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The Environmental Studies Academy in Martinez, California, is nurturing our future environmental problemsolvers. By merging project-based learning with local community projects, the ESA is helping students and the planet get on the right track!
Melissa Pitkin, Director of Education and Outreach at PRBO Conservation Science, discusses the impacts we can have on birds and their nesting areas and offers tips to avoid disturbing them.
Amy Hutzel, San Francisco Bay Area Program Manager for the California State Coastal Conservancy, talks about the Bay Area Special License Plate campaign. The Bay Area Special License Plates will be issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles upon receipt of 7,500 paid pledges. The sale of these special plates will benefit the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program which provides funding for conservation, habitat restoration, recreation, and other environmental projects in the nine-county Bay Area. To learn more, visit bayarealicenseplate.org.
April through September is a very susceptible time for these small birds found on beaches and saline lakes. Our guest, Gary Page, co-director of the Wetland Ecology Division at PRBO Conservation Science, has a great admiration for these birds and you’ll find out why in this report.
(Photos courtesy of Ben Pless)
