San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide

Author : State Coastal Conservancy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520274365

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San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide by State Coastal Conservancy Pdf

“The San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide takes us on a walking and cycling journey around San Francisco Bay, unfolding the wonder, drama and beauty of one of the great estuaries of the world.”--Robert Redford "From the bustling waterfronts of our cities and towns, to our wild, windswept, and thankfully, protected natural wetlands, this is our fantastic guide to all of the magnificence of the San Francisco Bay Shoreline. Grab it and go on world-class journeys in our own backyard. I'll see you along the trail!"--Doug McConnell, Television Producer and Reporter “This guide helps to create an awareness and appreciation of San Francisco Bay.”--Sylvia McLaughlin, co-founder of Save the Bay Praise from the previous edition "There are absorbing stories here for the armchair reader and detailed guides for the active explorer. Read, enjoy, and cultivate your roots in the region."—Harold Gilliam "Comprehensive and copiously illustrated, this Guide is a treasure-house of user-friendly information. It reveals the equivalent of a national park hitherto unknown in our midst."—Margot Patterson Doss "This book is a complete guide to the Bay Area. All that's missing are the smells, so perhaps the next edition should be scratch and sniff."—Robin Williams

Author : Ruth A. Jackson
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : San Francisco Bay (Calif.)
ISBN : 087701387X

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All Around the Bay by Ruth A. Jackson Pdf

Author : Demece Garepis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578925958

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San Francisco Bay Shoreline Adventures by Demece Garepis Pdf

San Francisco Shoreline Adventures The Best of the San Francisco Bay Trail and Bay Water Trail showcases the best adventures using local guides, beautiful photos and big color maps with trail cards. The guide covers prime and often underused destinations of the San Francisco Bay Trail and San Francisco Bay Water Trail, an expanding corridor that covers the San Francisco and San Pablo Bays with an over 500-mile network of bicycling, paddling, and hiking trails.San Francisco Shoreline Adventures The Best of the San Francisco Bay Trail and Bay Water Trail recommends the best trails, launches and useful website resources for the quick getaway to the extended trip. Made up of paved multi-use paths, trails, bike lanes, official and other public Water Trail launches, this guide is a handy resource to the best of the Bay.This guide focuses on natural and cultural features that reveal the Bay Area's rich heritage. It highlights various ecosystems that are essential to our thriving Bay. These destinations are best suitable for all outside activities - strolling, paddling, biking, windsurfing, hiking, supping, bird-watching, rollerblading to picnicking - including ADA access sites. Grab the book and get ready for a world class journey right at your fingertips!

Author : Jerry Emory
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520217128

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The Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide by Jerry Emory Pdf

"Healthy oceans are critical to the future of all life on Earth, yet by and large the underwater world remains hidden to us, unknown and mysterious. The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is to inspire conservation of the oceans, and this series of books is intended to further that goal. By helping people discover their connection with the natural world, we hope to foster a lifelong commitment to learning about and caring for the oceans on which all life depends."--Julie Packard, Executive Director, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Author : Tracy Salcedo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493015320

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Walking San Francisco by Tracy Salcedo Pdf

San Francisco is one of America's most walkable cities, and this book describes 18 walks that can be taken by the casual visitor, including 9 in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the world's largest urban national park. This compact guidebook will walk you through the best San Francisco has to offer. If you're planning to visit San Francisco--or explore your hometown--you'll be sure you're on the right track with this guidebook.

Author : Jane Wolff
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780228007913

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Bay Lexicon by Jane Wolff Pdf

As human populations inhabiting cities have grown dramatically, we have lost the ability to understand and even to see the natural world around us. We lack the vocabulary to describe our surroundings, and this lack of understanding limits our ability as citizens to contribute to political decisions about the landscape of cities, especially at the edges where land meets water. Bay Lexicon, a field guide to San Francisco's shoreline, is a case study in establishing a working language for hybrid landscapes. Centred on a walk along the edge of the iconic San Francisco Bay, it documents, deciphers, and classifies the places and phenomena a person encounters – and the forces, histories, and interactions that underlie what is visible. In a unique synthesis of text and drawing, Jane Wolff applies analytical and representational tools based in design and documentary work to findings from the fields of geography, environmental and cultural history, public policy, urban ecology, and landscape studies. As our cities face increasing pressure caused by climate change, we will need to reimagine them in terms that do justice to their complexity. Bay Lexicon's methods for building landscape literacy are meant for translation, adaptation, and use far beyond San Francisco Bay. Through activist scholarship that cuts across disciplinary boundaries and levels of expertise, this book examines how the landscape at the water's edge works, documents its historical evolution, brings its citizens' values to light, and frames conversations about how and why it might change.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Environmental impact statements
ISBN : UCR:31210026476414

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South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean Rusmore,Betsy Crowder,Frances Spangle,Sue LaTourrette
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780899975658

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Peninsula Trails by Jean Rusmore,Betsy Crowder,Frances Spangle,Sue LaTourrette Pdf

Choose from more than 150 trips on over 500 miles of trails with this comprehensive guide to every park and preserve on the San Francisco Peninsula. From Fort Funston and San Bruno Mountain south to Saratoga Gap, and from the Bay west to the Pacific Ocean, the peninsula offers something for everyone. This edition includes 18 new trips covering newly acquired public lands. Also includes maps and a trips-by-theme appendix.

