I have been on a bit of a binge lately with five KAP sessions in South San Francisco Bay during the last week. September is a special month for my work in the Hidden Ecologies project. There is always a month or so this time of the year when my six-month hiatus due to the [...]

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley where I have taught for 25 years. As part of the portfolio of activites scheduled to celebrate the occasion Wayne and I gave a presentation at the Alviso Environmental Education Center and then led a hike out [...]

The Fall Stakeholder’s Meeting for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project wrapped up on 17 September around 5:30. Rather than face I-880 traffic I made a detour to Salt Pond A23 for a quick KAP session as the sun was setting – an altogether sublime experience. I had been keeping an eye on the [...]

As the summer waned I found myself waited for the snowy plover chicks to fledge. I cannot KAP at most of the South Bay salt ponds between February and September in deference of the plover’s slightly anxious nesting behavior. Last year I was able to KAP in late summer at the M-Ponds near Mowry Slough. [...]

On Sunday I made my eighth hike out to Drawbridge (permit required!), a deserted town in the middle of South San Francisco Bay where the only firm ground was manmade land. This little town, once home to a couple hundred folks, was situated on Station Island along the first rail line to cross the Bay. [...]