IN THIS ISSUE

Sustainable Forestry--With Owls and Fire
What does "sustainable forestry" mean? To get beyond abstractions, Coast & Ocean decided to visit the Salmon Creek Forest in Mendocino County, where the Conservation Fund is attempting some conscientious timber harvesting while restoring a 4,300-acre forest that has been damaged by years of commercial logging. The presence of spotted owls and other endangered species adds to the challenge.
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Rx Quandary
Now that weird malformations have been observed in fish swimming in streams where traces of hormones, steroids, and other medications have been found, it’s time to consider how to dispose of prescription drugs responsibly. Dumping them down the drain or into the trash is not the answer. More...

Museum War at the Presidio
Would a museum built by a powerful local citizen in the heart of the San Francisco Presidio for his private art collection be a gift to the public? Or would it exact a price in the form of unacceptable damage to a precious historical heritage site? That’s being hotly argued right now and the stakes are high. More...

Barefoot with Tape Measure
The day began hot and sunny as revelers prepared to celebrate July 4th at Carbon Beach--a stretch of sand on the Malibu coastline fondly known as "Billionaires’ Beach." The billionaires themselves, and their more modest millionaire neighbors, were preparing for a relaxing weekend on their private beach sites, which are stitched together in a ragtag fashion with the public spaces on one of the most beautiful stretches of white sand on the California coast. More...

Coming Soon:

Night lights, migrating birds, and the dark sky movement . . . . The rush to claim North Coast offshore real estate . . . . Can we save the chaparral? It needs fire, but far less often . . . . Living with a restored Santa Barbara County marsh . . . . Unpaving LA bit by bit . . . . Ocean listening.

Check out Our Previous Issue:
Coastal Air--We’re talking about people fumes . . . . Making Space for an Endangered Snake--and More People Too . . . . The Delta as Wilderness . . . . Mare Island, suspended in time . . . . Looking for the Lighthouse . . . . A Walk at Palo Corona. Click here to view.

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