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Breeding Bird Awareness During the Spring Work Season
While flora are the direct focus of most habitat restoration work, fauna is also greatly affected one way or another. Cup nesting...
Apr 151 min read


When Oaks "Mast"
What does it mean when oaks are “masting” and why do they do it? If these trees produced the same amount of acorns every year, the...
Sep 17, 20241 min read


What's Happening on Yerba Buena Island
With such a wet year, exceptional rains yielded an exceptional crop of annual weeds this year. Dry weeds are the tinder and the base of...
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Beautiful day in the Presidio
Beautiful day in the Presidio’s revitalized native plant communities. Below: The recently reintroduced variable checkerspot adult on...
May 18, 20201 min read


Nature Never Fails to Inspire
It seems nature never fails to inspire when we need it the most. Variable checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedonas) butterflies disappeared...
Mar 24, 20201 min read


Poison Oak Removal
Poison oak removal at a house in Marin last week. Urushiol oils are the active allergins in this native shrub, and those found inside...
Feb 3, 20201 min read


Community Planting in the Presidio
5800 native plants put in the ground today in the Presidio of San Francisco by volunteers. Providing for Insects is a focus as stated...
Dec 9, 20191 min read


How Well Do You Know Your Plants?
Whether working to get rid of invasive plants, or working to foster native plants, the most game changing of skills for a gardener is...
Dec 3, 20191 min read


The Devil Is in the Details!
Not all pollinator plants are created equal. While many flowering plants will attract bees, most ornamental plants really only attract...
Nov 25, 20191 min read


Buy Cheap, Buy twice!
This failure is the result of poor planning and the use of materials that were not up to the job. When it comes to built infrastructure...
Nov 18, 20191 min read


A Stitch in Time Saves Nine!
Shown here are the early stages of an invasion of Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius). While getting it out at this stage might seem...
Nov 12, 20191 min read


Creating Pollinator Patches
Progress creating pollinator patches and converting a degraded lawn into a native bunch grass prairie. Squarely a riparian condition that...
Oct 23, 20191 min read


Converting a Degraded Lawn
Converting a degraded lawn at the edge of an especially wild and productive yard in Marin County. Recognizing, creating and working with...
Sep 24, 20191 min read
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