Minute with Matt: Wetlands
Get your feet wet and explore some wetlands! Along with providing habitat for fascinating local wildlife, these areas perform a crucial job that helps moderate climate change, called carbon sequestrat...
Minute with Matt: Sticky Monkey-Flower & Dusty-Footed Woodrat
That orange flower by the trail has a lot to offer, and that pile of sticks is not just a pile of sticks! Naturalist Matt Dolkas runs face-first into the lesser known details of sticky monkeyflower an...
Minute with Matt: Monarch Butterflies
It’s amazing what you can see if you look—Matt shares a newly emerged western monarch butterfly he has found, and whispers in reverence as it gathers strength. Areas that are preserved for wildlife li...
Bay Area Bountiful: State Street Market
Tear it down or fix it up? When an old building in downtown Los Altos needed renovation, owner Los Altos Community Investments engaged architectural firm Gensler to devise a plan that had environmenta...
Connect The Bay: San Mateo County Parks Spanish Outreach
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Raquel Henriquez is Bilingual Community Engagement intern for San Mateo County Parks. She spends her days making sure that all in the Spanish-speaking communities of the county feel welcome—since the...
Bay Area Bountiful: Urban Bobcats
2:00
Bobcats in the city? Shravan Sundaram has the evidence: stunning images he has captured of the elusive felines living as our neighbors in very close proximity. A wildlife photographer and environmenta...
Minute with Matt: Poison Oak
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Naturalist Matt Dolkas gives tips on how to identify everyone’s least favorite plant and what to do if you get the rash. For more information visit Peninsula Open Space Trust, openspacetrust.org
Atmospheric Rivers
8:09
The meteorological phenomenon known as Atmospheric Rivers has a significant impact on the frequency and severity of floods and droughts in the North Bay. Advanced forecasting techniques currently bein...

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