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by Sarah Sweedler
The Russian River near Jenner--where the water runs wide and slow, and colorful sea kayaks dot the many miles of public access--is a well-known summer destination. But there's another Russian River, a wooded green thread through the wine country where a river-level view gives a unique glimpse of wildlife and wildness persisting in an altered landscape...
by Cat Taylor
You awaken, sleepily stretching your arms, but something's wrong. . . . It's sunset, not sunrise. And now, fully awake, you discover that your fingers have grown to extraordinary lengths! When you unfurl them, they reach down to the floor! But it's not the floor, it's the ceiling! Everything is upside down and you are dangling by your toes. You tighten your grip with your claws, hoping not to fall....
by Daniel McGlynn
Bay Nature reporter Daniel McGlynn took part in a June 2009 work weekend with Volunteers for Outdoor California, a nonprofit that recruits dozens or even hundreds of people to work in one park or open space over a single weekend. Workers at this event built a mile of brand new Bay Area Ridge Trail at Fernandez Ranch near Martinez.
by Judith Larner Lowry
We are now well into California's "fifth season," when the true aridity of our region most expresses itself. Yet you may find, while wandering the fields in mid- to late summer, an ebullience of daisy-like yellow or white blossoms seemingly defiant of the strictures of summer.
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