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 …
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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 …
The Block Ambassadors of North Richmond: A Model for Positive Change
By Paula White This article focuses on a few special people who live in the Wildcat Creek watershed, which drains North Richmond. For over a year, eight people have served as Block Ambassadors for their community as part of The Watershed Project's program in North Richmond. The North Richmond Community-Based Cleanup and Outreach Program‘s mission is to keep the streets clean and safe for the children who walk from Verde Elementary School to the Shields-Reid Center's after school program. We talked with a few of the Block Ambassadors about their work. Todd Lemonte Warner Sr. has lived in …
Education Corner: Spring 2018 is All About Plants
By Phaela Peck It’s Spring, hooray! The winter has much to offer in terms of appreciating the outdoors, but for many of us, Spring brings a sense of hope and new beginnings -- and a renewed interest in nature exploration. This Spring, I am particularly focused on plants. Perhaps it is because I recently moved and am learning about my new environment, or because I’m starting a large vegetable garden for the first time, but, whatever the reason, Spring 2018 is all about plants! Below are several ways to explore, discuss and learn about plants. Note that I’m an educator, not a botanist. All …
What’s in Your Watershed: Peeping Peeps!
By Adam Weaver, Wild Oysters Intern Peeps! Aside from the proverbial reference to one’s friends, what may come to mind for many is the delicious marshmallow candy that fills Easter baskets every year. However, there are other peeps out there that are even more adorable, albeit less tasty. These adorable peeps are formally known as the five smallest North American Sandpipers. From smallest to largest, the peep family includes Least, Semipalmated, Western, White-rumped, and Baird’s Sandpipers. Identifying between these Sandpipers can prove exceptionally difficult and is reserved for the …
Favorite Bay Area Native Plants: TWP Staff Picks!
At our restoration sites, we strive to plant native plants that have evolved in our East Bay watersheds, are adapted to our climate, and encourage biodiversity. Here are a few (of many) staff favorite native plants that you can look out for while walking through your watershed, or even plant in your own garden. For more native plants of our local watersheds, check out our guide to the Native Plants of the Wildcat & San Pablo Creek Watersheds or our handy plant list of water friendly plants. Yarrow Achillea millefolium Plant Community Grassland ID Description: Perennial, flower …
Our Watershed Valentine: Love Your Watershed
By Phaela Peck This year, send a valentine to your watershed! Well, not a real valentine, but a message of appreciation to where you live! In the Bay Area, we all live in one large watershed, the San Francisco Bay watershed, but we also live in many smaller watersheds that drain into local creeks. The water in these creeks eventually makes its way to the Bay. Keeping these watersheds healthy is critical to the health of the whole Bay! To celebrate our watersheds, big and small, here are 10 ideas for things you can do to show your love for your watershed. Find out what watershed you …
Notes from the Field: Winter Planting in Full Swing
By Lauren Woodfill Cooler, wetter weather in the winter and early spring means planting season, and we have been planting up a storm. With over 310 volunteers since December, we have planted over 575 plants and trees in bioswales, rain/habitat gardens, and urban forests along the Richmond Greenway, at 6th-8th Streets/Unity Park, Carlson Meadow, and 33rd Streets. Here are a few updates from our busy planting season - and we have much more to do in the coming months! We hope you can dig in with us for upcoming planting days, including planting a bioswale on February 16th and our Second …
