Stuff with Fur: Mammals
Tule Elk
Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West, edited by George Wuerthner and Mollie Mattson
Point Reyes National Seashore, Viewing Tule Elk
The Center for Biological Diversity, Resource Renewal Institute, and Western Watersheds Project have been leading efforts to protect Point Reyes elk and stop cattle ranching expansion plans; Restore Point Reyes National Seashore is raising awareness about the threats to Point Reyes tule elk and the impacts of cattle grazing, and fighting to reform the Park Service’s systemic mismanagement failures; and Mission Rewild is working to save the tule elk and restore Point Reyes
Julie Phillips, A Citizen’s Guide to the Tule Elk of California
California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2018 Elk Conservation and Management Plan; and Center for Biological Diversity comments on how the plan is weak on elk recovery and short on science
Bobcat, Fox and Weasel
The Felidae Conservation Fund is working to protect ecosystems for wild cats
Urban Wildlife Research Project, Gray Foxes of Silicon Valley
Point Reyes Safaris expert guides know every inch of Point Reyes National Seashore and can bring you to reliable predator territories in the park
David Wyatt, Sacramento City College biology professor and ringtail researcher
Coyote
Coyote America, by Dan Flores (2016)
God’s Dog, by Hope Ryden (1975, 2005)
Visit Coyote Yipps for stories about San Francisco coyotes
Project Coyote promotes coexistence between people and wildlife, working to change negative attitudes toward coyotes and other misunderstood predators
The Center for Biological Diversity campaign Targeting Wildlife Services works to rein in the brutal federal wildlife killing agency
Raptors Are The Solution educates the public about the dangers rat and rodent poisons in the food web pose for wildlife, people, and pets
Watch the film San Francisco: Still Wild At Heart, a case study of the arrival of coyotes in our urban communities
Bay Nature Magazine articles,Urban Coyotes in Our Midst and Shapeshifter, Trickster, Survivor: Coyote in the Modern World
River Otter
The River Otter Ecology Project advocates for river otters and documents their recovery in the San Francisco Bay Area, using camera traps and Otter Spotter, a community science initiative to collect river otter sightings
Bay Nature Magazine article, After Decades Away, River Otters Make a Triumphant Return to the Bay Area
Badger
Paula Lane Action Network has everything you need to know about badgers and information about the Paula Lane badgers in Sonoma
The Status of the American Badger in the San Francisco Bay Area, 2002-2003
Beaver
In Beaver World, by Enos Mills, known as the “John Muir of the Rockies” (1913)
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, by Ben Goldfarb (2018)
Worth A Dam chronicles the story of the Martinez Beavers plus has everything you would ever want to know about beavers, including a library of research, educational information, and identification; check out their annual Martinez Beaver Festival
South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition blog on beavers in the South Bay
The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center campaign to Bring Back the Beaver is chock full of information on the history, ecology, benefits, and restoration of beavers in California, including the report The Historic Range of Beaver in the North Coast of California: A Review of the Evidence
The Center for Biological Diversity forced the federal wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services to stop shooting and trapping beavers on more than 11,000 miles of river and 4 million acres of land in California, and to stop removing beaver dams that provide habitat for other endangered wildlife species
Regarding Your Dam Complaint is a hilarious (and real) exchange of letters from a Michigan man who responded in a dam clever way to a government agency warning that he must remove unauthorized beaver dams from his property
Bats
Nocturnalia: Nature in the Western Night, by Charles Hood and José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca (2023)
Saved By Nature hosts a Bat Fest in late October at Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve in Morgan Hill
The Yolo Basin Foundation works to expand public appreciation and stewardship of wetlands and wildlife in the Yolo Basin, including the Yolo Causeway bats, and offers summertime bat talks and walks
Staff with Santa Clara County Parks lead Bats Over Calero tours during summer
The East Bay Regional Park District hosts Bat Watch Wednesdays during summer at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve and Sunol Regional Wilderness, for evening bat monitoring
