CHCF Calendar

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

Watsonville Wetlands Guided Nature Walk

Time:

1:30pm

Description:

Take a guided nature Exploration Walk

Every Sunday at 1:30 pm

Meet at the Nature Center for a guided walk in nearby wetlands. All ages are welcome. Binoculars will be provided.

Sponsoring
Organization:

City of Watsonville

organization
website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/

Event website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/naturecenter.html

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-1156

Event Location:

30 Harkins Slough Rd Watsonville, CA 95076

Directions
to Event:

Use http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/directions.html as a link to give you a map of Watsonville and our meeting location. But Harkins Slough Road might cause some confusion, so these instructions will be helpful:

Harkins Slough Road is a paved road that travels through the sloughs. At some intersections, it is only open in the summer. The intersection at Green Valley Road, and the intersection at Walker Road/Ford St. are not reliable approaches to the Nature Center.

Here are your best approaches:

Coming south on Highway One:

1. Take the Main Street/Highway 152 exit. Continue on Main Street, then right on Ohlone Parkway. Travel past the Overlook Shopping Center, then left on Harkins Slough Road. Just past the tennis courts, turn left into parking lot.

or

2. Continue on Main Street to Ramsay Park. Travel all the way to the back of the park, past the skateboard park, left at the soccer dome.

Coming north on Highway One:

Take the Green Valley Road exit to Main Street. Right on Main Street, then continue as described above, traveling on Ohlone Parkway or through Ramsay Park.

Registration
Information:

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

Pt. Lobos Weed Bash

Time:

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Description:

EVERY First Saturday of the month since January 2003 we've returned to this beautiful Monterey pine forest to restore a 15-acre area formerly dominated by the weedy French Broom on the East Side of Point Lobos State Reserve. The event runs from 1-4pm. We�ll use several techniques to remove French broom and help restore this area that wants to thrive
with native plants. Meet at 1pm in Carmel on Rio Rd. in the Park n� Ride in front of the now-closed Black Bear Diner
(across from the Chevron Gas Station) one block from Hwy 1. All supplies
provided. Bring a friend, water, and a snack.
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Bay Calif. Native Plant Society

organization
website:

montereybaycnps.org

Event website:

contact name:

jp_hubbard@hotmail.com or bdelgado61@gmail.com

contact phone:

831-726-1737 or 277-7690

Event Location:

Pt. Lobos, East of Hwy 1

Directions
to Event:

Meet at 1pm in Carmel on Rio Rd. in the Park n' Ride in front of the now-closed Black Bear Diner
(across from the Chevron Gas Station) one block from Hwy 1.

Registration
Information:

N/A

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

Watsonville Wetlands Guided Nature Walk

Time:

1:30pm

Description:

Take a guided nature Exploration Walk

Every Sunday at 1:30 pm

Meet at the Nature Center for a guided walk in nearby wetlands. All ages are welcome. Binoculars will be provided.

Sponsoring
Organization:

City of Watsonville

organization
website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/

Event website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/naturecenter.html

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-1156

Event Location:

30 Harkins Slough Rd Watsonville, CA 95076

Directions
to Event:

Use http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/directions.html as a link to give you a map of Watsonville and our meeting location. But Harkins Slough Road might cause some confusion, so these instructions will be helpful:

Harkins Slough Road is a paved road that travels through the sloughs. At some intersections, it is only open in the summer. The intersection at Green Valley Road, and the intersection at Walker Road/Ford St. are not reliable approaches to the Nature Center.

Here are your best approaches:

Coming south on Highway One:

1. Take the Main Street/Highway 152 exit. Continue on Main Street, then right on Ohlone Parkway. Travel past the Overlook Shopping Center, then left on Harkins Slough Road. Just past the tennis courts, turn left into parking lot.

or

2. Continue on Main Street to Ramsay Park. Travel all the way to the back of the park, past the skateboard park, left at the soccer dome.

Coming north on Highway One:

Take the Green Valley Road exit to Main Street. Right on Main Street, then continue as described above, traveling on Ohlone Parkway or through Ramsay Park.

Registration
Information:

The Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab Fr

Description:

Free First Tuesday
Visit our aquarium for free on the first Tuesday of March, June, September and December!, exhibit hall, and touch tanks. Take a tour or explore on your own. Join us as we explore Monterey Bay with our Hands–on family programs!

