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Nature and the Environment

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    San Francisco Bay-Delta Longfin Smelt Could Become Extinct

    ​The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs you and conservation partners to help save the dwindling San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt population. Once the most abundant fish population in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, the state says the 4-to-6-inch estuarine fish are at a record low for the f ... More >>

  • Film

    February 8, 2012

    "Big Miracle": Saving the Whales Doesn't Save Any Laughs

    ​The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs you and conservation partners to help save the dwindling San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt population. Once the most abundant fish population in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, the state says the 4-to-6-inch estuarine fish are at a record low for the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    It's Too Late to Stop Wild Horse Round Ups in California

    flickr/David Reese​Horse-lovers were disappointed this week when the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco rejected a motion for a restraining order and injunction to halt the round-up of over 2,000 wild horses and wild burros along the California-Nevada border. The court said that the motion was moot as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Environmental Groups Fight to Put Gray Wolf Back on Endangered Species List

    Gary Kramer, US Fish and Wildlife Service​Environmental groups appealed to the Ninth Circuit to reinstate the northern rocky mountain gray wolf on the Endangered Species List, after Montana judge Donald Molley reluctantly upheld Congress' move directing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Sea Lions Found in S.F. With Wires Wrapped Around Their Necks

    Inquiring minds​Marine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>

  • News

    April 27, 2011

    Spotting Birds at a Record Pace, with a Camera and a Bike

    Inquiring minds​Marine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>

  • News

    April 20, 2011

    Go Fish: S.F.'s Coastal Foraging King Shows How to Fish (and Eat) Locally

    Inquiring minds​Marine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Junk Food Ban Weighed -- For Seagulls

    Gross​Since seagulls are mysteriously dying by the dozens at Pier 94 rendering plant after feasting on offal, the Board of Supervisors has been urged to enforce a larine version of a junk food ban.At its Feb. 10 meeting, the city's Animal Care & Control Commission introduced a drafted letter t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Man Busted For Smuggling Whale Teeth

    What a smile​Here is a story that involve both sperm and teeth -- and it's still G rated.James Saunders was convicted yesterday in a San Francisco courtroom for scheming to illegally buy, sell, and smuggle sperm whale teeth from the far away country of Ukraine. The conviction was a crack in an nat ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2011

    Erosion at Ocean Beach could send sewage into the sea

    What a smile​Here is a story that involve both sperm and teeth -- and it's still G rated.James Saunders was convicted yesterday in a San Francisco courtroom for scheming to illegally buy, sell, and smuggle sperm whale teeth from the far away country of Ukraine. The conviction was a crack in an nat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    San Francisco Environmentalists Sue EPA Over Clean Air Act

    Sparing Polluters​It's Spare the Air Day, and here is why we should refrain from air-polluting behaviors. The San Francisco-based Sierra Club has joined WildEarth Guardians in a legal battle to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold more than two dozen states accountable for protec ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2010

    Owl Kick Your Ass

    Sparing Polluters​It's Spare the Air Day, and here is why we should refrain from air-polluting behaviors. The San Francisco-based Sierra Club has joined WildEarth Guardians in a legal battle to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold more than two dozen states accountable for protec ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2010

    Watching the Act of Watching

    Sparing Polluters​It's Spare the Air Day, and here is why we should refrain from air-polluting behaviors. The San Francisco-based Sierra Club has joined WildEarth Guardians in a legal battle to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold more than two dozen states accountable for protec ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2010

    Mount Sutro battle pits tree lovers against native-plant lovers

    Sparing Polluters​It's Spare the Air Day, and here is why we should refrain from air-polluting behaviors. The San Francisco-based Sierra Club has joined WildEarth Guardians in a legal battle to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold more than two dozen states accountable for protec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    The Narwhal, Commonwealth's Liquid Nitrogen Slushie

    Tamara Palmer​Molecular gastronomy pops up sparingly at Commonwealth, like in a light cocktail frozen with the assistance of liquid nitrogen. The Narwhal is a lovely slushie made with ambrosia melon and lime, filtered sake, mint, and Floc de Gascogne, a French aperitif fortified with Armagnac. ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Tamara Palmer​Molecular gastronomy pops up sparingly at Commonwealth, like in a light cocktail frozen with the assistance of liquid nitrogen. The Narwhal is a lovely slushie made with ambrosia melon and lime, filtered sake, mint, and Floc de Gascogne, a French aperitif fortified with Armagnac. ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2010

    Returning sea lions could be in for a shock

    Tamara Palmer​Molecular gastronomy pops up sparingly at Commonwealth, like in a light cocktail frozen with the assistance of liquid nitrogen. The Narwhal is a lovely slushie made with ambrosia melon and lime, filtered sake, mint, and Floc de Gascogne, a French aperitif fortified with Armagnac. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Military Dolphins, Sea Lions Save San Francisco From Terror

    Brien Aho/U.S. NavySmile! You're on Dolphin Camera.​Trained journalists cover trained beasts The opportunity to watch Gavin Newsom watch Navy sea lions and dolphins in a terror-fighting exercise was just too good. Scores of creatures, meticulously trained via rote exercises, were on display in Mis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    New City Program Helps Homeowners Slash PG&E Bill

    Look! Green! Green!​But Some Consumers May Be Better Off Looking Elsewhere To Fund Green Home Improvements, Program's Architect AcknowledgesMayor Gavin Newsom this evening will hold an "Internet town hall" to tout a new program helping property owners pay for energy-saving improvements. Dubbed Gre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2010

    Have the Sea Lions of Pier 39 Left Earth for Space?

