East Bay Regional Park District

Celebrating Women in Parks: Vice President Kamala Harris. On the final day of Women's History Month, read how in 2013, then-Attorney General Kamala Harris strongly advocated to stop the sale of a 3.89 acre parcel of land in Alameda to a private developer, ensuring that the property became part of Crown Memorial State Beach. Congratulations to Bay Area native Kamala Harris on her groundbreaking achievement of becoming our first woman Vice President!

As winter turns to spring the parks pop with colorful wildflowers that bloom from late March to early May. Join us in welcoming in the season and learn about the importance of wildflowers. Check out Sunol Regional Wilderness for a Virtual Wildflower Season for more pictures, videos, and trail recommendations from March 26-May2.

Celebrating Women in Ranching: Enjoy an Ode to Sunol Regional Wilderness’s Ranching Women with photos of some of the women living and working throughout Sunol's history, starting in 1865 with matriarch Mary Ann Kell Geary. Click on each photo for their stories.

Together, #WeAreEBRD, teaching children about the natural world and facilitating connections with youth, families, and the outdoors.

Naturalist Trail Gail and Nara teach us how to safely visit parks with canine companions.

Request for Proposals: The East Bay Regional Park District is soliciting proposals from organizations to operate the Food Concession at Contra Loma Regional Recreation Area. The food concession is part of the popular swim complex which includes a sandy beach and shady picnic areas on a surrounding green lawn. Proposals are due by 4:00 pm, March 4, 2021. MANDATORY SITE VISIT on February 22, 2021 beginning at 11:00 a.m. RSVP required minimum of 48 hours in advance - masks and social distancing required.

Recently-retired EBRPD general manager Bob Doyle talks about how park systems in the Bay Area, California and the nation handled the worst pandemic in 100 years.

Sobrante Ridge Botanic Regional Preserve protects the habitat of extremely rare Alameda Manzanita as well as other indigenous plant and animal species. Its trail system leads to ridge-top vistas of San Pablo and Richmond Bays, Mt. Diablo, and Mt. Tamalpais. Wildlife abounds in the preserve's varied habitats of oak and bay woodland, coyote brush scrub, miniature "forest" of Alameda Manzanita and open grassland. Coyote stalk gophers in the tall grass; deer bed down by day in th...e tall tickets; salamanders sleep all summer buried in the woods; and golden eagles soar high above the ridge, scanning for prey. Park activities include hiking, dog walking, picnics, bird watching, bicycling on certain trails, and naturalist programs. See you in your Regional Parks. #EBRPD #SobranteRidgeBotanicRegionalPreserve #Manzanita #Hiking #Birdwatching #Biking #Naturestudy #Explore By: Paul Salemme @findyourtrail See more

Park staff have worked hard to keep parks open and safe for you during COVID-19. Please help keep them safe by wearing masks when required and maintaining social distance. #LoveEBRPD #LoveYourParksSixFeetApart

Happy Valentine's Day! Are you going on a #NatureDate today? Share your #LoveEBRPD photos at www.ebparks.org/LoveEBRPD Hakim & Stephanie @ Brushy Peak Regional Preserve

The Park District is requesting proposals for campground caretaker and Camp Store concessions operator at the new Dumbarton Quarry Campground by the Bay at Coyote Hills opening in 2021. The Park District’s first shoreline campground will have 63 camping spaces for bikes, hikers, cars, and motorcycles, with full RV hook-ups available in 60 of those sites. Additional amenities will include a camp store, shower and washroom buildings, a playground and day use area, reservable picnic sites, and access to scenic trails in Coyote Hills and along the Fremont/Newark shoreline.

The Ladybird has no clothes... Just kidding! This ladybird is fully dressed even though she has no spots. Her full name is Cycloneda sanguinea and she is native... to California. Like many of her 6,000 cousins world-wide, this beetle loves to munch on garden pests like aphids and scale insects. While we don't recommend purchasing ladybirds, we do advise attracting them to your green spaces by leaving leaf litter, avoiding pesticides, and learning to recognize their crocodile-looking larvae... For more information on attracting ladybirds to your yard, please check out: https://www.gardenmyths.com/buy-ladybugs-garden/

Want to learn about the dizzying array of mushrooms sprouting in our parks? Join us this Saturday for the first ever *virtual* Tilden Fungus Fair! This event will feature presentations from mushroom experts, a cooking demonstration, local mushroom "specimens" on display, and more! Event is free to join, register today!