Visit a working marine laboratory. Exhibit halls, aquarium, touch tanks, tours to marine mammal research overlook, Ocean Discovery Shop, and unsurpassed vistas of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Hold a sea star — marvel at the world's largest whale skeleton — see full-size elephant seal sculptures — think like a scientist!

Sponsoring
Organization:

organization
website:

http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/

Event website:

http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar.html

contact name:

contact email:

contact phone:

831 459-3800

Event Location:

Directions
to Event:

From San Francisco Bay Area, take Highway 17 South from San Jose. Highway 17 ends at Highway One, as you reach the coast. As you approach the coast and the city of Santa Cruz, take Highway One North toward Half Moon Bay. (Highway One becomes Mission Street.) Continue north through town. Turn left on Swift Street. Turn right on Delaware Avenue. Follow Delaware to the Long Marine Lab entrance at the end of the road.
End of Delaware Avenue, Westside Santa Cruz

Registration
Information:

Please call for large groups

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Elkhorn Slough Greenhouse Day

Time:

9:00am - 11:00am

Description:

Greenhouse Drop-in Days: seed collection, seed cleaning, sowing, transplanting, restoration site preparation such as weeding and monitoring.

Greenhouse volunteers meet at the greenhouse; all other work parties meet at the flagpole in the Visitor Center parking lot (map).

Wear layered work clothes including closed-toed shoes and bring long sleeves, water, lunch or snack, sunscreen, and gloves (if you have them).

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Foundation

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/willow.htm

contact name:

bree@elkhornslough.org

contact phone:

831-728-2822 x305

Event Location:

GREENHOUSE, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, CA 95076

Directions
to Event:

Directions to the ESNERR Visitor Center:

Highway 1 heading north or south from Santa Cruz or Monterey
Simple route via Dolan Road, near power plant.

* Take Highway 1 to Moss Landing; at the power plant, turn east onto Dolan Road;
* go 3.5 miles on Dolan Road, turn left onto Elkhorn Road;
* go 1.9 miles on Elkhorn Road, turn left into the Reserve gate.

Highway 1 heading south from Santa Cruz
Alternate route via Salinas Rd.

* Take Highway 1 south to Salinas Road and turn left;
* take Salinas Road past the golf course and veer right onto Werner Road;
* drive to the bottom of the hill and turn right onto Elkhorn Road;
* go 0.25 miles, turn right onto (again) Elkhorn Road;
* go 5 miles on Elkhorn Road and enjoy great views of the North Marsh;
* turn right into the Reserve gate.

Highway 101 heading north from Salinas

* From Highway 101 north, after the 156 West exit, take the San Miguel Canyon Road exit
* go 0.7 miles and turn left onto Castroville Boulevard;
* go 2.9 miles on Castroville Boulevard and turn right onto Elkhorn Road;
* go 1.9 miles on Elkhorn Road and turn left into the Reserve gate.

Highway 101 heading south from San Jose

* From Highway 101 south: 2 miles past the 156 East exit, turn right onto San Juan Road;
* go 2.3 miles on San Juan Road, turn left onto Tarpey Road, which becomes Hall Road;
* go 4.5 miles, through Las Lomas, and turn left onto Elkhorn Road;
* go 5 miles on Elkhorn Road and enjoy great views of the North Marsh;
* turn right into the Reserve gate.

If you have any questions regarding these directions, please call (831) 728-2822

Registration
Information:

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Native Plant Society - weed bash

Time:

9:00am - 2:30pm

Description:

If you love exertion and exercise in support of the environment join us for this exhilarating time in beautiful and wild Soberanes Creek watershed to remove the invasive weed Cape Ivy where we have volunteered each month on one Friday since January 2003.
You will love it if you love hard work for the environment!

Time: 9:00am-2:30pm
Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Bay Calif. Native Plant Society

organization
website:

montereybaycnps.org

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado61@gmail.com

contact phone:

831-277-7690

Event Location:

6.5 miles south of Carmel River but rsvp for details

Directions
to Event:

Contact us for details. Thank you.

Registration
Information:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

SCRAP - San Lorenzo River Cleanup

Time:

10:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

Santa Cruz Rivers and Parks (S.C.R.A.P) is a grassroots organization working to revive urban rivers and parkways. The current focus of SCRAP is the San Lorenzo River from Highway 1 to the ocean.

Bring: Hat, water, snack and layers. We'll provide the gloves, trash buckets, and hand sanitizer.

