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Bird Walk at Pond SF2

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Join a Refuge biologist for a leisurely morning stroll to view shorebirds that frequent the Pond SF2! This will be an interpretive guided tour to learn about resident bird species, migratory birds and the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Many migratory waterfowl are traveling through the Bay Area from October through January along what is known as the Pacific Flyway migratory path. This free event is open to all, but registration is required. Register here.

Self-Guided Volunteer Opportunity: February 2024 King Tides in Alviso

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Interested in a volunteer opportunity you can do for school, work, or just for fun, that you can do on your own or with your household? Calling middle and high school students and scout groups! Come to the Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge and take photos to record the high tides called King Tides. The Refuge has a few spots around Alviso to view the year's highest tides. Participants will snap photos and submit them to the Refuge's Friends organization, the San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society, at [email protected].

Tidal Marsh Restoration Volunteer Work Day at Eden Landing

SFBBO volunteers hard at work at Eden Landing. Credit: SFBBO
SFBBO volunteers hard at work at Eden Landing. Credit: SFBBO

You can join ecologists to help restore habitat for birds and other wildlife at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in Union City! Volunteers at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) event will get to tour an active restoration site that is not normally accessible to the public, learn about restoration goals and techniques, view wildlife, and improve the health of San Francisco Bay.

Habitat Restoration at Eden Landing (Hayward)

Save The Bay volunteers at Eden Landing. Credit: Save The Bay
Save The Bay volunteers at Eden Landing. Credit: Save The Bay

You can join Save The Bay at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Eden Landing Ecological Reserve to help restore former industrial salt ponds into healthy salt marsh habitat!

This vision includes turning vulnerable fields of invasive mustard and thistle into resilient shoreline full of natives like California poppy, sticky monkeyflower and marsh gumplant. Save The Bay and the Restoration Project hope you will enjoy giving the baby native plants the support they need to transform the land!

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Native Salt Marsh Restoration at Ravenswood R4!

Save The Bay volunteer at Ravenswood. Credit: Save The Bay
Save The Bay volunteer at Ravenswood. Credit: Save The Bay

Come join Save The Bay at Ravenswood and help protect marshes from invasive plants! Invasive species degrade habitat by crowding out the California native species that our landscapes and wildlife have adapted to live with. Save The Bay will be pulling invasive plant species to make way for the native plants that staff and volunteers put in the ground. This will transform the degraded habitat around the pond the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project recently breached into healthy salt marsh habitat, giving wildlife good homes and our communities nature-based sea level rise protection!

Habitat Restoration at Eden Landing (Hayward)

Save The Bay volunteers at Eden Landing. Credit: Save The Bay
Save The Bay volunteers at Eden Landing. Credit: Save The Bay

Come join Save The Bay at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve to help restore former industrial salt ponds into healthy salt marsh habitat! 

Native plants are the backbone holding the earth at the front lines of sea level rise. The invasive species they will be pulling threaten to crowd the native vegetation out, depriving all species (including humans!) of the benefits that come from healthy salt marshes.

Accessibility: This program involves walking on a gravel trail and working on a sloped dirt surface. There is a porta-potty onsite.