Salt Marsh Restoration at the Ravenswood All American Canal (Menlo Park)

You can join Save The Bay at the Ravenswood Unit of Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge, adjacent to Menlo Park's Bedwell Bayfront Park, to help pull up invasive plants and maintain their beautiful new native plant community planted last winter! Native plants are the backbone holding the habitat together at the upland transition zone slope (also called a horizontal levee) recently constructed by the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project at the All American Canal. Depending on the site needs of the day, volunteers may even be able to plant some new native plant sod!

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This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service site has rapidly transformed following the Restoration Project's levee breach event in late 2023, opening up a formerly impounded industrial salt pond to Bay waters. This is a crucial moment for establishing healthy salt marsh habitat and Save The Bay is making a big push to put as many native plants in the ground as they can before invasive plants take over. The native plants you will be putting into the ground will help transform the land, giving wildlife good homes and our communities nature-based sea level rise protection!

NOTE: This program is on a levee that is about a little over a mile walk out over a dirt trail from the starting point. There is a flush toilet bathroom at a nearby parking lot and there will be a porta-potty onsite.

Please dress according to the weather, bring a water bottle and a snack. Gloves, hand picks, foam kneepads and/or other necessary tools will be provided. Pulling invasive plants can involve bending, lifting and walking over uneven terrain. Programs may be cancelled in the event of heavy winds, poor air quality and/or lightning. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in its programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to [email protected] to coordinate.