From: Lori Lambertson (loril@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 09:52:05 PST
Message-Id: <l03110700ba4366a76b20@[192.174.3.134]> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 09:52:05 -0800 From: Lori Lambertson <loril@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Save The Bay Restoration Projects
Hi Pinholers,
Looking for some Service Learning projects for your students or for yourself?
Here are some opportunities to plant native species in wetlands restoration
projects in the East Bay and in Palo Alto.
Cheers,
Lori
>From: Marilyn Latta <MLatta@SAVESFBAY.org>
>To: SAVETHEBAY <SAVETHEBAY@SAVESFBAY.org>
>Subject: Save The Bay Restoration Projects Jan Update
>Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 17:16:06 -0800
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>Save The Bay www.saveSFbay.org
>January Restoration Projects Update
>
>Happy New Year! We hope that it was fun and relaxing for everyone. Here at
>Save The Bay we are gearing up for the planting season and we have 20,000
>native plants to get into the ground this winter!! This is a great time to
>come out and volunteer with our wetland restoration projects, especially if
>you have helped to do the hard work of removing non-natives and collecting
>native seed over the past year. Now is the time to see the fruits of your
>efforts and plant something in the ground instead of pulling it out!
>
>Saturday Wetland Projects: 10am-1pm
>Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline Jan 18, Feb 1, Mar 1, Mar 15
>San Francisquito Creek wetlands Jan 11, Jan 25, Feb 8, Feb
>22, Mar
>8, Mar 22
>Winter restoration activities focus on planting natives that we have grown
>from seed collected on site, shoreline clean-ups, and water quality
>monitoring. This is part of our on-going native plant restoration project
>with East Bay Regional Park District and the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve.
>Gloves and tools are provided, dress in layers and bring a hat and water
>bottle, no experience necessary. Families and groups welcome, fulfills high
>school community service requirements.
>
>New Friday Drop-In Project Days
>Native Plant Nursery Volunteers Needed! Every Friday 1-4pm
>Save The Bay and East Bay Regional Park District have just established a
>native plant nursery area at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline.
>We have been collecting seed and propagating native plants at local
>nurseries over the past two years, and now we can begin growing plants on
>site with the help of volunteers like you. Starting Friday, Jan 3rd we will
>have nursery drop-in volunteer days every Friday from 1-4pm, and activities
>include seed collection, plant propagation and transplanting, watering, and
>other maintenance associated with growing native wetland plants. This is a
>great opportunity to learn more about wetlands and native plant restoration,
>all abilities welcome and those with native plant/ nursery experience or
>interest are especially encouraged to get involved.
>
>For all projects we will still work in a light rain, but heavy rain will
>cancel. I will leave a message on my phone here at Save The Bay
>(510-452-9261 x109), so you can call in the morning that day and make sure
>that the project is still on. Please RSVP if you can, as it helps us with
>our project coordination and planning. Please contact Marilyn Latta at Save
>The Bay at 510-452-9261 x109 or email mlatta@savesfbay.org for more
>information. If you would like to be removed from this list, please hit
>reply and let us know.
>
>And last, for you south bay folks...
>South Bay Restoration Walk
>With Save The Bay
>February 1st 10am-12:30pm
>Stevens Creek Trail in Mountain View
>
>Learn the "ins and outs" of tidal marsh restoration with our wetland experts
>while walking the Bay along Stevens Creek and Whisman Slough. This is a
>great site to see restored tidal wetlands and hear about opportunities to
>restore the Mountain View and Sunnyvale shorelines. Learn about the
>proposed restoration of the South Bay Salt Ponds and how this project may
>help us reconnect the habitat "mosaic" of the baylands.
>For more information, please contact Briggs Nisbet at Save The Bay at
>510-452-9261 or email briggs@saveSFbay.org.
>
>Thanks, here's to enjoying the New Year!
>Marilyn
>
>Marilyn Latta
>Community Restoration Coordinator
>Save The Bay www.savesfbay.org
>510.452.9261 x109
>mlatta@savesfbay.org
>1600 Broadway, Suite 300
>Oakland, CA 94612
>
>"Volunteers are the backbone, heart and soul of the restoration movement.
>And whatever the eventual results of their labors may be, working to revive
>damaged ecosystems is transforming and strengthening their relationship with
>the rest of nature." -William Stevens, Miracle Under The Oaks
>
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