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reporter covering environment, water, air pollution, parks and outdoors for the Bay Area News Group. Based in the East Bay @EastBayTimes @mercnews

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An 90-mile bike-packing journey from San Diego to Long Beach gives ample opportunity to gloat over not being a part of slow-moving car traffic. sc.org/2KtwAqx (via @sierra_magazine)
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In large doses, Selenium is toxic and causes deformities. For 35 years, it has continued to pour off of CA farms and into waterways. newsdp.ly/2KuKMj1
There's a new record in town — 410PPM
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Denis Cuff retweeted
From Instagram: dave_odisho took this round cloud and tree amazing photo in Walnut Creek. #walnutcreek #nature #sfbayarea #clouds #picoftheday ift.tt/2GfI1md
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Rattlesnake bites man hiking in Lime Ridge Open Space in Concord bayareane.ws/2FHB8tZ
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Australians rescued a giant spider. The rest of the world wonders why. bayareane.ws/2p61AE5
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Martins Beach: Silicon Valley billionaire takes case to U.S. Supreme Court bayareane.ws/2sMUtEx via @mercnews
Conservation Canines founder, biologist Sam Wasser, has compared a dogs’ ability to detect a specific scent to being able to taste a tsp of sugar dissolved in a million gallons of water. See how a dogs help scientists answer tough conservation questions: bit.ly/2E8iuKO
6. A much better air-conditioning system on the new BART cars, with air flowing from the ceiling so that standing riders can feel it (on the old cars the air conditioning was designed for seated passengers)...
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East Bay’s first red bus-only lane now open on Bancroft Way in Berkeley. Ribbon cutting Jan 26 10am bikeeastbay.org/events/ribbo… #terracotta
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Affordable housing complex near San Leandro BART approved bayareane.ws/2FMAUic
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Elderly man dies in MLK Jr. Day bike crash in Danville bayareane.ws/2mOht0q
Denis Cuff retweeted
The youth @YES_conference is on Feb 24! Do you know any #BayArea teenagers who are passionate about the environment, climate change and sustainability? Encourage them to attend this FREE conference in Oakland and meet their peers! nitter.gq/cards/2776…
To better protect #MuirWoods’ natural resources & improve visitor experiences, the @NatlParkService will require reservations for vehicle parking and shuttle seats, beginning Jan. 16, 2018. Reservations can be made online or by phone starting Jan. 1: bit.ly/2CwXr3M
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"Persuasive evidence that strenuous exercise alters how we age." nitter.gq/GretchenReynold/status…
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Denis Cuff retweeted
Toxic Ash from California’s Record Wildfires Is Clogging Drinking Water Supplies Across the State via @motherjones motherjones.com/environment/…
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Wisdom is BACK! The oldest known, banded, wild bird has returned and laid an egg! At approximately 67 years old, Wisdom flies hundreds of miles each year to return to Midway Atoll National #WildlifeRefuge. bit.ly/2BgVPHy
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Confirmed for first time in 60+ years, spring-run Chinook salmon have successfully spawned in the San Joaquin River restoresjr.net/seasonal-fish… #SJRRP
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Starting next year it will be legal in California to cross on the orange "DON'T WALK" signal. bit.ly/2Bcmeu3
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