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Pretty Maps or Critical Conservation?
A recent report says that while California leads the nation in its diversity of wildlife, it is second only to Hawaii in the percentage of its species that are at risk. Add to that the fact that the state is home to eight of the most endangered ecosystems in the country, and you have a recipe for further loss of biodiversity ... »Read More

In This Issue

Web of Water Trails
Two years ago, Michael Casey Walker Esq. and three of his kayaking buddies got worried that boom-time development creeping south ... »Read More

Fury over Ferries
As Bay Area freeways crawl along at a snail’s pace, some frustrated commuters dream of being whisked back and forth across the Bay on high-speed ferries ... »Read More

Limits on Napa Fish
Why aren’t there more Chinook salmon, steelhead and California freshwater shrimp in the Napa River than there used to be? ... »Read More

Bulletin Board
A "DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH" could describe the steep, red guano-covered island jutting out of the Bay ... »Read More

Public Dollars for Private Profit?
Before its stock and reputation crashed, the Enron corporation sent emissaries to the Central Valley to investigate the possibilities for turning water into a market commodity ... »Read More

An Island for the Birds
Change often makes folks nervous. But Sally Shanks says that having a new owner for the Delta farm she and her husband, Jim, manage is a relief ... »Read More

Bucks for Birds and Boxes
While many local scientists, resource managers and activists have caught the CALFED and CVPIA gold fever in recent years, others ... »Read More

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