule mats might help control mosquito populations in wetlands. ow.ly/vrTY50V3I4X

We are hiring! Two editorial fellows—one a reporter, one a photographer. Paid, FT, one year starting August 2025. Apply by March 12. baynature.org/employment-opp…

Agencies and nonprofit environmental groups with federal grants face a quandary: Do they risk their funding to stand up for their values? Or do they scrub the offending statements from their public platforms—since words are, well, just words? baynature.org/article/with-t…

This wasn't some weirdly motivated or superintelligent lone squirrel—it was a whole phenomenon. Apparently, when life gives you voles, that's what you eat. 📷 by Sonja Wild, UC Davis, 🖋️ Vishal Subramanyan baynature.org/2025/03/06/eve…

We can't bring back SF's once-magnificent roaming dunes. But we can definitely improve the dune habitat at Ocean Beach, and ward off the sea for a while. Dune plantings are happening! #naturebasedsolutions baynature.org/2025/03/13/oce…

Trump's EPA says it's proud of saving money. Here's what that looks like on the ground for the low-income, pollution-burdened community of North Richmond—with major grant funding frozen, unfrozen, then frozen again. baynature.org/article/trumps…

Public comment on Trump's proposal to gut the ESA is open for the next month—see the story for the link. The agency must respond to comments, which also help build the case for future litigation. baynature.org/article/this-t…

While we were reporting on the EJ grant freezes, a court ordered them unfrozen. But we'll have to see if it really happens! Here's what the uncertainty has meant for local Bay Area environmental justice orgs. Let us know if you've been affected. baynature.org/article/enviro…

We got the backstory on Marin Audubon Society v. FAA, a case that's helping dismantle U.S. environmental impact analysis rules. Ironically, it started as an attempt to protect local wildlife. baynature.org/article/how-tr…

Good luck, little butterflies. No pressure. baynature.org/2025/05/01/sur…

“It’s not as simple as ‘remove the cattle and everything will be fine.’ ” Lisa M. Krieger reports on the grand vision for Point Reyes National Seashore. It's far from guaranteed. baynature.org/2025/05/15/poi…

Help Bay Nature train an environmental journalist & a documentary photographer! Today, we’re launching a crowdfunder to buoy our Journalism Fellowship Program & welcome fellows in August. Keep nature journalism alive by giving now! 🔗 ow.ly/SCxa50VTtLv 📷 Barbara Butkus

Get outside with our 2025 Summer Guide! - mailchi.mp/baynature/2025…

Bay Nature’s journalism fellow Tanvi got to set sea on Monterey Bay with MBARI to listen to sperm whales for her feature story. 🐋 You can help fund field research trips for our journalists by giving to our fellowship crowdfunder today! 🛥️ 🔗 ow.ly/yLrj50VVk4W 📷 MBARI

Last day to support our Journalism Fellowship Program! 🔶 Bay Nature is one of the few environmental publications in the US offering paid, full-time journalism fellowships. 🍋 Help us reach our $20K goal! 🔗 ow.ly/Yotb50VY7O9 📷 Andrew Cheng

Last day to support our Journalism Fellowship Program! 🔶 Bay Nature is one of the few environmental publications in the US offering paid, full-time journalism fellowships. 🍋 Help us reach our $20K goal! 🔗 ow.ly/Yotb50VY7O9 📷 Andrew Cheng