Zooming in on Nature Zoom! Not another Zoom meeting... Join Naturalist Kevin as he zooms on the nature along the Coal Conyon Trail at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve.

Great news! Today the State of California updated its stay-at-home guidelines allowing playgrounds to reopen. The Park District will be reopening playgrounds as soon as possible.

Happy Veterans Day! Together #WeAreEBRPD, honoring veterans like Jenn W, Exhibit Designer for the Park District. Jenn started in November 2016 after searching for a job in the Park District where she could use her skills and be outdoors. Her service as a US Navy Seabee Engineering Aid helped prepare her for this career in multiple ways, with experience surveying, drafting, planning, and executing large construction projects all over the world. The job of Exhibit Designer was a perfect fit for her skillset and she plans to continue working on many future creative design projects for the Park District.

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy of service to the community and honor the spirit of the day - for a whole month! Register online from January 18th to February 18th, then clean up your local neighborhoods, communities and parks while staying close to home and following public health guidelines. Post your pics with hashtags #ebrpd and #2021MLKdayofservice.

Together #WeAreEBRPD, honoring Park District Veterans like Carlos, Regional Trails Supervisor for East County Trails. Carlos is a veteran of both the Army and Coast Guard Reserve, and currently a Reservist with the Coast Guard assigned to a small boat station on the Sacramento Delta (his most enjoyable military assignment to date). Carlos started his career in the Park District as a student laborer at Tilden in 1996 and became a ranger at Martinez Shoreline in 2004. Working outdoors in all types of weather environments and with a diverse workforce was one of the important ways his military service prepared him for a Park District career.

Parks Are Essential: The Park District reminds visitors that spending time in nature is important for mental and physical health and wellbeing. During the stay-at-home order going into Sunday Dec. 6, keep yourselves and our staff safe when visiting Regional Parks and trails: wear masks when within six feet of others and recreate responsibly. Keep parks safe for everyone by following all COVID-19 safety requirements. #ParksAreEssential #LoveYourParksSixFeetApart #KeepParksSafe #RockingTheMaskEBRPD

Creature Feature: Owls It Going? Join the Big Break, as we discover all about owls. What makes them special, and where do they make their homes in our parks?

Join Naturalist Alex as we learn to make observations in nature!

Descubra los parques - Aprenda como reconocer las edades de las ramas de las secoyas coloradas (Episodio 5) Las secoyas son unos de los arboles más grandes y viejos del muncho llegando a ser más de dos mil años de viejas. Prepárese para su próxima visita a las secoyas coloradas en Oakland, aprendiendo como reconocer las edades de las ramas de las secoyas.

Read along with Naturalist Francis and learn about some "yucky" things animals do in their natural environment. Remember, don't say "ewww", say "ewww...interesting!"

Ardenwood's annual Harvest Festival has been a longstanding Fall tradition; our way of sharing the bounty of the farm with the community since 1985.Since we were closed this year due to the pandemic, we put together a few memories of past festivals, some favorite activities such as ice cream making and cider pressing, and a follow-along tutorial on making a corn husk doll. We hope you enjoy this glimpse into Fall on the farm and are able to visit us when we re-open in mid-No...vember. For easy reference, here's where things happen in the video: 00:00 Start 00:11 Past Harvest Festivals Slideshow 00:54 Introduction & Corn Video 04:53Pld-fashioned Ice Cream Making 14:22 Apple Cider Pressing 17:00 Fall Around the Farm 17:31 Corn Husk Dolls See more

Creature Feature: Edible Plants of the Redwood Forest Join some of the East Bay Regional Park District-Mobile Education Unit Naturalists, Constance, James and Morgan, to learn about some of the wild edibles of the redwood forest. A reminder: collecting is NOT allowed in the East Bay Regional Park District, and you should always check with a Naturalist before eating a plant from the wild, as there are many lookalikes!... Chochenyo Ohlone Land

East Bay Regional Park District is treating Lake Temescal with our chemical-free nanobubble generators to improve water quality and restore aquatic ecosystem he...alth. Dissolved oxygen levels have significantly improved and we expect a major reduction in cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae. http://www.globenewswire.com//Moleaer-Treating-East-Bay-Re Eli Kersh #LakeTemescal #EastBayParks #California #WaterQuality #nanobubbles

Join Naturalist Natty as she meets one of the most common animals that call our parks home!

Enjoy a Halloween hike today in your favorite Regional Parks! Great horned owl by Jen Joynt