The Bay Area Critical Linkages map from the Conservation Lands Network shows critical habitat linkages (in solid green) and highway barriers to wildlife movement (in red). Image courtesy BayAreaLands.org. Animals are on the move. Whether we are aware o …
Researchers are weighing the idea of reintroducing sea otters into the San Francisco Bay estuary. Photo by Marshal Hedin. When most people think of sea otters, they picture these charismatic creatures wrapped in kelp as they float on their backs in the …
In 1975, the year it launched, the Bay Area Monitor was produced on a mimeograph machine. In case you’re wondering, a mimeograph is basically a high-volume stencil, a way to reproduce printed pages by pushing ink onto paper through letter-shaped holes. …
As Earth Day approaches its 50th anniversary, the Monitor interviewed Steve Dunsky, Mary Ellen Hannibal, Jason Mark, and C.N.E. Corbin about their thoughts on its legacy and what the next 50 years will bring in terms of environmental activism. Photo cr …
MTC’s Horizon planning initiative explored “what-if” scenarios to make sure the region is better prepared to address varying degrees of unpredictability. Futuristic hyperloop pods that whisk commuters around the region are a flashy idea, but not one th …
SFPUC headquarters has implemented an innovative system for localized water treatment that could be more widely used in the future. After the building’s blackwater is treated through engineered wetlands outside, it is sent down to the basement (picture …
California intends to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades. Illustrations and comic strips from 1975, the year the Bay Area Monitor was first published, often depicted automobiles with little puffs of gray exhaust coming from …
Members of the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley turned out in Walnut Creek’s Civic Park to demonstrate, celebrate, and register voters during the fourth annual Women’s March on January 18, 2020. Photo by Maxine Arton. The civic open space that s …
Newsha Ajami. Photo courtesy Stanford University. As a little girl in Iran, Stanford water researcher Newsha Ajami always knew she could achieve whatever she wanted. “I was raised as a gender-blind child,” she recalled. “I was taught that I could beat …
The 6th International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation was held in 2019 for three days in Irvine, where Eileen Ryder addressed a reception she helped organize. Photo courtesy the Transportation Research Board. The first conference focusin …