Florence

Sitting at the table where it all began in her Palo Alto home, 95-year-old Florence LaRiviere recalls her memories of conserving San Francisco Bay marshlands in the 1960s. It was this kitchen table, where she read The Mercury News. “In it was this little article: ‘If you’re worried about what’s happening to the shores of the San Francisco Bay, come to my office in the morning at 10 o’clock,’” she recalled. Credit: Jon Myatt/USFWS