By Christopher Lim Daily life at Pickleweed Point Community Shellfish Farm is pretty low key. Waves, wind, and a little bit of filter feeding tend to keep the oysters busy. But on April 7th, Pickleweed Point's bivalves experienced some curious conditions: 50 environmental science high school students from San Rafael's Terra Linda High School. This field trip was the culmination of the five-visit Wild! Oysters program for high school students, part of the Living Shoreline Initiative. Steady rain ominously beat down on the school bus roof as we made our way to Pickleweed Point, part of Tomales …
oysters
An Underwater Vision for San Francisco Bay | Subtidal Goals Project Report Released
By Linda Hunter When you look at our beautiful San Francisco Bay, what do you see? Sailboats, wind surfers, a raft of surf scoters and cormorants diving for herring? Ever wonder what's going on under the water? Many people have made that curiosity their life's work. Fresh off the presses, the Subtidal Goals Project released a report that outlines a vision for the ecosystems underneath our San Francisco Bay waters for the next 50 years. A mammoth project that stemmed from a unique partnership between the California Coastal Commission and Ocean Protection Council, NOAA National Marine …