Bat Conservation International provides information on bats, building bat houses, and how to help conserve bat populations
NorCalBats does rescue, rehabilitation, and release of bats in Northern California, and public education regarding the environmental benefits of bats
Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is a treasure trove of bat photos and information, as well as resources dispelling misinformation about bats
Blubber Fest: Marine Mammals
Elephant Seal
Point Reyes National Seashore, Elephant Seals
Livestream elephant seal and wildlife web cam from Año Nuevo Lighthouse
Orca
Bay Nature Magazine, Orcas of the California Coast: Deciphering the Culture of Killer Whales
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Orca
The Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving the Southern Resident Orca
Sea Otter
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Sea Otter
The Elkhorn Slough Foundation works to conserve and protect the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, an important sea otter habitat
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving the Sea Otter
Vox, The Case Against Otters: Necrophiliac, Serial-Killing Fur Monsters of the Sea
The Surfing Otter Instagram
Whales
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Humpback Whale
Center for Biological Diversity Ocean Protection campaign
The Whale Trail details more than 100 sites along the Pacific Coast to view whales and other marine mammals from shore
Sea Lions
Monterey Bay Aquarium, California Sea Lion
The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito does rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine mammals, as well as research and education
Feathered Dinosaurs: Birds
Roadrunner
Audubon Field Guide, Greater Roadrunner
Speaking of Wile E. Coyote getting schooled by Roadrunner, did you know that the hapless canine predator lawyered up to sue the Acme Company for defective products and unreliable pursuit vehicles and weapons? Read the legal complaint, Coyote v. Acme
Yellow-Billed Magpie
Audubon California, Yellow-Billed Magpie
The Birders Report, Yellow-billed Magpie – California’s Endemic Bird Species
Vaux’s Swift
Vaux’s Happening explains nearly everything you’d want to know about West Coast swifts, focusing on chimneys in Oregon and Washington; be sure to check out the live video camera from inside a Washington swift chimney
North Bay Birds is a forum for birdwatching in Marin and Sonoma Counties, where you can follow swift sightings
Marin Audubon Society leads bird trips in Marin County, sometimes to see the McNear swifts; Madrone Audubon Society leads bird trips in Sonoma County, sometimes to see the Rio Lindo swifts
Sandhill Crane
Cosumnes River Preserve, Sandhill Crane Viewing Sites
Check out the annual Sandhill Crane Festival held every November in Lodi, in San Joaquin County, celebrating the return of thousands of sandhill cranes to Lodi area wildlife refuges and farmlands
Albatrosses
Petrels, Albatrosses & Storm-Petrels of North America, by Steve Howell (2012)
Alvaro’s Adventures Birding Tours regularly runs excellent pelagic trips out of Half Moon Bay, Monterey, and Bodega Bay
The coastal Bay Area Audubon Society chapters regularly organize pelagic birding trips: Madrone Audubon in Sonoma; Marin Audubon; Golden Gate Bird Alliance in San Francisco; and Sequoia Audubon in San Mateo
Bird Watcher’s Digest, Pelagic Birding in Northern California
Night-Heron
Birds of Lake Merritt, by Alex Harris (2021)
Audubon Canyon Ranch Heron and Egret Project
Madrone Audubon Society information on Santa Rosa’s West 9th Street Heronry
Oaklandish is a public art collective which promotes Oakland’s history, cultural legacy, and civic pride; they sell a Night Herons vs Displacement t-shirt
East Bay Yesterday podcast on Oakland’s night-herons, They Insist on Being Here
Rails
Bay Nature Magazine article, The Endangered Species Next Door: the California Ridgway’s Rail
Black Skimmer
The Cornell Lab, Black Skimmer
Bay Nature Magazine article, Endangered California Least Terns Thrive on Hayward’s “Tern Island”
Golden Gate Bird Alliance, A Thriving “Tern Town” in Hayward
Raptors
Red-Tails in Love, by Marie Winn (1998)
The Golden Gate Raptor Observatory gives “hawk talks” at Hawk Hill, noon on Saturdays and Sundays in September and October
West County Hawk Watch leads raptor trips in Sonoma and Solano counties
Bay Area Audubon Society chapters regularly lead field trips to raptor hotspots: Marin Audubon; Madrone Audubon in Sonoma; Napa-Solano Audubon; Mount Diablo Bird Alliance in Contra Costa; Ohlone Audubon in Alameda; Santa Clara Valley Audubon; Sequoia Audubon in San Mateo; and Golden Gate Bird Alliance in San Francisco
