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Two Hundred Pound Canaries Warn of New Poisons Like the canaries of coal mining lore, harbor seals are our harbingers of new pollutant problems for the Bay, not to mention for its human neighbors. Flame retardants recently turned up in the tissues of Bay seals and Bay Area women at levels among the highest ever reported in the world. Scientists warn that these PBDEs, shorthand for polybrominated diphenyl ethers, are only some of hundreds of new chemicals approved by the FDA, EPA, and other agencies and entering the market, and the environment, before all of their potential impacts are known ... »Read More

CALFED Quarterbacks Is Gale Norton going green? On July 27, the Interior Secretary testified before Congress on competing bills that would authorize the estimated $8.7 billion CALFED effort ... »Read More Padding Lightly in Suisun Marsh Suisun Marsh may be a haven for waterfowl and special-status mice and rails, but beneath its layers of life-rich muck and mud ... »Read More Moonscape Nestings If you were an American avocet flying over the Estuary on your usual migration path this fall, you might be surprised ... »Read More Show Me the Water Randy Kanouse's eleven-year quest reached its end this October. Since 1991, Kanouse, East Bay MUD's Sacramento lobbyist ... »Read More Pinpointing Priorities Creating a strategic, statewide approach to preserving California's natural resources is the goal ... »Read More Estuary Health Check Eight hundred people lounged in the red seats of the Palace of Fine Arts auditorium in San Francisco this October to hear 48 experts ... »Read More Report Card: "B" for Better How many acres of wetlands have we restored since 1999? What progress have we made on controlling exotic species? ... »Read More