County officials continue to approve new building permits close to shore despite rising seas. As the cars whiz by on...
Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach
Photo: The ruling from the court’s conservative majority vastly narrowing the federal government’s authority over marshes and bogs is a...
Bay Area Dutch Slough tidal restoration project creates powerful carbon sink, combats climate change
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — When we first visited Dutch Slough in eastern Contra Costa County last year, the recently restored...
Ducks Unlimited’s California Projects Show Why Wetlands Can Help With Floods
Photo: San Luis National Wildlife Refuge’s East Bear Creek Unit earlier this fall before it was inundated with floodwaters. Before...
What does (slow) water want? Most humans seem to have forgotten.
Erica Gies is an independent journalist who covers science and the environment from Victoria, British Columbia, and San Francisco, California....