HawkWatch International focuses on conservation, monitoring and scientific research on raptors
Raptors Are the Solution educates about the ecological role of wild birds of prey and the dangers of rat and rodent poisons in the food web
If you’re curious about a raptor feather you have found, the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Feather Atlas can help you identify the species it belonged to
Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird, by Jack Davis (2022)
Burrowing Owl
The Owl and the Woodpecker: Encounters with North America’s Most Iconic Birds, by Paul Bannick (2008)
2024 petition to list California populations of the burrowing owl under the California Endangered Species Act
Burrowing Owl Preservation Society
Bay Nature Magazine article, Never Mind the Game; Here’s a Superb Owl
Bay Nature Magazine article, The Beautiful Geometry of Short-eared Owls
Peregrine Falcon
The Peregrine Falcons of Morro Rock, a 50-Year History, by Steve Schubert (2017)
The Peregrine Fund and Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group have led peregrine protection, reintroduction, and monitoring efforts for half a century
The Awl, How Literal Fuck Hats Saved the Peregrine Falcon (broken link)
Bartell’s Backroads, Why a ‘Sex Hat’ Saved the Peregrine Falcons
Earth Touch News Network, Behold the Falcon Sex Hat, A Species-Saving Hump Helmet
Woodpeckers
Woodpeckers: An Identification Guide to the Woodpeckers of the World, by Hans Winkler, David Christie, and David Nurney (1995)
The Owl and the Woodpecker: Encounters with North America’s Most Iconic Birds, by Paul Bannick (2008)
Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America, by Stephen Shunk (2016)
Woodpecker, by Gerard Gorman (2017)
Population Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker, by Walter Koenig and Ronald Mumme (1987)
Cornell University, Lewis’s Woodpecker
Audubon Magazine, Ivory-billed Woodpecker to Be Officially Declared Extinct in U.S.
The Revelator, The Lord God Bird and Dozens of Other Species Declared Extinct in 2021
Loggerhead Shrike
Death on the Plains, an amazing and extensive photography collection of loggerhead shrike food caches in Colorado, featuring skewered beetles, grasshoppers, lizards, rodents, and snakes
Audubon Society, Shrikes Have an Absolutely Brutal Way of Killing Large Prey
Rare Wood-Warblers
Peterson Field Guide to Warblers, the wood-warbler bible
Entertain yourself with The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, by Matt Kracht (2019)
Birds of Point Reyes, by Keith Hansen (2023)
Join fall birding trips for Bay Area warblers: Marin Audubon; Sequoia Audubon in San Mateo; and Golden Gate Bird Alliance in San Francisco
Sign up with the Birding Lists Digest for reports of rare birds, by region
The Palomarin Field Station in Bolinas has been banding and studying birds for more than half a century, and is open to the public on a regular basis for bird-banding demonstrations and interactive science displays
Audubon Magazine, The Myth of John James Audubon
Pissing in Your Drinking Water: Fish
Salmon and Steelhead
California’s Salmon and Steelhead, edited by Alan Lufkin (1991)
Restoring Streams in Cities, by Ann Riley (1998)
Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis, by Jim Lichatowich (1999)
Totem Salmon: Life Lessons from Another Species, by Freeman House (2000)
Watershed: The Undamming of America, by Elizabeth Grossman (2002)
My Story as Told by Water, by David James Duncan (2002)
Salmon Nation: People, Fish, and Our Common Home, by Edward Wolf (2003)
King of Fish: The Thousand-year Run of Salmon, by David Montgomery (2003)
Being Salmon, Being Human, by Martin Mueller (2017)
Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish, by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins (2022)
Oakland Museum of California, Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Creeks
The Salmonid Restoration Federation promotes the restoration and stewardship of California’s native salmon, steelhead, and trout populations and their habitat, hosting conferences and workshops
The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network protects wild coho salmon and watersheds in Marin County
The Alameda Creek Alliance works to restore salmon and steelhead to Alameda Creek, the largest watershed in San Francisco Bay
The Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project runs a genetic conservation fish hatchery and works to recover native salmon and steelhead in the Monterey Bay region
