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:

The Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab Fr

Description:

Free First Tuesday
Visit our aquarium, 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.

Lecture: Sustainable Food Gardening

Time:

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Description:

Speaker Susan Ragsdale-Cronin on

Sponsoring
Organization:

Sustainable Seaside

organization
website:

http://groups.google.com/group/sustainable-seaside

Event website:

http://groups.google.com/group/sustainable-seaside

contact name:

Kay Cline

contact email:

sustainable-seaside@googlegroups.com

contact phone:

831-899-7934

Event Location:

Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

All are welcome. Free

Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2010 Docent T

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2010 Docent Training Program will begin on Feb. 24. Docents trainees will be treated to an inside look at the Pajaro Valley and its wide network of wetlands. Local experts will share the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands during this 7-week program, which includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to lead walks and assist with field trips. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, participate in wetlands restoration, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, and work on special projects.

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.

To enroll in the 2010 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com. The deadline for enrollment is Feb. 10.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/

Event website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/become_docent.htm

contact name:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center

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.

Registration
Information:

To enroll in the 2009 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com.

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.

VWA Trail Crew Trip

Time:

All day event

Description:

Steve Benoit will be leading a Pine Ridge Trail Work Trip - overnight.

Contact daveknapp@ventanawild.org for details

Sponsoring
Organization:

organization
website:

Event website:

contact name:

contact phone:

Event Location:

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

Fabulous Ferns and Flowers Hike

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

Experience tranquility surrounded by verdant foliage on this 2-3 hour hike along Garzas Creek and back across the Terrace Trail. This area is known for its diversity of wildflowers and lush fern growth. Elevation change: approx. 530 ft. Distance: approx. 3.3 miles.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

organization
website:

www.mprpd.org

Event website:

https://secure.rec1.com/depreg.php?arg1=Mjkx&arg2=MjAx&arg3=NDIwMg==&arg4=MTY3NDE

contact name:

wyatt@mprpd.org

contact phone:

831-659-6065

Event Location:

Garland Ranch Regional Park

Directions
to Event:

Directions given upon registration. Please pre-register as space is limited.

Registration
Information:

Enter event website
Click on session and follow prompts to register

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.

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:

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 2010 Docent T

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2010 Docent Training Program will begin on Feb. 24. Docents trainees will be treated to an inside look at the Pajaro Valley and its wide network of wetlands. Local experts will share the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands during this 7-week program, which includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to lead walks and assist with field trips. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, participate in wetlands restoration, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, and work on special projects.

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.

To enroll in the 2010 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com. The deadline for enrollment is Feb. 10.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/

Event website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/become_docent.htm

contact name:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center

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.

Registration
Information:

To enroll in the 2009 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com.

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.

VWA Trail Crew Trip

Time:

All day event

Description:

David Knapp -leader

Contact David Knapp At daveknapp@ventanawild.org for details

Sponsoring
Organization:

organization
website:

Event website:

contact name:

contact phone:

Event Location:

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

Planting @ Upper Carr Lake

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

Community service event: Help us plant native plants and pick up trash & debris at Upper Carr Lake in Salinas! Upper Carr Lake is located on East Laurel Drive between Constitution and Sanborn Rd. in Salinas. Look for the RON community event signs! Water, snacks, and tools are provided. Individuals, families, and volunteer groups are all welcome to join us in helping our to beautify this public space!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Return of the Natives: Restoration Education Project

organization
website:

http://watershed.csumb.edu/ron/

Event website:

contact name:

aobara@csumb.edu

contact phone:

582-3686

Event Location:

Upper Carr Lake, Salinas

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

Hike Garland's Maple Canyon to Mesa:

Time:

12:30pm - 3:00pm

Description:

Maple Canyon to Mesa: Meet at the Garland Visitor Center for an invigorating 2.5-hour mid-level hike up the lush Maple Canyon trail to sunny Sage and Sky trails, then back down via the Mesa. Elevation gain: 800 ft. Distance: 3.5 miles. Bring water, a snack, and shoes with good treads. Please pre-register for this hike at www.mprpd.org

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

organization
website:

www.mprpd.org

Event website:

www.mprpd.org

contact name:

Debbie Wyatt

contact email:

wyatt@mprpd.org

contact phone:

831-659-6065

Event Location:

Garland Ranch Regional Park

Directions
to Event:

Directions given upon registration.

Registration
Information:

Register at www.mprpd.org
Click on Register here icon
Scroll and click on free guided hike
Select hike and date and follow prompts

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 2010 Docent T

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2010 Docent Training Program will begin on Feb. 24. Docents trainees will be treated to an inside look at the Pajaro Valley and its wide network of wetlands. Local experts will share the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands during this 7-week program, which includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to lead walks and assist with field trips. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, participate in wetlands restoration, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, and work on special projects.

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.

To enroll in the 2010 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com. The deadline for enrollment is Feb. 10.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/

Event website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/become_docent.htm

contact name:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center

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.

Registration
Information:

To enroll in the 2009 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com.

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.

Fabulous Ferns and Flowers Hike at Garla

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

Fabulous Ferns and Flowers: Celebrate the Spring Equinox on this tranquil 2-3 hour hike along Garzas Creek and back across the Terrace Trail. A display of early wildflowers should be in bloom, offering an opportunity to learn about the diverse flora of Garland Park. Elevation gain: 530 ft. Distance: 3.3 miles. Bring water, a snack, and shoes with good treads. Please register early. This hike may fill up soon!

