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Herring Pickles Creosote-coated pilings - some perhaps more than 40 years old-may be killing the eggs of Bay herring. Researchers from U.C. Davis Bodega Marine Lab lab found that virtually all of the herring eggs collected from creosote pilings near Ft. Baker failed to develop properly and died. Eggs spawned near, but not directly on, the pilings were also affected, although not as dramatically ... »Read More

Seeds of Discontent Yield Harvest of Cooperation Several programs aimed at restoring and protecting North Bay wetlands became lightening rods this spring for farmers and others frustrated by what they see ... »Read More Bulletin Board Ship Ballast Regulations: The citizen watchdog group BayKeeper recently released a formal petition asking the S.F. Bay and Central Valley Regional Boards to ban ... »Read More Dry Year Taxes Commitments The New Year's soaking led upstream reservoir managers to release lots of freshwater for fish and the Delta, and now, months of sunny skies later, they're coming up short ... »Read More New Light Cast on Sewage It takes all of 15 seconds for ultra-violet light at a wavelength of 254 nanometers to kill the bacteria and viruses in 15,000 gallons of wastewater ... »Read More Bird's Eye View of the Bay An obscure brown sparrow may be telling us how healthy the Bay's wetlands are-and could even offer restorationists a "short-cut" alternative to expensive, long-term ... »Read More Bay Creeks Get Good Report Card Asked to foresee the ecological fate of a stream meandering from home-packed hills through grimy city streets and shoreline industrial zones to the Bay ... »Read More Carla Bard Crusades for the San Joaquin Carla Bard's voice still gives away her British birth. With its elegant vowels and clear, soft timbre, it is a voice that sounds more suited to garden parties and tea tables ... »Read More Letters to the Editor Dear Estuary, My surprise and disappointment in seeing an article about storm drain retrofit devices in U.S. EPA's Nonpoint Source News-Notes has been deepened ... »Read More Spare the Air, Save the Bay Most Bay Area commuters know that the hours they spend sitting in slow or stopped traffic every week not only fray tempers but also waste gas and pollute the air ... »Read More Marina Runs Tight Ship Carter Strauch doesn't believe in "fuzzy feel-good" environmentalism. He doesn't want to have to "read through five pages of fluff to get to the meat." ... »Read More