Author : California Coastal Commission
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : California
ISBN : 9780520061866

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California Coastal Resource Guide by California Coastal Commission Pdf

This comprehensive and authoritative guide to the natural and cultural resources of California's magnificent 1,100-mile coastline is the companion to the best-selling California Coastal Access Guide. Whereas the Access Guide stressed public access to the California coast, the Resource Guide focuses on the rich and varied natural resources of the coast and its diverse habitats, including detailed descriptions of flora and fauna; the Guide also features accounts of the history of the coast, and includes numerous striking and informative drawings, photographs, and maps. Part One consists of sections of statewide interest divided into three categories: the first is coastal geography, which includes descriptions of coastal mountains, rivers, marine terraces, beaches, wetlands, nearshore waters, and the open ocean; the second is living resources, covering the flora and fauna of the coast; and the third is cultural resources, treating history, architecture, recreation, and economy, including such topics as parks and beaches, recreational fishing, amusement parks, lighthouses, offshore oil, tourism, agriculture, and other coastal industries. Part Two is composed of individual sections on each of California's coastal counties, as well as San Francisco Bay, the Farallon Islands, and the Channel Islands. This portion of the book includes 150 maps, lists of species of interest, a summary of each county's history, and site-by-site descriptions of parks, beaches, rivers, wetlands, coastal towns and cities, missions, museums, and other coastal resources; detailed information on the habitats, wildlife, and history of each site are included, as well as its address, and, where applicable, the phone number. Copiously illustrated, accessible, and above all, entertaining, this book is an indispensable reference guide for residents and vacationers as well as a fun book to browse in for anyone interested in California's coast.

Author : Ariel Rubissow Okamoto,Kathleen Wong
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520949980

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Natural History of San Francisco Bay by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto,Kathleen Wong Pdf

This complete primer on San Francisco Bay is a multifaceted exploration of an extraordinary, and remarkably resilient, body of water. Bustling with oil tankers, laced with pollutants, and crowded with forty-six cities, the bay is still home to healthy eelgrass beds, young Dungeness crabs and sharks, and millions of waterbirds. Written in an entertaining style for a wide audience, Natural History of San Francisco Bay delves into an array of topics including fish and wildlife, ocean and climate cycles, endangered and invasive species, and the path from industrialization to environmental restoration. More than sixty scientists, activists, and resource managers share their views and describe their work—tracing mercury through the aquatic ecosystem, finding ways to convert salt ponds back to tidal wetlands, anticipating the repercussions of climate change, and more. Fully illustrated and packed with stories, quotes, and facts, the guide also tells how San Francisco Bay sparked an environmental movement that now reaches across the country.

Author : Rachel Brahinsky,Alexander Tarr
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520288379

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A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area by Rachel Brahinsky,Alexander Tarr Pdf

An alternative history and geography of the Bay Area that highlights sites of oppression, resistance, and transformation. A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area looks beyond the mythologized image of San Francisco to the places where collective struggle has built the region. Countering romanticized commercial narratives about the Bay Area, geographers Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr highlight the cultural and economic landscape of indigenous resistance to colonial rule, radical interracial and cross-class organizing against housing discrimination and police violence, young people demanding economically and ecologically sustainable futures, and the often-unrecognized labor of farmworkers and everyday people. The book asks who had—and who has—the power to shape the geography of one of the most watched regions in the world. As Silicon Valley's wealth dramatically transforms the look and feel of every corner of the region, like bankers' wealth did in the past, what do we need to remember about the people and places that have made the Bay Area, with its rich political legacies? With over 100 sites that you can visit and learn from, this book demonstrates critical ways of reading the landscape itself for clues to these histories. A useful companion for travelers, educators, or longtime residents, this guide links multicultural streets and lush hills to suburban cul-de-sacs and wetlands, stretching from the North Bay to the South Bay, from the East Bay to San Francisco. Original maps help guide readers, and thematic tours offer starting points for creating your own routes through the region.

Author : Allan A. Schoenherr,C. Robert Feldmeth,Michael J. Emerson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520239180

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Natural History of the Islands of California by Allan A. Schoenherr,C. Robert Feldmeth,Michael J. Emerson Pdf

A book on California's islands that deals with their natural history and geology as well as the history of human habitation.

Author : Julie Beagle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950313018

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San Francisco Bay Shoreline Adaptation Atlas by Julie Beagle Pdf

As the climate continues to change, San Francisco Bay shoreline communities will need to adapt in order to build social and ecological resilience to rising sea levels. Given the complex and varied nature of the Bay shore, a science-based framework is essential to identify effective adaptation strategies that are appropriate for their particular settings and that take advantage of natural processes. This report proposes such a framework--Operational Landscape Units for San Francisco Bay.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034570457

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San Francisco Estuary, Invasive Spartina Project, Spartina Control Program by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jill Shinkle
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1601073615

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Wetlands Protectors: Guarding Our Wild and Watery Lands by Jill Shinkle Pdf

Part of the Aquatic Science Learning Activities Series. Uses scavenger hunts, outdoor exploration, and model building to learn about the plants and animals that live in wetlands as well as the ations individuals can take to protect wetlands.