is a freelance science and environmental journalist who contributes to Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Health News, Sonoma magazine, and other regional and national websites and publications, on topics ranging from environmental health and climate change to ecology and biology. He lives in Petaluma with his wife, two boys, and four egg-laying ducks.
Tall oaks with submerged trunks are sure signs that the land is "flooded." While for some areas that might be a negative, for Laguna de Santa Rosa it's not only... Read more.
A new practical guide called Ecology for Health will help planners and designers enhance both biodiversity and human health in urban settings.... Read more.
Weathering climate disasters requires more than packing a small go-bag. State planners say real resilience is rooted in connecting with your neighbors.... Read more.
East Palo Alto faces escalating housing prices and declining affordability, gentrification, and a rising bay. Nuestra Casa is leading discussions about these is... Read more.
Petaluma made international news earlier this year for enacting the nation’s first ban on new gas stations. The city of 60,000 in southern Sonoma County also ... Read more.
Seal Beach is drowning. As a result of sea-level rise, subsidence, and limited sediment supply, much of the 920-acre National Wildlife Refuge in Orange County c... Read more.