    Few local news stories in recent memory have attracted as much international attention as the abrupt vanishing act pulled by the popular sea lions of Pier 39, who this fall deserted the docks where for decades they were wont to haul out and bask in the attention of tourists.Yearning for yet more dis ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 23, 2009

    Cirque du Soleil: Ovo

    Few local news stories in recent memory have attracted as much international attention as the abrupt vanishing act pulled by the popular sea lions of Pier 39, who this fall deserted the docks where for decades they were wont to haul out and bask in the attention of tourists.Yearning for yet more dis ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    How Hyde Street Pier eliminated its sea lion problem

    Few local news stories in recent memory have attracted as much international attention as the abrupt vanishing act pulled by the popular sea lions of Pier 39, who this fall deserted the docks where for decades they were wont to haul out and bask in the attention of tourists.Yearning for yet more dis ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Few local news stories in recent memory have attracted as much international attention as the abrupt vanishing act pulled by the popular sea lions of Pier 39, who this fall deserted the docks where for decades they were wont to haul out and bask in the attention of tourists.Yearning for yet more dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Penguins Defy Arranged Couplings at the California Academy of Sciences

    The illicit love of Howard and Safara​Last night at the California Academy of Sciences, a group of spectators gathered around the African penguin exhibit squealed and cooed as twenty blackfoot penguins bopped around their rocky enclosure like so many wind-up toys. These parti ... More >>

  • Film

    August 5, 2009

    The Cove expertly exposes the horrific treatment of dolphins

    The illicit love of Howard and Safara​Last night at the California Academy of Sciences, a group of spectators gathered around the African penguin exhibit squealed and cooed as twenty blackfoot penguins bopped around their rocky enclosure like so many wind-up toys. These parti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Suit Alleges Environmental Protection Agency Not Doing Enough Environmental Protecting

    Smoke 'em if you got 'em...It was the Roman satirist Juvenal who pondered quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- Who watches the watchmen? If we gave him the answer "The WildEarth Guardians" we don't think it'd satisfy his query (and, honestly, the man's been dead 1,800 years) -- but it wouldn't be wrong ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Urban Cat Hunting: Out Trapping Feral Felines For the SPCA

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    The Big 4's Wild Game Week, May 12-16 (or DIY)

    Hoisin- and Scotch-glazed wild boar crispy tacos, anyone?

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    The Urban Jungle: City Offers Tips for Harmonious Coexistence with Skunks, Raccoons, and Squirrels

    Just walk away, manIf you're anything like the inhabitants of most American cities, there's a question that has probably not been on your mind as you try to make sense of the national economy's death spiral, and that is this: How do I coexist with local wildlife? But if you live in San Francisco, ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2009

    Ant Farm at the Tavern

    Just walk away, manIf you're anything like the inhabitants of most American cities, there's a question that has probably not been on your mind as you try to make sense of the national economy's death spiral, and that is this: How do I coexist with local wildlife? But if you live in San Francisco, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Who Would Possibly Complain About San Francisco's Lovely Weather? Our Plants -- If They Could

    "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." -- Jack HandeyNo, Virginia, plants cannot talk. But, if they could, San Francisco's would ape our human population -- and protest. The unseasonably hot weather induc ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2009

    Environmental reports waste tons of paper

    "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." -- Jack HandeyNo, Virginia, plants cannot talk. But, if they could, San Francisco's would ape our human population -- and protest. The unseasonably hot weather induc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    SF Weekly Birdwatching: Today on Mission Creek

    "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." -- Jack HandeyNo, Virginia, plants cannot talk. But, if they could, San Francisco's would ape our human population -- and protest. The unseasonably hot weather induc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    SF Weekly Birdwatching: Blue Heron Sighting at Mission Creek

    "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." -- Jack HandeyNo, Virginia, plants cannot talk. But, if they could, San Francisco's would ape our human population -- and protest. The unseasonably hot weather induc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    SF Weekly Celebrates Sea Otter Week!

    "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." -- Jack HandeyNo, Virginia, plants cannot talk. But, if they could, San Francisco's would ape our human population -- and protest. The unseasonably hot weather induc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Last Night: Cal Academy of Sciences Press Preview

    "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." -- Jack HandeyNo, Virginia, plants cannot talk. But, if they could, San Francisco's would ape our human population -- and protest. The unseasonably hot weather induc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Give me Liberty or give me Compost!

    "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." -- Jack HandeyNo, Virginia, plants cannot talk. But, if they could, San Francisco's would ape our human population -- and protest. The unseasonably hot weather induc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2008

    In Defense of Creepy Crawlies

    "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." -- Jack HandeyNo, Virginia, plants cannot talk. But, if they could, San Francisco's would ape our human population -- and protest. The unseasonably hot weather induc ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2008

    An Inconvenient Plant

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    The Naked Ape: Body Image and Baboons at Retox Lounge

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2008

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Sharks are Total Party Animals

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    DARPA Creates Cyborg Spy Moths, Girls' Locker Rooms Everywhere Compromised

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    This Just In: Ants No Longer Morally Superior to Humans

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2008

    RUN!!! Giant Pythons Attack San Francisco

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Capacitor Gets It Right

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    Tiger Beat: Clever Letter Contrasting Lethal Zoo Cat, 9x Muni Bus Brightens Everyone's Day

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Calendar

    December 12, 2007

    Cute Overload

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Gavin Newsom Can Help Cure Global Warming's Effects ... with High-Rises

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Cooking Squirrels Good: Uncle Russ Chittenden's Varmint Cookbook

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Cooking Squirrels Good: Uncle Russ Chittenden's Varmint Cookbook

    One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

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