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

organization
website:

www.mprpd.org

Event website:

www.mprpd.org

contact name:

Debbie Wyatt

contact email:

wyatt@mprpd.org

contact phone:

831-659-6065

Event Location:

Garland Ranch Regional Park

Directions
to Event:

Directions given upon registration

Registration
Information:

Register at www.mprpd.org
Click on Register here icon
Scroll and click on free guided hike
Select hike and date and follow prompts

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.

Hike to Garland Parks' Veeder Pond

Time:

10:00am - 2:00pm

Description:

Veeder Pond: This vernal pool and surrounding meadow are one of the most tranquil spots in Garland, supporting a variety of flora and fauna. Meet at the East Garzas Rd. trailhead for an invigorating 3-4 hour hike up the Veeder trail, down the East Ridge trail overlooking Redwood Canyon, and back along the Terrace trail. Elevation gain: 1,400 ft. Distance: 3.8 miles. Bring lunch, plenty of water, and shoes with good treads.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

organization
website:

www.mprpd.org

Event website:

www.mprpd.org

contact name:

Debbie Wyatt

contact email:

wyatt@mprpd.org

contact phone:

831-659-6065

Event Location:

Garland Ranch Regional Park

Directions
to Event:

Directions given upon registration

Registration
Information:

Register at www.mprpd.org
Click on Register here icon
Scroll and click on free guided hike
Select hike and date and follow prompts

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.

Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2010 Docent T

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2010 Docent Training Program will begin on Feb. 24. Docents trainees will be treated to an inside look at the Pajaro Valley and its wide network of wetlands. Local experts will share the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands during this 7-week program, which includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to lead walks and assist with field trips. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, participate in wetlands restoration, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, and work on special projects.

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.

To enroll in the 2010 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com. The deadline for enrollment is Feb. 10.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/

Event website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/become_docent.htm

contact name:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center

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.

Registration
Information:

To enroll in the 2009 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com.

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:

Wetlands Musical Planting Party

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch invites the public to participate in the Tarplant Hill Musical Planting Event on Saturday, March 27. While planting/restoring native habitat, volunteers will listen and dance to the sounds of bluegrass band Microtonic Harmonic. Bring your family and friends to lend a hand, enjoy the music, and learn more about the wetlands of Watsonville!

We will work rain or shine, so bring clothes appropriate to the weather. We provide all tools, supplies, and light refreshments.

Meet at the Landmark Elementary School parking lot, 235 Ohlone Parkway, at 9:15 am. We will work and play until noon.

For more information, contact Mary at 831-566-4938 or mary@watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

Event website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/events/Musical%20Planting.pdf

contact name:

Mary Paul

contact email:

mary@watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

contact phone:

831-566-4938

Event Location:

Meet at the Landmark Elementary School parking lot, 235 Ohlone Parkway, Watsonville

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

Planting @ MPRPD Locke-Paddon

Time:

10:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

Community service event: Pick up trash and debris and help us plant native plants at Locke-Paddon Park. Follow the signs to behind the library; water, snacks, and tools are provided. Individuals, families, and volunteer groups are all welcome to join us in helping to beautify the park! Register on http://www.mprpd.org on the Community ALIVE! events.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Return of the Natives: CSUMB Watershed Institute, MPRPD

organization
website:

http://watershed.csumb.edu/ron

Event website:

http://www.mprpd.org

contact name:

aobara@csumb.edu

contact phone:

582-3686

Event Location:

Marina

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.

Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2010 Docent T

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Description:

The Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2010 Docent Training Program will begin on Feb. 24. Docents trainees will be treated to an inside look at the Pajaro Valley and its wide network of wetlands. Local experts will share the ecology, history and restoration of the wetlands during this 7-week program, which includes Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips.

New docents will be prepared to lead walks and assist with field trips. Docents also have the opportunity to help with community events, participate in wetlands restoration, work in the library or greenhouse at the Fitz Wetlands Education Resource Center, and work on special projects.

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.

To enroll in the 2010 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com. The deadline for enrollment is Feb. 10.

Sponsoring
Organization:

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

organization
website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/

Event website:

http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/become_docent.htm

contact name:

kathyfieb@yahoo.com

contact phone:

831-345-1226

Event Location:

Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center

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.

Registration
Information:

To enroll in the 2009 Docent Training Program, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Fieberling, at 831-345-1226 or email kathyfieb@yahoo.com.

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.

VWA Trail Crew Trip

Time:

All day event

Description:

Turner Creek Trail

Contact David Knapp at daveknapp@ventanawild.org for details

Sponsoring
Organization:

organization
website:

Event website:

contact name:

contact phone:

Event Location:

Directions
to Event:

Registration
Information:

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!

SCRAP - San Lorenzo River Cleanup

Time:

10:00am - 12:00pm

Description:

Please join us for the first Santa Cruz Rivers and Parks event on March 6, 2010!

Santa Cruz Rivers and Parks (S.C.R.A.P) is a grassroots organization that works to remove trash from urban rivers and parkways.
The urban river and parkway that is the main focus of S.C.R.A.P is the San Lorenzo River from Hwy. 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/

Sponsoring
Organization:

SCRAP

organization
website:

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

Event website:

http://cleantheriver.blogspot.com/

contact name:

Zeke

contact email:

santacruzriversandparks@gmail.com

contact phone:

(831) 515-8211

Event Location:

San Lorenzo River Levee

Directions
to Event:

Visit our blog for details of this months event:

http://www.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