S.C.R.A.P events will occur the first Saturday of every month (2nd Saturday in Sept 2010). Follow our blog at: http://cleantheriver.blogspot.com for more info. SCRAP(at)montereybayconservationevents.org or (831) 515-8211.

Sponsoring
Organization:

SCRAP

organization
website:

http://www.chuckhaugenconservationfund.org/projects/SCRAP.html

Event website:

http://cleantheriver.blogspot.com/

contact name:

Zeke

contact email:

SCRAP@montereybayconservationevents.org

contact phone:

(831) 515-8211

Event Location:

San Lorenzo River Levee

Directions
to Event:

Visit our blog for details of this months event:

http://cleantheriver.blogspot.com

Registration
Information:

No need to RSVP, just show up!

Santa Cruz Pilkington Creek Cleanup

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

Join our team of weed wackers to clear out invasive English Ivy and Mattress Wire Vine, an alien invader from New Zealand that's smothering plants in Pilkington Creek that runs into Seabright Beach from the grounds of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. After we clear out pesky weeds we will create a natural riparian habitat with Califoria native plants. Mark your calendars for Saturdays August 14 & 21, September 11, October 2 & 23, 10am to 1 pm. Wear long sleeves and closed toed shoes. If you have gloves and tools, bring them. Otherwise we will supply them.

Sponsoring
Organization:

organization
website:

Event website:

contact name:

Nancy Lenz

contact email:

nanlenz@cruzio.com

contact phone:

831-426-5252

Event Location:

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Directions
to Event:

We will meet at the Whale Statue next to the Museum
For directions visit http://www.santacruzmuseums.org/about/directions.htm

Registration
Information:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

Sustainable Living Tour - Free

Time:

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Description:

Visit 7 local homes to see sustainable practices: solar electric, greywater, water catchment, composting, native plants, food gardening, bees, chickens, worms, and more. Hear a special presentation on solar electric.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Sustainable Seaside

organization
website:

sustainable-seaside@googlegroups.com

Event website:

contact name:

Kay Cline

contact email:

kecline@sbcglobal.net

contact phone:

831-899-7934

Event Location:

Register in advance for map of locations

Directions
to Event:

Tour begins at Seaside Garden Center, 1177 San Pablo (off Fremont, behind Dollar Store)

Registration
Information:

Reserve your free tickets in advance: kecline@sbcglobal.net or call 899-7934

Watsonville Wetlands Guided Nature Walk

Time:

1:30pm

Description:

Take a guided nature Exploration Walk

Every Sunday at 1:30 pm

Meet at the Nature Center for a guided walk in nearby wetlands. All ages are welcome. Binoculars will be provided.

Sponsoring
Organization:

City of Watsonville

organization
website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/

Event website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/naturecenter.html

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-1156

Event Location:

30 Harkins Slough Rd Watsonville, CA 95076

Directions
to Event:

Use http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/directions.html as a link to give you a map of Watsonville and our meeting location. But Harkins Slough Road might cause some confusion, so these instructions will be helpful:

Harkins Slough Road is a paved road that travels through the sloughs. At some intersections, it is only open in the summer. The intersection at Green Valley Road, and the intersection at Walker Road/Ford St. are not reliable approaches to the Nature Center.

Here are your best approaches:

Coming south on Highway One:

1. Take the Main Street/Highway 152 exit. Continue on Main Street, then right on Ohlone Parkway. Travel past the Overlook Shopping Center, then left on Harkins Slough Road. Just past the tennis courts, turn left into parking lot.

or

2. Continue on Main Street to Ramsay Park. Travel all the way to the back of the park, past the skateboard park, left at the soccer dome.

Coming north on Highway One:

Take the Green Valley Road exit to Main Street. Right on Main Street, then continue as described above, traveling on Ohlone Parkway or through Ramsay Park.

