Natural resources and environment reporter
Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers is the Bay Area News Group natural resources and environment reporter. He has covered a wide range of issues for The Mercury News and East Bay Times since 1989, including water, oceans, energy, logging, parks, endangered species, toxics and climate change. He also has worked as managing editor of the Science team at KQED, the PBS and NPR station in San Francisco, and has taught science writing at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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Lots of gray whales are swimming under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. Why?
Popular species faces risks from collisions with big ships, as researchers look for clues
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Drivers hit 196 animals on this Bay Area “roadkill hotspot.” A new project aims to make it safer.
$38 million project for wildlife and hikers near Los Gatos is gaining momentum
Sites Reservoir: Environmental groups file appeal to try to stop California’s largest new reservoir project in 50 years
Project northwest of Sacramento would provide water to Bay Area, Central Valley farms, Los Angeles
Can you drive up to 9,945 feet? Yosemite’s famed high country Tioga Road just reopened
Snow is still visible in the high country, but Tioga Road, a harbinger of summer, is open
New bridge and trail to expand public access at scenic South Bay open space preserve
The $1.4 million project at Rancho Cañada del Oro aims to help seniors and others with limited access.
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California’s largest new reservoir project in 50 years moves forward
Sites Reservoir would be 8th largest in California, providing water to Bay Area, farms, LA
The top 10 hottest spots in the Bay Area
Was your town among the warmest?
Bay Area forecast: How long will the heat last?
Summer-like weather comes a few weeks early, as heat bakes the West
Measure to slow development in Silicon Valley commuter county qualifies for ballot
"Our peaceful, rural lifestyle is disappearing" -- San Benito County voters will decide whether to limit growth.
80 arrested as police break up pro-Palestinian encampment at entrance to UC Santa Cruz
Chancellor cites "unlawful actions" that blocked main road into campus two weeks from finals