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E-Newsletter Archive

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February 1, 2024 February e-news: Codornices mtg; exciting volunteering; news briefs; secrets of winter blooms
January 3, 2024 January e-news: King Tides walk; Hillside Natural Area Plan; Winter Signs of Spring; Drinking Water, Dwindling Fish, Delta Tunnel news
December 5, 2023 December e-news: broom pull, winter walks, California's holiday berry, news and tips
November 7, 2023 November e-news: Important plans for fire safety and nature; erosion-friendly burning; monarch migration raises hopes
October 5, 2023 October e-news: Varied volunteering, neglected beauties underfoot, news briefs
September 5, 2023 September e-news: Help boost fire safety, a mini-superbloom, environmental news nuggets
July 17, 2023 July/August e-news: Invasives Help on Codornices, exciting intern projects, seaweed secrets
June 5, 2023 June e-news: Invasives and citizen science, flies as key pollinators, dam removal touches Bay Area
April 29, 2023 May e-news: Varied volunteering, violet-green swallows, what's ahead for Berkeley Marina and Albany Bulb
April 5, 2023 April e-news: Habitat Day on Cerrito Apr. 15, nature walks, Earth Day, wildflowers
March 3, 2023 March e-news
February 1, 2023 February e-news: Nature observers wanted, shoreline changes, salmon return after 50 years
January 4, 2023 January e-news: Creek volunteering for MLK Day, King Tides walk, sea-level rise in our area, mushroom fairs
November 9, 2022 November e-news: Nature observers wanted, Codornices challenges, birds you don't see, water news roundup
October 7, 2022 October e-news: Fall shoreline jewels, harvest/Halloween fun volunteering
September 7, 2022 September e-news
July 6, 2022 July e-news: Volunteering, from foxtail removal to citizen science; life and death in Aquatic Park; having your say; events of others
June 1, 2022 June e-news: Help wildflowers in a creekside meadow, a superdad fish, new collaborations for wildlife
May 7, 2022 May e-news: Help nature, discover tidal life; bumblebee supermoms; how bad is our drought?; nature-related programs Bay-wide
April 2, 2022 April e-news: Volunteer on the Bay, discover the wild things, nature in a nutshell, East Bay Earth Day and events, Bay Area environmental news
March 3, 2022 March e-news: Broom bash, small-group walks, megadrought roundup, photo/art contests, garden events
February 2, 2022 February e-news: Explore spring on small-group walks, reviving a meadow, visitors from the far north, water-supply roundup
January 5, 2022 January e-news: Help Codornices on MLK Day, ruby-crowned kinglets, new laws, events with others
November 1, 2021 November e-news: Volunteering, walks, splendid sycamores, news briefs
October 4, 2021 October e-news: Helping the environment hills to Bay, recording drought effects, river otters
September 2, 2021 September e-news: Coastal cleanup, good news for Codornices trail
July 6, 2021 July e-news: Tracking drought, tiny things, summer safety updates, events opening up all over!
June 1, 2021 June e-news: Codornices walk-and-work, new high-school interns
May 3, 2021 May e-news: Small-group walks, citizen science, native gardening, drought, long paths of controversies
April 6, 2021 April e-news: Creekside walks; crayfish mystery; Earth Day, citizen science, & garden events
March 3, 2021 March e-news: High-schoolers do DNA monitoring; pearls of wisdom along Codornices Creek; East Bay desalinating and banking water
February 6, 2021 February e-news: New interns; Strawberry Creek's changing end; new meanings for "drought" and "rainy season"; online talks and classes galore
January 7, 2021 January e-news: New restorations and trails, citizen-science roundup
November 29, 2020 December e-news: 2020 Highlights and Annual Appeal
November 1, 2020 November e-news: Creek and King Tides walks, spider hunt for environment, upcoming meetings and events, shoreline news
October 1, 2020 October e-news: Native American plant walk, spider hunt, creek restorations, fascinating talks online
September 3, 2020 September e-news: Do-it-yourself cleanup, pop-up signs, ups and downs on Cerrito Creek
August 3, 2020 July-August e-news: Re-inventing F5C; Codornices restoration set; resources for kids in nature; story of an urban oasis
June 4, 2020 June e-news: Nature during crises; happy trail news; lizard tail; eat the weeds
May 6, 2020 May e-news: Creek challenges during coronavirus; what should we keep; potpourri of opportunities
April 20, 2020 Info for Earth Week, COVID-19, and beyond
March 31, 2020 April e-news: For Covid-19, savoring local nature, citizen science, enviros go high- and low-tech
February 28, 2020 March e-news: Talk on high-tech help for environment, broom bash, hollyleaf cherry, selenium threatens Delta fish
February 5, 2020 February e-news: Feb. 11 talk on making environmental documentaries, Feb. 15 broom bash, northern shovelers
January 3, 2020 January e-news: Planting natives, trash talk, tide walks, seasonal outings
December 4, 2019 December e-news: Annual Highlights & Fund Drive, News and Events of Others