Registration
Information:

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Audubon Society Monthly Lecture

Time:

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Description:

Monthly meetings of the Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society are free. Members and non-members are welcome! Meetings are held at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, at the corner of Forest and Central in Pacific Grove... second Tuesday of the months of Sept., Oct., Nov., Feb., Mar., and Apr. Refreshments precede the meeting with a social "1/2 hour" at 7 PM... meeting and program begin at 7:00. Please join us--and Bring a Friend!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society

organization
website:

http://www.montereyaudubon.org/

Event website:

http://www.montereyaudubon.org/programs.htm

contact name:

chohenbe@monterey.k12.ca.us

contact phone:

831-625-4017

Event Location:

Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

Seaside Green Team

Time:

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Description:

Join the Seaside Green Team on the third Saturday of every month to help with our drought-resistant demonstration garden.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Seaside Green Team

organization
website:

Event website:

contact name:

Mary Wilson

contact email:

ssgreenteam@gmail.com

contact phone:

Event Location:

corner of Fremont & Canyon del Rey, Seaside

Directions
to Event:

The corner garden is on the corner of Fremont Street and Canyon del Rey Boulevard, across the street from Safeway and Walgreens, in Seaside. There is parking near the garden along Canyon del Rey, or in the Safeway parking lot across the street.

Registration
Information:

No need to register, just come by. Some tools and gloves are provided, though you are welcome to bring your own. Refreshments are provided. We almost always meet on the third Saturday of each month. Please email if you would like to be added to the email list for news, reminders, or notice of schedule changes.

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

CNPS Weed Bash - Soberanes Creek

Time:

11:00am - 2:00pm

Description:

What?
Every 3rd Sunday (since January 2003!) we assemble volunteers to help restore coastal habitats by removing invasive plants such as Cape ivy from one of Monterey County's most beautiful coastal locations. Easy or difficult tasks depending on your mood.

Where?
The project site is 7 miles south of Hwy 1 but we meet at the Rio Rd. Park n Ride next to the Black Bear Diner across from the Chevron gas station. Then we carpool 7 miles south of Carmel River in consideration of everyone's needs and schedules.

Why?
Lot's of fun and ocean spray at a stunningly beautiful location. Its also a fulfilling project and you'll learn alot while contributing to the cause of helping our beautiful wild lands!

How?
Bring water, wear gardening type, layered clothing, closed-toed and sturdy, shoes, and wear long-sleeves and pants. Healthy and delicious snacks are provided. You'll love it!!

Who?
Join California Native Plant Society and Chuck Haugen Conservation Fund volunteers who know and care a lot about this beautiful area! Contact Jan at 831.236.0905 or janshriner@comcast.net or Bruce at bdelgado61@gmail.com or 831.277.7690.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Bay Calif. Native Plant Society

organization
website:

montereybaycnps.org

Event website:

contact name:

janshriner@comcast.net or bdelgado61@gmail.com

contact email:

contact phone:

831-236-0905 or 277-7690

Event Location:

Meet at Rio Rd. Park n' Ride but carpool to Soberanes Cr.

Directions
to Event:

The project site is 7 miles south of Hwy 1 but we meet at the Rio Rd. Park n Ride next to the Black Bear Diner across from the Chevron gas station. Then we carpool 7 miles south of Carmel River in consideration of everyone's needs and schedules.

Registration
Information:

N/A

Watsonville Wetlands Guided Nature Walk

Time:

1:30pm

Description:

Take a guided nature Exploration Walk

Every Sunday at 1:30 pm

Meet at the Nature Center for a guided walk in nearby wetlands. All ages are welcome. Binoculars will be provided.

Sponsoring
Organization:

City of Watsonville

organization
website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/

Event website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/naturecenter.html

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-1156

Event Location:

30 Harkins Slough Rd Watsonville, CA 95076

Directions
to Event:

Use http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/directions.html as a link to give you a map of Watsonville and our meeting location. But Harkins Slough Road might cause some confusion, so these instructions will be helpful:

Harkins Slough Road is a paved road that travels through the sloughs. At some intersections, it is only open in the summer. The intersection at Green Valley Road, and the intersection at Walker Road/Ford St. are not reliable approaches to the Nature Center.

Here are your best approaches:

Coming south on Highway One:

1. Take the Main Street/Highway 152 exit. Continue on Main Street, then right on Ohlone Parkway. Travel past the Overlook Shopping Center, then left on Harkins Slough Road. Just past the tennis courts, turn left into parking lot.

or

2. Continue on Main Street to Ramsay Park. Travel all the way to the back of the park, past the skateboard park, left at the soccer dome.

Coming north on Highway One:

Take the Green Valley Road exit to Main Street. Right on Main Street, then continue as described above, traveling on Ohlone Parkway or through Ramsay Park.

