East Bay wetlands restoration project

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From: Lori Lambertson (loril@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 13:14:31 PST 

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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:14:31 -0800
From: Lori Lambertson <loril@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: East Bay wetlands restoration project

Hi Pinholers,
Happy new year. Here are some dates from Save the Bay to help restore a
wetlands area near the Oakland airport. Maybe you can organize a group of
students to help! For more informataion, read on.
Cheers,
Lori Lambertson
Exploratorium Teacher Institute

>From: Marilyn Latta <MLatta@SAVESFBAY.org>
>To: Savebay <Savebay@SAVESFBAY.org>
>Subject: Save The Bay 1/12
>Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:39:26 -0800
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>Help restore wetlands with Save The Bay!
>
>Saturday, January 12th 10am-1pm
>and 2/9, 3/9, 4/20, 5/11, and 6/8
>Community Volunteer Day at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline
>Join Save The Bay and East Bay Regional Park District for a habitat
>restoration volunteer day at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline. We have
>over 2000 native plants that we have grown from seed for this wetland
>restoration project, and we need your help planting them! This is a chance
>to learn about the ecology of the Bay and see some of the last remaining
>wetland habitat on the in the East Bay. Gloves, tools, and snacks will be
>provided. Please dress in layers, bring a rain jacket, water and a hat.
>All ages and physical abilities welcome. Please RSVP with groups of 10 or
>more.
>
>New Directions!!! The main road is under construction, so we will meet at
>the Park Disrict Yard and walk to the planting site. From Hwy 880, take the
>Hegenberger Rd. exit towards the Oakland Airport. Make your first right on
>Edgewater, and follow to the end of the road. Go straight on the dirt road
>towards the East Bay Regional Park District Yard, and park in parking lot.
>We will meet here, look for white Save The Bay truck. If you get lost, our
>call phone is 510.882.1642.
>
>Questions? Please contact Marilyn Latta at Save The Bay at 510.452.9261 or
>email mlatta@savesfbay.org. If you would like to be removed from this list,
>hit reply and let me know. Thanks.
>
>Save The Bay (www.savesfbay.org) was founded in 1961 to stop uncontrolled
>fill of the San Francisco Bay and increase public access to its shoreline.
>Our mission today is to preserve, restore, and protect the San Francisco
>Bay-Delta Estuary as a healthy and biologically diverse ecosystem. Through
>our community-based restoration program, we work with student and community
>volunteeers to protect and restore creek and wetland habitat. Projects
>include creek and shoreline clean-ups, non-native plant removal, propagating
>and planting natives, water quality testing, and monitoring native oyster
>populations.
>
>Hope to see you at the Bay!
>

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