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Identifying a Death Cap Mushroom Could Save Your Life | Bay Area Bountiful
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The death cap is California’s most notable poisonous mushroom. While it’s safe to touch and smell, the death cap causes severe poisonings each year, some deadly, when people misidentify and then eat t...
Winter Bird Observing with Alvaro Jaramillo | Bay Area Bountiful
Some may think winter is a quiet time for nature in the Bay Area. SF Bay Bird Observatory biologist and lifelong birder Alvaro Jaramillo has news for them: during wintertime in our region the bird pop...
Winter Bird Observing with Alex Cho | Bay Area Bountiful
Teen Alex Cho is an avid East Bay birder, photographer and artist who says birdwatching is contagious. His parents Brenda and Richard concur, as they have joined son Alex on many outings. Bay Area Bou...
Monarch Butterflies Make Miraculous Population Rebound | Bay Area Bountiful
Every year, volunteer citizen scientists return to the California Coast to participate in the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count. Their work observing and counting monarch butterflies at hundreds of o...
Western Monarch Butterflies Bounce Back from Verge of Extinction | Bay Area Bountiful
Every year, volunteer citizen scientists return to the California Coast to participate in the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count. Their work observing and counting monarch butterflies at hundreds of o...
Bay Area Bountiful: Winter Wild
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Season six of Bay Area Bountiful brings you to the wild side of winter in our first episode, Winter Wild. In the next edition of Bay Area Bountiful, discover how the changing season impacts the natura...
The Soil Food Web Short Story
Dr. Sajeemas "Mint" Pasakdee is a University of California Cooperative Extension master gardener. Her passion is studying the amazing microscopic world of the soil food web: the complex interaction of...
Carbon Farming and Ranching Short Story
Loren Poncia discovered the powers of carbon sequestration after partnering with the Marin Carbon Project a decade ago. After learning from the environmental stewardship program, Poncia has continued...

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