CEMAR, Historical Status of Coho Salmon in Streams of the Urbanized San Francisco Estuary
Alaskan artist Ray Troll reels in quirky, aquatic, humorous, and bizarre fish art from the depths of his briny hyperactive imagination and splashes it in neon across canvass
“I Brake Dams for Coho” film about SPAWN, Salmon Protection And Watershed Network and 20 years of their restoration work: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1012082791
Grunion
Pepperdine University’s Grunion Greeters Project
California Department of Fish and Wildlife grunion facts and expected spawning run times for the current year
Sturgeon
Bay Nature Magazine articles, Sturgeon, A Fish Out of Time, How a ‘Sturgeon Surgeon’ Tracks the Bay’s Giant, Stealthy Living Fossils, and After 2022’s Fatal Algal Bloom, Scientists Fear the Bay’s Sturgeon Could Go Extinct
Monterey Bay Aquarium, White Sturgeon
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving the North American Green Sturgeon
Herring and Anchovy
Richardson Bay Audubon Center is ground zero for waterbirds and Pacific herring in San Francisco Bay
Sierra Magazine, Everybody Gets Frisky During a Herring Spawn
Estuary News, Murky Future for Herring
Oceana works to protect the world’s oceans, and advocates for sustainable catch and adequate protective regulations for commercial and recreational herring and anchovy fisheries in California
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Pacific Herring Blog
The Lost Anchovy, How to Fish the Annual Herring Spawn
See the captive bait ball at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Leopard Shark and Bat Ray
Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras of California, by Dave Ebert and Mathew Squillante (2003)
UC Davis, Fish in the Bay blog
Monterey Bay Aquarium has extensive online information, as well as captive leopard sharks and bat rays at the aquarium
The Bay Area Water Trail is a regional boater access program that encourages non-motorized small boaters to safely enjoy the San Francisco Bay
Lamprey
Bay Nature Magazine article, Meet An Ancient, Amazing Fish in Need of an Image Makeover
Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving the Pacific Lamprey
Great White Shark
The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks, by Susan Casey (2006)
Shark Stewards works to educate the public, save endangered sharks from overfishing and the shark fin trade, and protect critical marine habitat; and leads nature expeditions and hosts the Sharktober celebrations of sharks
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Monterey Bay Aquarium, White Shark
Cold-Blooded Herps: Reptiles and Amphibians
Alameda Whipsnake
Introduction to California Chaparral, by Ronald Quinn and Sterling Keeley (2006)
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving the Alameda Whipsnake
Newts
AmphibiaWeb has everything you need to know about newts and other amphibians
California Herps has extensive information about reptiles and amphibians of the Bay Area
The Chileno Valley Newt Brigade film about a great group of people helping to save the lives of migrating newts as the try to reach Laguna Lake in Chileno Valley every winter. https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1012550467
Rattlesnake
Snakebit: Confessions of a Herpetologist, by Leslie Anthony (2009)
California Snakes and How to Find Them, by Emily Taylor (2024)
Project RattleCam places cameras on rattlesnake rookeries to document social behaviors among snakes
Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog
Volunteer with the MMWD frog docent program
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog
AmphibiaWeb has everything you need to know about yellow-legged frogs and other amphibians
California Herps has extensive information about reptiles and amphibians of the Bay Area
Giant Salamander
Hilltromper, Is A New Species of Giant Salamander Living Under UCSC?
California Herps, California Giant Salamander
Spineless Creepy Crawlies: Invertebrates
Monarch Butterfly
The Xerces Society leads conservation efforts for butterflies and other insects
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving the Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Watch spearheads education, conservation, and research
The Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count gathers data about the number of wintering monarch butterflies
Help expand knowledge of monarchs and their breeding areas by contributing sightings to the Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper project
Tarantula
Check out the autumn Tarantula Fests held at Henry W. Coe State Park and Los Vaqueros Watershed honoring our fuzzy, eight-legged friends.
