Founded on the Fourth of July 1924, Memorial Park, deep in the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains, is the birthplace of San Mateo County Parks, where generations of families connect to nature.
The common American lawn has a problematic history, and creates a lot of problems for the environment.
The 2.5-mile multi-use trail improvements, funded in part by Measure AA bond money, restore watershed health, improve habitat, and create a safe route to Skyline Boulevard.
The new Lamchin Interpretive Center, sharing the story of the original inhabitants of this land, and the Spring Creek Trail open at Filoli.
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History presents ‘Cotoni-Coast Dairies: Monumental Steps,’ celebrating a unique piece of land and the folks who protected it.
“The Santa Cruz Mountains are almost like an island,” Bryan Largay, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County’s Conservation Director, explains. “And islands are where extinctions happen.” But there is hope being generated in places like Rocks Ranch.
A few miles from downtown San Jose, find history, wildlife, a diverse set of trails, and great picnic spots at California's oldest municipal park.
Partly due to global warming and the proliferation of ticks, Lyme disease is the fastest growing infectious disease in the US. Here’s how to protect yourself.
A celebrated photographer reflects on the life that led to his first book, which captures a secret paradise in the heart of the San Francisco Peninsula.
Dedicating a picnic table at your favorite park or beach makes a perfect and enduring gift for a graduation, birthday, or memorial to a loved one.
More than 40 feet long and weighing up to 40 tons, adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are formidable giants. But their immensity doesn’t hinder their athleticism.
Humpback whales return to our waters just in time for Earth Day and WhaleFest in Pacifica, while whale watchers in Monterey Bay are seeing cetaceans in droves.
Just up the hill from Silicon Valley, this rock climber’s paradise offers recreational opportunities from trail running to backpacking.
The wildflowers go off in the Garden Learning Center that surrounds the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.
A conversation with Dr. Stu Weiss about the Máyyan 'Ooyákma-Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve, and why it is one of the Bay Area’s premier wildflower hot-spots.
BloomTracker shows where and when to see wildflowers throughout the season in public parks and open space preserves in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.
Hilltromper announces an online resource that tells you where your favorite flowers are blooming right now, and helps preserve these wonders of nature.
Learn about the traces and remains of ancient creatures that regularly surface in Santa Cruz, and about the rock formations millions of years old that harbor them.
One of Silicon Valley’s most charming downtowns offers excellent coffee options, great beers & wines, and proximity to an unforgettable trail in the redwoods.
Spiky proteins called mucins allow banana slugs to crawl over all kinds of ground cover.
