creeks

No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silent

Bernie Krause ‘out there and listening to the soundscapes’ in Sugarloaf Ridge state park. Photograph: Cayce Clifford/The Guardian As the soundscape…

7 months ago

Oakland’s creeks once flowed free from the hills to the Bay. What’s their future?

Photo: Sausal Creek overflowing its banks during a rainstrom in 2022. Credit: Daniel Danzig It’s hard to tell now, but…

10 months ago

Tule River Tribe reintroducing beavers to Tulare County

Some time this spring, beavers will return to the ancestral lands of the Tule River Tribe in the Southern Sierra…

10 months ago

Believing in the Power of Beavers

Art: A beaver poster from [CDFW’s] Outdoor California publication, 1950s. (Courtesy of California Department of Fish and Wildlife) Inspired by the science…

11 months ago

Spying on Beavers From Space Could Help Save California

Photo-illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which…

11 months ago