Ladybug
Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles, by Ivo Hodek, Alois Honek, and Helmut Fritz van Emden (2012)
Cornell University’s Lost Ladybug Project
You will not regret visiting the Ladybug Hotel fan website
Nudibranchs
California Tidepools has extensive information on good tidepooling locations along the California coast, how to identify tide pool animals, where in the tidal zones to find them, and tidepool ecology
Bay Nature’s Guide to Northern California Tidepooling
The Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network does research and monitoring of Pacific coast rocky intertidal sites
iNaturalist has a guide to California Sea Slugs, Nudibranchs of California
KQED, The Scientist Who Fell in Love with the Ignobly Named Sea Slug
Bowiebranchia celebrates David Bowie’s many flamboyant fashion looks that he clearly stole from nudibranchs; or were the nudibranchs inspired by Bowie?
Check out the Netflix documentary, My Octopus Teacher
Jellyfish
Jelly Watch for updated jellyfish sightings
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has an amazing live jellyfish exhibit and extensive information about jellies
Ghosts, Phantoms, and Rumors: Rare and Elusive Wildlife
Mountain Lion
Cougar: The American Lion, by Kevin Hansen (1992)
Shadow Cat: Encountering the American Mountain Lion, by Susan Ewing and Elizabeth Grossman (1999)
When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors, by Beth Pratt-Bergstrom (2016)
The Mountain Lion Foundation works to ensure that America’s lion survives and flourishes in the wild
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving the California Mountain Lion
Pronghorn
Institute for Wildlife Studies, History of Pronghorn in California
The Carrizo Plain Conservancy and Friends of the Carrizo Plain have information about visiting California’s Serengeti
San Francisco Garter Snake
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Saving The San Francisco Garter Snake
Bay Nature Magazine article, The Wild Things Live at the Airport
Wild Equity Institute, Restore Sharp Park
Ringtail
David Wyatt’s Ringtail Gallery
Los Padres Forest Watch, Ring-Tailed Cat
Arizona Desert Museum, Ringtail Fact Sheet
Mountain Beaver
National Park Service, Point Reyes Mountain Beaver
The Oatmeal, We Need to Have A Conversation About Wombats
Condor
Source of the Thunder, by Roger Caras (1970)
The California Condor: A Saga of Natural History and Conservation,, by Noel Snyder and Helen Snyder (2000)
Introduction to the California Condor, by Noel Snyder and Helen Snyder (2005)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Condor Recovery Program
Ventana Wildlife Society, Central California Condors
Pinnacles National Park, California Condors at Pinnacles
Center for Biological Diversity, Saving the California Condor
Black Bear
Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future, by Gloria Dickie (2023)
North Bay Bear Collaborative teaches people how to live among bears, with a goal of keeping North Bay bears wild and healthy
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Black Bear
Check out the photos from Fat Bear Week, an annual competition that ranks the plumpest and chubbiest of the grizzlies in Katmai National Park in southern Alaska
Porcupine
Slate article by Jason Bittel, How Do Porcupines Mate? Very Carefully
Oddities: Introduced Species
Fallow Deer
Point Reyes National Seashore, Non-Native Deer
Cool Green Science blog, Mending Point Reyes, A Park Impaired by Invasive Mammals
Feral Parakeets
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story…with Wings, by Mark Bittner (2005)
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill documentary film
Lost and Missing: Extinction
Life on the Edge: A Guide to California’s Endangered Natural Resources, edited by Carl Thelander (1994)
The Condor’s Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America, by David Wilcove (1999)
The California Grizzly: Bear in Mind, edited by Susan Snyder (2003)
A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California, by Laura Cunningham (2013)
After the Grizzly: Endangered Species and the Politics of Place in California, by Peter Alagona (2013)
Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals & People in America, by Dan Flores (2022)
Oakland Museum, Bear in Mind: The Story of the California Grizzly
California Grizzly Research Network promotes scholarly and public conversation about the past and potential future of grizzly bears in California
The California Grizzly Alliance is working to recover grizzlies throughout as much of their historical range in the state as possible
Center for Biological Diversity campaign, Bring Back the Bears
