Kate Golden
@meownderthal.bsky.social
Digital editor at @baynature.org Signal: cormorant.50 reporting, nature, science, art, sailing, cycling, food: that's me
I wrote about HOLES out of sheer obsession and luckily found some satisfying answers via Local Hole Experts. This is a very very partial hole guide—if you want me to get into cavities (har), write letters@baynature.org demanding the whole hole story. Gift link: baynature.org/magazine/sum...
What's In That Hole?
Peering into the entrances to the underworld.
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An utterly delightful piece complete with shipwrecks, the “wet Sierra club,” and one rather consequential mushroom trip. Great work, Liam!
East Bay Yesterday@eastbayyesterday.bsky.social · 3w agoMy first article for @baynature.org is about my new favorite podcast... baynature.org/2026/07/15/s...
How do we decide what seasonal stories to put on the @baynature.org homepage? 1. Staffer 1 finds blackberries in the alley behind office 2. Staffer 2, who updates the page, hears something different 3. Staffers 1 & 2 realize their beautiful opportunity but struggle mightily to complete trifecta
Big idea: build the nation's biggest shipyard here ... and instead of doing a new CEQA analysis, use a 2008 county general plan environmental impact report (that does not specifically mention shipbuilding) baynature.org/2026/06/16/s...
How Would California Forever’s Proposed Solano Shipyard Affect the Environment? Details Are Scant.
The idea is to build newfangled autonomous vessels. Possibly over 1,000 feet long. Possibly as soon as 2028.
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If you're a systems, workflow, process-doc genius who loves helping people collaborate more efficiently, you could be the wind beneath our newsroom's wings! This is a very rare FT permanent role at @baynature.org and I am very excited about it. baynature.org/wp-content/u...
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Hey there kid, need some good news? Here ya go. @baynature.org baynature.org/2026/05/19/c...
Bay Area on Track to Meet Ambitious 50x50 Conservation Goal
“There’s a story behind each and every property. There are the wins, the losses, there are the struggles,” one conservationist says. “And it’s not over.”
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“They’re probably the hardest animal anyone can ask me to explain,” says expert Alejandro Damián-Serrano, although one way to summarize them is "pooping machines." Doliolid life stages include "nurse" and "spoon children." @tanvidg.bsky.social on @baynature.org baynature.org/2026/05/07/c...
Solving the Mystery of Point Reyes’ Purple Waves
Meet the wildly complex, lilac-hued squishy that has been arriving in droves in our coastal waters.
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Researchers demur on what exact species SF's parrots are: “Tell me what you define as a species." Fab story by Jess Silber-Byrne on @baynature.org featuring an Angry Conure who helped science. 🧪 baynature.org/2026/04/14/l...
What Species Are San Francisco’s Parrots? It’s Complicated.
A new genomic study suggests they’re their own thing. That’s probably thanks to one bold bird.
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Early-career environmental journos: come work with me and the @baynature.org team! Our reporting fellows get in planes, boats, and redwood trees all over the SF Bay. airtable.com/appUTtRgoCrT...
If you blossom in winter, you don't have to compete with all the spring riffraff to get some sexy pollinator action. At least, that's one theory about our early bloomers. @baynature.org baynature.org/2026/02/02/s...
Early Bloomers
In the dark of winter, look for these cheery flashes of color.
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Death caps, psilocybes, and MANY other mushrooms are recent immigrants to the Bay Area—why? It comes down to The Law of Mulch (not what lawmakers called it at the time, sadly). @baynature.org baynature.org/2026/01/22/s... Very fun writing by Debbie Viess! #science #bayarea 🧪🍄
All That the Mulch Brings
Meet our fungal immigrant neighbors.
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A saw-whet owl can eat a vole that is the SAME SIZE AS IT. Imagine. baynature.org/2026/01/13/s...
The Tiniest Owl You've Never Seen
This is the saw-whet way of life: “Live fast, breed hard, die young."
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This story by the great @strangerworks.bsky.social filed under: spiders, spider goats, silkworms, a physicist out of his lane, the HMS Beagle, the US military, Krakatoa, "exquisitely sensitive" leg hairs, and our electric earth. @baynature.org baynature.org/2025/09/18/h...
How Spiders Fly - Bay Nature
Darwin saw them ballooning. Without any wind. Eventually some scientists figured out their electric secret.
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What's it like working at a public agency that is an absolute drama magnet? @sbennettbrandt.bsky.social profiles an @thecacoast.bsky.social ecologist who nudges developers to protect (my fave phrase) "the sacred jelly of frog eggs." Lovely. baynature.org/2025/08/21/j... @baynature.org
Job: Coastal Lookout - Bay Nature
Between ambitions and amphibians, an ecologist mediates.
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2016: drunken captain crashes boat into Sonoma beach 2025: rusty hulk finally dug out and hauled off What on earth took so long? Here's what. baynature.org/article/ship...
The Epic Saga of the Verna A II, a Shoreline Menace No More - Bay Nature
A derelict fishing vessel has finally been removed from a Sonoma County beach, after nine years. Waiting to do the cleanup more than doubled the cost.
