By Sharon Gibbons Please join us for our very special community day of service on Monday, January 21st in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We are looking forward to hosting our community families, students, and our neighbors as we celebrate by coming together to work in our parks on the Richmond Greenway. The Watershed Project will be hosting at two sites this year as we work to complete the new park at Carlson Meadow and work at 17th-20th on our rain gardens and bioswales. As the rains have begun to launch the planting season, we’ve been planting our new bioswale at Carlson Meadow. On the …
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Designing Resilient Systems for a Changing Planet Series
Part I: Managing Our Forests By Paula White About this series: Transitioning to a functioning and robust green economy will require investing some greenbacks in the labor force that will do this work. The Watershed Project is researching innovative financing and organizational models for paying for maintenance of our green infrastructure projects. This is part 1 in a series of articles that explore this topic. July 2018 was the hottest ever recorded in the state of California. According to Cal Fire, it was also the most devastating wildfire season on record, with the Camp fire in Butte …
Green Friday – Get Outside on Black Friday and All Winter with TWP
For the 4th year in a row, REI is closing all of its stores on Black Friday to encourage people to #optoutside. There is a movement to remake Black Friday into Green Friday. Here at The Watershed Project, we’ll also be opting to be outside, both on Green Friday and all winter long. Winter is an important time for TWP because with winter rains comes the opportunity to plant many of our green infrastructure projects. We’ve looked through our archives to provide you with a list of places to visit on Green Friday, including some of our project sites! Come see the new bioswales at Booker T. …
Cougar? Puma? Mountain Lion? What is it anyway?
By Chloe Criswell Fun fact: Puma concolor holds the Guiness world record for animal with the most names, with 40 in English alone. Cougar, puma, mountain lion, whatever you call it, are all names for the large, tan cat that lives in our watershed! At anywhere from 4-9 feet long and 65-200 lbs, the mountain lion is the largest member of the cat family in North America. While they used to roam in all parts of North America, over time, habitat destruction has greatly limited their range. Mountain lions currently regularly range in the western parts of the US, Alberta, British Columbia, and …
Thank you WaterBar!
WaterBar, an excellent seafood restaurant on San Francisco’s waterfront, has been donating 5 cents for every oyster sold to support The Watershed Project. Through their Oyster Giveback Campaign, WaterBar has donated thousands of dollars. Thank you WaterBar for your commitment to sustainability and your continued support! Thanks to you, we are able to continue our native Olympia oyster restoration and monitoring projects and oyster education programs. Visit our website to learn more about our Wild Shorelines program. Contact Helen at helen@thewatershedproject.org if you are interested in …
Water-themed Mural coming soon to the Richmond Greenway!
By Kat Sawyer Over the years, The Watershed Project has put much effort into the Richmond Greenway - building swales, planting rain gardens, increasing the urban canopy with trees and providing habitat with native plants. With the help of talented artist Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez and a Neighborhood Public Art (NPA) grant, we’ll soon have a visual element on the greenway that highlights our work and puts the focus on WATER. Rebeca is helping The Watershed Project tell our story with a colorful painted mural that will accompany our newly constructed bioswale on the Greenway at 17th. Rebeca’s …
Join Our Team as an Environmental Educator!
The Watershed Project (TWP) is seeking an Environmental Educator to support our successful watershed education programs. This is a unique opportunity to gain experience teaching K-12 students both in the classroom and in the field in parks around the East Bay! Learn more about TWP’s education programs on our website here. The Environmental Educator fellow will advance our mission through teaching and inspiring the next generation of watershed stewards. Under the direction of the program staff at TWP, the fellow will provide support for our watershed education efforts, such as classroom and …
Earth Day Events: Celebrate the Earth!
Where will you be this Earth Day? Come join The Watershed Project at our Earth Day festivities in North Richmond and Albany on Saturday April 21st. We have family friendly activities and service projects for you to give back to the Bay and have fun! North Richmond Earth Day Cleanup Saturday April 21th, 2018, 9:00 am – 11:00 am Wildcat Creek at Verde Elementary School, 2000 Giaramita St., Richmond Register Today! Celebrate Earth Day by helping clean our urban creeks! Join The Watershed Project and Contra Costa County in North Richmond, and help clean up Wildcat Creek at Verde …