Center for Biological Diversity manifesto, Saving Life on Earth: A Plan to Halt the Global Extinction Crisis
Bancroft Library self-guided tour, A Walk to Remembear: A Tour of Berkeley’s Ursine Neighbors
Just Seeds, Endangered Species Mural #14: A Bear-Shaped Hole
Bay Nature Magazine article, Eulogy for a Crayfish We Hardly Knew
Bay Nature Magazine, Field Guide to the Lost Species of the San Francisco Bay Area
Nature in the City produces maps showing current nature in San Francisco, and Wild in the City, remembering what the peninsula looked like in 1750 and before
Reference Books and Guides
Mammals of California by Jameson and Peeters, 2004
Scats and Tracks of the Pacific Coast by Halfpenny, 2015
Field Guide to Animal Tracks and Scat of California by Elbroch, Kresky, and Evans, 2012
Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast by Allen, Mortenson, and Webb, 2011
The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd edition by Sibley, 2014
The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior by Sibley, 2001
Raptors of California by Peeters, 2005
Field Guide to Owls of California and the West by Hans Peeters (2007)
Birds of San Francisco and the Bay Area by Morlan, Fisher, Ross, and Pluciennik, 1996
Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians, by McGinnis and Stebbins, 2018
Pacific Coast Inshore Fishes, 5th edition by Gotshall, 2001
Inland Fishes of California by Moyle, 2002
Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California by McGinnis and Alcorn, 2006
Sharks and Rays of the Pacific Coast by Ferguson and Cailliet, 1990
Field Guide to California Insects by K. Will and J. Gross, 2020
Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions by Arthur Shapiro and Timothy Manolis (2007)
California Seashore Life: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants & Animals by Kavanagh and Leung, 2017
Essential Bay Area Nature Reading
The Great Chain of Life, by Joseph Krutch (1956)
East Bay Out: A Personal Guide to the East Bay Regional Parks, by M. Margolin, 1985
Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula by J. Evens, 1988
Life on the Edge: A Guide To California’s Endangered Natural Resources, edited by C. Thelander, 1994
A Natural History of California, by A.A. Schoenherr, 1995
Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year–Northern California: A Month by Month Guide to Natural Events, by B. McMillon, 1995
The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area, by M. Margolin, 1997
Farewell, Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream, by Robert Dawson and Gray Brechin, 1999
Saving the Marin-Sonoma Coast, by L.M. Griffin, 2000
Exploring Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, by T. Salcedo-Chourre, 2002
Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly, by S. Snyder, 2003
Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore & Surrounding Area, by J. Lage, 2004
The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks by S. Casey, 2006
Natural History of San Francisco Bay by A.R. Okamoto and K. Wong, 2011
A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California, by L. Cunningham, 2013
Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals among California’s Oaks, by K. Marianchild, 2013
Room to Breathe: The Wild Heart of the San Francisco Peninsula, edited by K. Britt, 2016
The California Field Atlas, by Obi Kaufmann (2017)
San Francisco’s Natural History: Sand Dunes to Streetcars, by H.G. Fuller, 2017
A Californian’s Guide to the Birds Among Us, by Charles Hood (2017)
A Californian’s Guide to the Mammals Among Us, by Charles Hood (2017)
The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource, by Obi Kaufmann (2019)
The Forests of California: A California Field Atlas, by Obi Kaufmann (2020)
The Coasts of California: A California Field Atlas, by Obi Kaufmann (2022)
The Deserts of California: A California Field Atlas, by Obi Kaufmann (2023)
The State of Fire: Why California Burns, by Obi Kaufmann (2024)
Websites
Bay Nature Magazine (www.baynature.org) – connecting people of the San Francisco Bay Area to our natural world and motivating people to solve problems with nature in mind
Biographic (www.biographic.com) – California Academy of Sciences resource with beautiful and surprising stories about nature and sustainability
Outdoor California Magazine (www.wildlife.ca.gov/publications) – CDFW publication about outdoor adventures and the status of the state’s wondrous living resources
Regional In Nature Activity Guide (www.ebparks.org/whats-new/rin) – EBRPD guide to activities in the East Bay Regional Parks
Wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area (www.sfbaywildlife.info) – a treasure trove of info about Bay Area wildlife