Nature

Waste Stabilization Ponds and Wastewater Treatment

Waste stabilisation ponds (WSPs) are an integral component of sustainable wastewater treatment, harnessing natural biological, physical and chemical processes. Their design leverages simple ...
E&E

Salt pond saga raises questions about feds’ regulatory reach

FREMONT, Calif. — Environmentalists and developers have been battling for years over the fate of a salt production site on prime south San Francisco Bay real estate. Now, the Army Corps of Engineers’ ...
KQED

Migratory Birds Return As Salt Ponds Heal: Documenting a Damaged World in Transition

Perhaps unsurprisingly, taking photographs from a doorless helicopter was proving more difficult than San Francisco Bay Area photographer joSon had anticipated. Bundled in ski apparel and buckled into ...
Palo Alto Weekly

As the Bay Area’s salt pond restoration project moves forward, a tiny threatened shorebird remains under the watchful eye of biologists

A western snowy plover looks around at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes on May 15, 2025. Photo by Magali Gauthier. On an overcast morning in mid-April, biologist Maddy Schwarz parked her truck on a ...
CNN

Photos reveal the dramatic transformation of San Francisco’s salt ponds

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...