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Wildcat Creek Storybook – Kiyana and the Wildcat Creek
This is the second article in a series highlighting the inspiring artwork and community project initiated and led by The Watershed Project in North Richmond. We are thrilled to share the completion of an illustrated children’s storybook telling the story of the local creek, Kiyana and the Wildcat Creek. The storybook explains the importance of creek stewardship and restoration, and emphasizes indigenous tribal connections to the creek that last to the present, all in a way that is engaging for kids. This book provides information on the lifecycle of steelhead trout and speaks about the …
North Richmond is the Future Resiliency Hotspot
By Juliana Gonzalez The Watershed Project has been dedicated to creating a resilient community in North Richmond through its work at the Wildcat Operational Landscape Unit. Located in the watersheds of San Pablo, Wildcat, and Rheem Creek, our team has been actively enhancing the landscape and promoting environmental sustainability in the region. Through various initiatives and projects, The Watershed Project strives to foster a resilient community that values and protects our precious watersheds. Our Executive Director, Juliana Gonzalez, highlights some of our most recent successes in …
Celebrate Earth Day with the Richmond Community
*Please help us better estimate attendance and supplies by pre-registering for Earth Day* We are excited to be celebrating Earth Day this year on Saturday, April 22 in collaboration with our community partners in North Richmond! We will be hosting a Creek Clean Up at Wildcat Creek in partnership with Urban Tilth, as well as a Native Plant Garden Planting. We are looking for volunteer partners who are interested in acting as anchor groups for our service projects! If you or your group are interested in volunteering with us, please reach out Marianella Aguirre at …
Giving Tuesday 2022
Dear Friend of the Watersheds, Greetings from The Watershed Project team! Our best wishes to you for a peaceful holiday season filled with joyful moments and a healthy and prosperous 2023. Giving Tuesday is coming up on November 29 and we hope you’ll join us by making a gift to support environmental education, coastal cleanups, green infrastructure, and climate resilience in the SF Bay Area. All gifts through November 30 will be matched up to $10,000! As we look towards the future, water is at the heart of our work—water is central to climate change, to drought, to forest fires, …
Big Announcements: Welcome Two New Staff Members to the TWP Team! And We Are Still Hiring!
TWP is excited to announce two new staff members to our passionate team: Eunice Quintanilla, our new Community Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator, and Charlotte Pitt, our new Restoration Coordinator! Eunice comes from a strong background in facilitating partnerships in the Bay Area, specifically in the Bayview-Hunters Point community through environmental education programming to more recreational outdoor events. Additionally, Eunice has been part of a large restoration project in Southeast San Francisco at Heron’s Head eroding shoreline and was a key contributor to introducing an …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly . . . ”— Dr. King’s 1967 Christmas sermon Martin Luther King Jr. (January 1929 - April 1968) received a bachelor's degree from Morehouse College in 1948, was awarded the B.D. in 1951 at Crozer Theological Seminary and a doctorate at Boston University in 1955. He became a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama in 1954 and a member of the executive …
Love and Protect your Creek
By Sarah Haselton Urban Creeks face a multitude of challenges that threaten the overall health and biodiversity of our watershed. The Watershed Project has continuously acted to protect our local creeks, monitor local water quality and manage stormwater. Runoff from our lawns, roofs and streets possess a threat to creeks and overall watershed health. A very important issue our creeks are faced with today is water main breaks. If you have ever seen a water main break, you can imagine that there are dramatic repercussions! There are many environmental consequences to a water main break …
