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.

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

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.

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Restoration Planting at Marina Dunes Pre

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

Come out to the Marina Dunes to help Return of the Natives restore a critical habitat! The Marina Dunes Open Space Preserve is a beautiful restoration site overlooking the ocean. Volunteers are needed to help plant native plants and remove invasive weeds.

RON events are a great way to learn more about where you live, meet new people, get community service hours, and help protect our clean water supply and natural habitat. This is a great family activity that is FREE.

Tools, water and great snacks provided for this special event!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Return of the Natives

organization
website:

ron.csumb.edu

Event website:

contact name:

Jim Laske

contact email:

jlaske@csumb.edu

contact phone:

831-582-3686

Event Location:

Marina Dunes Preserve, Dunes Dr., Marina

Directions
to Event:

Directions: Located on Dunes Drive just off Reservation Road (Exit 410 on Hwy 1), near Kula's Steakhouse.

Registration
Information:

Volunteer groups of 10 or more please RSVP. Otherwise, sign in at RON table 15 minutes before start of event.

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!

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:

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:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

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.

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Restoration Planting at Upper Carr Lake

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

Volunteers are invited to help clean up trash, remove invasive weeds, and plant native plants at Upper Carr Lake in Salinas. Ongoing restoration efforts at Upper Carr Lake have made this a thriving, frequently enjoyed public space and an important habitat for many birds and other wildlife.

RON events are a great way to learn more about where you live, meet new people, get community service hours, and help protect our clean water supply and natural habitat. This is a great family activity that is FREE.

Tools, water and great snacks provided for this special event!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Return of the Natives

organization
website:

ron.csumb.edu

Event website:

contact name:

Jim Laske

contact email:

jlaske@csumb.edu

contact phone:

831-582-3686

Event Location:

Upper Carr Lake, 824 E. Laurel Dr., Salinas

Directions
to Event:

Directions: Upper Carr Lake is located on East Laurel Drive between Constitution and Sanborn Rd. in Salinas. Look for the RON community event signs!

Registration
Information:

Volunteer groups of 10 or more please RSVP. Otherwise, check-in at RON table at the start of the event.

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.

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:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

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.

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Restoration Planting at Fort Ord BLM

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

Since 1994 Return of the Natives (RON) has worked with community volunteers and the BLM to restore and revitalize Ft. Ord, part of the Gabilan Watershed. Volunteers are invited to come and enjoy the scenery, plant native plants, and help restore the natural beauty of Ft. Ord.

Everyone is welcome! A great family activity that is FREE. Tools, water, great snacks, and LIVE LOCAL MUSIC provided.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Return of the Natives

organization
website:

ron.csumb.edu

Event website:

contact name:

Jim Laske

contact email:

jlaske@csumb.edu

contact phone:

831-582-3686

Event Location:

Fort Ord BLM

Directions
to Event:

To locate the Ft. Ord Public Lands, follow signs from Gigling Rd. & Parker Flats Rd. in Marina. Look for the RON & BLM community event signs!

Registration
Information:

Volunteer groups of 10 or more please RSVP. Otherwise, just check in at the RON table at the event.

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.

Bobcats & Coyotes of Fort Ord

Time:

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Description:

Wildlife photographer Kathy Frandeen will present her work, discuss her techniques, and recount tales of encounters with bobcats, coyotes and other wildlife in Fort Ord.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Sustainable Seaside

organization
website:

sustainable-seaside@googlegroups.com

Event website:

http://www.facebook.com/SustainableSeaside

contact name:

Kay Cline

contact email:

kecline@sbcglobal.net

contact phone:

831-899-7934

Event Location:

Peace Resource Center

Directions
to Event:

1364 Fremont Blvd.
Seaside, CA 93955

Registration
Information:

Free event

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

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

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.

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:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Restoration Planting at Natividad Creek

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

Volunteers are invited to help Return of the Natives clean up trash, remove invasive weeds, and plant native plants at Natividad Creek Park in Salinas. Ongoing efforts by RON volunteers have helped to restore Natividad Creek Park as a habitat for native wildlife and a popular recreational area for the people of Salinas.

A great family activity that is FREE.

Tools, water and great snacks provided for this special event!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Return of the Natives

organization
website:

ron.csumb.edu

Event website:

contact name:

Jim Laske

contact email:

jlaske@csumb.edu

contact phone:

831-582-3686

Event Location:

Natividad Creek Park, 1395 Nogal Dr., Salinas

Directions
to Event:

Directions: From Laurel Drive turn on Constitution Blvd. and drive past the Safeway shopping center. At Freedom Pkwy turn right. Turn right onto Nogal Drive and the entrance to the park is on the right. Sign in with us at the picnic tables near the playground.

Registration
Information:

Volunteer groups of 10 or more please RSVP. Otherwise, just checkin at RON table at the event.

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.

Watsonville Wetlands Watch Docent Traini

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2012 Docent Training Program will begin in late January. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, including the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands. This 7-week program includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to assist with field trips and lead walks. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, work on special projects, and participate in wetlands restoration. There is a need for bilingual (Spanish/English) docents, but being bilingual is not requirement.

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and appreciation of the wetlands of Pajaro Valley. For more information, visit our website at www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

contact name:

Kathy Fieberling

contact email:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

United States

Directions
to Event:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
From Highway 1 southbound, take the CA 152 exit, Exit 426, to Watsonville/Gilroy. This is the exit just after Airport Blvd. Go right at the light onto Green Valley Road; after two more lights, this becomes Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

From Monterey area on Highway 1 northbound, take the Harkins Slough Road/Green Valley Road exit; this is the exit just after Riverside Drive. Make a left turn at the stop sign onto Harkins Slough Road. Continue to the stop sign just before the high school, and go right as far as you can go to the top of the hill. The Fitz WERC is in the corner of the very large parking lot, with the greenhouse on the left.

500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville, CA

Registration
Information:

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com for details and to enroll.

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!

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