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@tanvidg.bsky.social takes stock for @baynature.org of whether BIL and IRA's impacts on Bay Area nature have lived up to the mega-hopes. TLDR: They can't claw it all back. 💰 baynature.org/article/befo...
Before the Clawbacks, This ‘Freaking Game-Changer’ for Nature Made It Rain - Bay Nature
Trump has pulled back big parts of Biden’s signature climate laws. But BIL and IRA have already awarded at least $1.4 billion to Bay Area nature.
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I think we need Dark Google Alerts that alert us when federal government pages on a particular topic wink out. Or at least, I need that.
All the enviro data that is deeply unsexy, that's collected for years, and then something happens and it is VERY NECESSARY ... and without it you are flying blind? That is the data Trump is threatening. (And, scientists who collect that data, we see you.) @tanvi.bsky.social @baynature.org
These Programs Have Monitored Our Waters For Decades. Trump Could Destroy Them. - Bay Nature
“Long-term monitoring isn’t sexy,” says one source. But this data is how we know what is happening to the planet.
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There's PFAS in the fish. PFAS is legit scary. Why don't people pay attention to fish consumption advisories? Well, I get it. Reading this took me back to times when I chose to fish in suspect locales so I could eat something besides lentils. baynature.org/2025/06/24/t... @baynature.org
The People Will Keep Fishing, Despite Forever Chemicals in the Fish - Bay Nature
Bay Area sport fish sampled in a study were tainted with PFAS. But it’s not so easy to persuade anglers to eat less fish.
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Launch Coyote Media Collective
A new alt-weekly-style publication is hitting the Bay Area
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Great yarn from @tanvidg.bsky.social about how 20 MILES of creek will be opened up to fish after DECADES! (And meet the fellow whose baby this has been for so many years.) Thinking of all those who take on enviro projects that seem almost impossible at the start. baynature.org/article/afte...
After 28 Years, Alameda Creek Opens Up To Fish - Bay Nature
The last fish barrier is falling—a watershed moment, if you will.
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One of the coolest details about @tanvidg.bsky.social's outing with a field recordist is that a mic placed on a redwood produced this persistent low rumble—she thought maybe the sounds of fluid running through the tree. The sound of its lifeblood!? Does anyone know? baynature.org/2025/06/12/t...
The Man Who Records the Nature Sounds We Meditate To - Bay Nature
A soundscape recordist is an escape artist.
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At last, we did it. We managed to publish a sports story at @baynature.org. Pitch-perfect writing by the great Ted Trautman and photos to match from Florence Middleton. Deepest thanks to these two for making my editing summer more fun. baynature.org/2025/06/05/w...
We’ve Lost the A’s, But At Least We Still Have This Invasive Succulent - Bay Nature
The ice plant become an unlikely symbol of Oakland pride—at least for A’s fans. But its symbolism is deeply counterintuitive.
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The park and its partners aren't saying much beyond what's in the published docs—so @lisamkrieger.bsky.social dug through docs and talked to experts to find out what's next for Point Reyes. There's a grand vision ... and it's far from guaranteed. New on @baynature.org baynature.org/2025/05/15/p...
Point Reyes, After the Cattle - Bay Nature
When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious restoration plans.
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Good luck, little butterflies! No presh. Some hopeful news amid the turmoil, from @strangerworks.bsky.social for @baynature.org 🌎https://baynature.org/2025/05/01/survival-of-the-flittest-relocated-butterflies-are-spotted-in-san-francisco/
Survival of the Flittest: Relocated Butterflies Are Spotted in San Francisco - Bay Nature
At a recent release, volunteers help a new batch of silvery blues adjust to city life.
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From @tanvidg.bsky.social on @baynature.org: answers on #CAProp4 timelines, what work it funds, what could change in the state budget process, which agencies to ask for money (there are more than 30!), etc. Let us know of other questions! #servicejournalism baynature.org/article/how-...
How (and When) Can You Get Your Hands On California’s Climate Bond? - Bay Nature
After L.A. wildfires and Trump cuts, Prop 4’s $10 billion for climate adaptation will be even more important—and competitive. Here’s what you need to know.
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A small community in the #SFBayArea refinery corridor had barely gotten a big IRA-funded project off the ground before the money was frozen. Then unfrozen. And frozen again. Nice work from @rileyramirez.bsky.social. Now on @baynature.org, via @richmondside.bsky.social baynature.org/article/trum...
Trump’s EPA Suspends $19M North Richmond Environmental Justice Grant—Again - Bay Nature
EPA says it’s proud of axing grants to save money.
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Apparently, when life gives you voles, that's what you eat. 📷 by @sonjawild.bsky.social/UC Davis 🖋️ Vishal Subramanyan baynature.org/2025/03/06/e...
Even Ground Squirrels Got In On the Vole Feast Last Summer - Bay Nature
For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many voles?
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Was thinking last night that laid-off journalists should really consider running for office. You know the issues. You can communicate. You know the importance of a free press and the dangers of social media oligarchs. You understand how to localize national issues. You know how to place stories.
Run for Something@runforsomething.net · last yr.One thing you can do today to make a difference: Take the first step in considering a run for office. Look up what offices are available & up at your address. runforwhat.net