Registration
Information:

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Monterey Green Action Film Cafe

Description:

Film Cafe: Join us for our Fourth Thursday Film Cafe every month. The best environmental films and interviews with local experts are brought to you for a free night out. Empower yourself and celebrate a sense of community every fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at East Village Coffee Lounge (except March and December).
Monterey Green Action: (MGA) is a community volunteer organization in the City of Monterey that embraces a multi-disciplinary approach to sustainability in our community, from policy to gardens, from energy to transportation, from safe cosmetics to bike parking at special events, we undertake projects to help the City of Monterey become more self-reliant and sustainable. In response to concerns about energy problems, pollution, climate change, economic uncertainty, and resource limitations, Monterey residents come together to prepare for the future.

Sponsoring
Organization:

http://sustainablemontereycounty.org/local-action-groups/monterey-green-action/

organization
website:

Event website:

contact name:

MontereyGreenAction@yahoo.com

contact phone:

Event Location:

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

Please email for more information

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

American Cetacean Society Monterey Bay

Time:

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Description:

The Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society normally meets at 7:30 pm on the last Thursday of the month. Meeting date is changed when the last Thursday conflicts with a holiday. These meetings are free and open to the public. ACS meetings and activities feature cetacea and various aspects of the marine environment.

Sponsoring
Organization:

http://www-marine.stanford.edu/

organization
website:

http://www.starrsites.com/acsmb/

Event website:

http://www.starrsites.com/acsmb/meetings/meeting.htm

contact name:

contact phone:

Event Location:

Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove,

Directions
to Event:

Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California (across from the American Tin Cannery Outlet Stores)

Registration
Information:

Membership Chairman
ACS Monterey Bay Chapter
Post Office Box HE
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
No RSVP required to come to meetings
Please check orgaization website for details

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

Watsonville Wetlands Watch - Restoration

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

Restoration Days with Watsonville Wetlands Watch

Come join our team of dedicated wildlife champions in rejuvenating the rich habitats of the Watsonville Sloughs.

Volunteer Days: The fourth Saturday of every month (except Thanksgiving and Christmas), from 9-12, then an hour for walking, talking and observing wildlife.

Meet at the Fitz
Wetlands Educational Resource Center,located at the top of Pajaro Valley
High School in Watsonville. Contact Mary at 831-566-4938 or mary@watsonvillewetlandswatch.org or

Sponsoring
Organization:

organization
website:

Event website:

contact name:

contact phone:

Event Location:

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

Watsonville Wetlands Guided Nature Walk

Time:

1:30pm

Description:

Take a guided nature Exploration Walk

Every Sunday at 1:30 pm

Meet at the Nature Center for a guided walk in nearby wetlands. All ages are welcome. Binoculars will be provided.

Sponsoring
Organization:

City of Watsonville

organization
website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/

Event website:

http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/naturecenter.html

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-1156

Event Location:

30 Harkins Slough Rd Watsonville, CA 95076

Directions
to Event:

Use http://www.watsonvilleslough.org/directions.html as a link to give you a map of Watsonville and our meeting location. But Harkins Slough Road might cause some confusion, so these instructions will be helpful:

Harkins Slough Road is a paved road that travels through the sloughs. At some intersections, it is only open in the summer. The intersection at Green Valley Road, and the intersection at Walker Road/Ford St. are not reliable approaches to the Nature Center.

Here are your best approaches:

Coming south on Highway One:

1. Take the Main Street/Highway 152 exit. Continue on Main Street, then right on Ohlone Parkway. Travel past the Overlook Shopping Center, then left on Harkins Slough Road. Just past the tennis courts, turn left into parking lot.

or

2. Continue on Main Street to Ramsay Park. Travel all the way to the back of the park, past the skateboard park, left at the soccer dome.

Coming north on Highway One:

Take the Green Valley Road exit to Main Street. Right on Main Street, then continue as described above, traveling on Ohlone Parkway or through Ramsay Park.

Registration
Information:

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Fort Ord Volunteer Days!

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

Fort Ord Public Lands Volunteer Days.
Tues & Thurs. 10am-4pm

Join other experienced volunteers and staff to explore and sustain the natural systems on Fort Ord Public Lands. You'll have access to 8,000 acres of beautiful vistas and natural habitats while you help improve their health and the health of your body and soul by removing invasive weeds, collection native seeds, planting native plants, helping with plant inventories and learning to use new tools to map and restore wild lands.

You'll be glad you volunteered!!!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

organization
website:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html

Event website:

contact name:

bdelgado@blm.gov

contact phone:

394-8314

Event Location:

Fort Ord Field Office

Directions
to Event:

Call for directions

Registration
Information:

Phone in before you attend your first volunteer day and prepare to arrive at 945am to fill out volunteer form.

