Kayaking Southern California’s Mudflats – The Tidepooler
Tide Pooling Log: Kayaking Southern California’s Mudflats August 19, 2024 Not all intertidal landscapes are as beautiful to explore as rocky shores. Some require a little more extra —- and a willingness to get dirty. After several days of visiting rocky and sandy shores, I decided to take advantage of the low morning tides by […]
The Pocket Forests Grow Thick
Beside the manicured lawn at Cragmont Elementary, a Berkeley Hills school overlooking the San Francisco Bay, is a small hillside patch of tangled trees and weeds—coyote brush, sage brush, wood rose, and California blackberries—that looks a bit like a shaggy patch left unshaven. It’s a place where kids are not encouraged to go on their […]
Guest blog – We need to talk about ALAN by Jonathan Wallace – Mark Avery
After studying zoology at university Jonathan was involved in ornithological research and conservation for a number of years in France, Scotland and West Africa. Subsequently he has spent most of his career as an environmental consultant, assisting industry in managing its environmental impacts. Wildlife, particularly insects, remain his first love however and he is a […]
Aiming for Ecologically-Minded Ocean Construction – The Tidepooler
Living Seawalls: Aiming for Ecologically-Minded Ocean Construction September 6, 2024 Living Seawall panels at low tide. Photo Courtesy of Living Seawalls In the last century, there has been a construction boom in our oceans. Jetties, harbors, marinas, seawalls, and piers are becoming ubiquitous across our shorelines. In the United States today, over 50% of our natural […]
The Public’s Reaction to Otter Reintroduction
A San Francisco crabber for 15 years, Nick Krieger arrived at the Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausalito a bit late after a morning of teaching surf lessons. He noticed that attendance was sparse, and he didn’t spot any other fishermen. But there had been a three-day stretch of calm weather, so he suspected they […]
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 56 by Nick MacKinnon – Mark Avery
Photo: Lydia MacKinnon Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The […]