Elkhorn Slough Reserve Tours

Description:

Join us on a volunteer/docent led walk along one Elkhorn Slough Reserve's beautiful trails. Come experience oak woodland, marsh, tidal flats, mudflats, prairie, the plants and animals therein, and possibly more. Aware winning exhibits in our Visitor Center. Visitor Center and picnic area are free. There is a $2.50 fee for day-use of the trails. No direct fee for the guided walk.

Docent-led tours of the Reserve are held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

There is also an early birding walk the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m.

All tours meet at the Visitor Center, rain or shine.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Elkhorn Slough Reserve

organization
website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org

Event website:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/esnerr.htm#tours

contact name:

contact phone:

831-728-2822

Event Location:

1700 Elkhorn Road

Directions
to Event:

http://www.elkhornslough.org/map

Registration
Information:

No registration needed if group less than 6 people. If you have a group of 6 or more call the Visitor Center 831-728-2822 to arrange.

School field trips are by Reservation only. Teachers must first complete a Teacher Workshop before bringing a class to the Reserve. Please call Tricia Wilson at (831) 728-2822 for information and reservations.

SCRAP - San Lorenzo River Cleanup

Time:

10:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

Santa Cruz Rivers and Parks (S.C.R.A.P) is a grassroots organization working to revive urban rivers and parkways. The current focus of SCRAP is the San Lorenzo River from Highway 1 to the ocean.

Bring: Hat, water, snack and layers. We'll provide the gloves, trash buckets, and hand sanitizer.

S.C.R.A.P events will occur the first Saturday of every month. Follow our blog at: http://cleantheriver.blogspot.com for more info. SCRAP(at)montereybayconservationevents.org or (831) 515-8211.

Sponsoring
Organization:

SCRAP

organization
website:

http://www.chuckhaugenconservationfund.org/projects/SCRAP.html

Event website:

http://cleantheriver.blogspot.com/

contact name:

Zeke

contact email:

SCRAP@montereybayconservationevents.org

contact phone:

(831) 515-8211

Event Location:

San Lorenzo River Levee

Directions
to Event:

Visit our blog for details of this months event:

http://cleantheriver.blogspot.com

Registration
Information:

No need to RSVP, just show up!

Santa Cruz Pilkington Creek Cleanup

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

Join our team of weed wackers to clear out invasive English Ivy and Mattress Wire Vine, an alien invader from New Zealand that's smothering plants in Pilkington Creek that runs into Seabright Beach from the grounds of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. After we clear out pesky weeds we will create a natural riparian habitat with Califoria native plants. Mark your calendars for Saturdays August 14 & 21, September 11, October 2 & 23, 10am to 1 pm. Wear long sleeves and closed toed shoes. If you have gloves and tools, bring them. Otherwise we will supply them. Bring a sack lunch and we'll picnic after we work.

Sponsoring
Organization:

organization
website:

Event website:

contact name:

Nancy Lenz

contact email:

nanlenz@cruzio.com

contact phone:

831-426-5252

Event Location:

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Directions
to Event:

We will meet at the Whale Statue next to the Museum
For directions visit http://www.santacruzmuseums.org/about/directions.htm

Registration
Information:

Pt. Lobos Weed Bash

Time:

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Description:

EVERY First Saturday of the month since January 2003 we've returned to this beautiful Monterey pine forest to restore a 15-acre area formerly dominated by the weedy French Broom on the East Side of Point Lobos State Reserve. The event runs from 1-4pm. We�ll use several techniques to remove French broom and help restore this area that wants to thrive
with native plants. Meet at 1pm in Carmel on Rio Rd. in the Park n� Ride in front of the now-closed Black Bear Diner
(across from the Chevron Gas Station) one block from Hwy 1. All supplies
provided. Bring a friend, water, and a snack.
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Bay Calif. Native Plant Society

organization
website:

montereybaycnps.org

Event website:

contact name:

jp_hubbard@hotmail.com or bdelgado61@gmail.com

contact phone:

831-726-1737 or 277-7690

Event Location:

Pt. Lobos, East of Hwy 1

Directions
to Event:

Meet at 1pm in Carmel on Rio Rd. in the Park n' Ride in front of the now-closed Black Bear Diner
(across from the Chevron Gas Station) one block from Hwy 1.

Registration
Information:

N/A