November 3, 2019 November e-news: Islands talk, big creek progress, skaters on the edge
October 3, 2019 October e-news: Green Power to the People, Codornices Bitter and Sweet, Secrets of Seeds
August 29, 2019 September e-news: Seaweed talk, Coastal Cleanup roundup, Codornices progress, fall's gorgeous goldenrods
July 9, 2019 July & August e-news: Seeking creek neighbors, blue elderberry, choking off plastics, nature-learning roundup
June 2, 2019 June e-news: Bay volunteering, Codornices update, Western pond turtles
May 6, 2019 May e-news: Codornices Creek Special
April 1, 2019 April e-news: Bug talk; broom pull, wildflower, Earth Day roundups
February 28, 2019 March e-news
February 2, 2019 February e-news: Mushroom talk, sociable gulls, Codornices planting
January 2, 2019 January e-news: Talk on tech and environment, tules, triple-whammy work party
November 29, 2018 December e-news: Volunteering, Annual Report and Fund Drive
November 1, 2018 November e-news: Wildlife-corridor talk, secretive black rails, good news on creeks
September 28, 2018 October e-news: Native biodiversity talk, bats without myths
August 30, 2018 September e-news
June 3, 2018 June e-news: Summer's barbarians, Codornices challenges, great Bay
May 1, 2018 May e-news: Fairy longhorn moths to dams, votes, and volunteering
April 2, 2018 April e-news: Presidio rebirth talk, bumblebees, forgotten creek funds
February 28, 2018 March e-news: Fish stories talk, wild strawberries, garden and action roundups
February 4, 2018 February e-news: Fire and future talk, magical mosses, skyscraper walk, recycling & invasives news
January 2, 2018 January e-news: "Bay Area through Time" talk, plant natives, discover scoters, steelhead news
November 2, 2017 November e-news: Greening cities talk, Monarch walk, pickleweed profile
October 3, 2017 October e-news: Broom bash, fox squirrels, wrap-ups on new laws and Delta tunnels
September 6, 2017 September e-news: Osprey talk, two big creek events
July 4, 2017 July e-news: Pull broom and ride carousel, secrets of local snakes, new trails, new pollutants
June 2, 2017 June e-news: Volunteering, learning, fun, a local dynamo and a prickly native pest
May 4, 2017 May e-news: Rock Parks volunteering, brooklime and companions
April 5, 2017 April e-news: River & lake talk, local woodpeckers, news from frogs to trash, Earth Day events
March 2, 2017 March e-news: Bay Currents talk re fuel trains; the unsung wild plum; storms and fuel trains
February 1, 2017 February e-news: Plant natives; silk-tassel and the plant hunters; speak on local projects; meeting new challenges
December 29, 2016 January e-news: Otter talk, many-footed ferns, news from fleas to oil wells
November 2, 2016 Nov.-Dec. e-news: Talk whales & porpoises, plant natives, news from oaks to creekside farms
October 5, 2016 October e-news: Wild grapes, fresh shoreline ideas
August 31, 2016 September e-news: Bay Currents talks, mourning doves, politics
July 11, 2016 July-August e-news: Wild edibles, skipper butterflies, pollution news, volunteering
May 31, 2016 June e-news: Creeks & Construction, eating weeds, next drought's water supply
May 2, 2016 May e-news: Our 20th birthday
March 31, 2016 April e-news: snakeroot, lampreys, and many ways to help the earth
February 29, 2016 March e-news: Amazing manzanitas, young climate researchers, tips on pollution and lawns
February 1, 2016 February e-news: Undersea sound; slugs, frogs, and salamanders; building on a pioneer's legacy
December 29, 2015 January e-news: Delta talk; King Tides walk; news on eucalyptus, whales
November 27, 2015 December e-news: Monarchs, basket sedge, Bay sand mining, climate charities
November 2, 2015 November e-news: Zombees, getting storm-ready, enjoying Black Friday outdoors
September 29, 2015 October e-news: Shark talk, groundbreakings
September 1, 2015 September e-news: Turnstones to "plant destroyers"
August 1, 2015 August e-news: Skunks, salamanders, state lichen, beach roundup
July 1, 2015 July e-news: Moth night, milestones, a grass for all seasons
June 1, 2015 June e-news: Cerrito Creek daylighting, tarantula hawks
May 5, 2015 May e-news: Hillside Festival, oak titmouse, news from whales to Delta
Apr 2, 2015 April e-news: East Bay forest talk, Sudden Oak Death survey, Earth Day events all around
Mar 2, 2015 Mar. e-news: Our fascinating giant silk moth, bird-evolution talk
Feb 3, 2015 Feb. e-news: Wine talk, birds-and-Victorians walk, drought news
Dec 30, 2014 Jan. e-news: Bay Currents talks resume; saving least terns
Nov 30, 2014 Walks, Bay Currents 2015, ferns, environmental updates
Nov 3, 2014 Shorebird talk, environmental news
Oct 1, 2014 Talk on Bay Area adaptation, witchy nettles, what Prop 1 really says
Sep 1, 2014 America's tiniest butterfly, why drinking water goes to waste
Jul 31, 2014 August e-news
Jul 2, 2014 July e-news: Reducing wildfire danger, growing green infrastructure, environmental good news
Jun 6, 2014 Summer stewardship and fun, grant roundup, all about jackrabbits
Apr 29, 2014 Predator talk, oak "bioblitz", Hillside Festival
Apr 1, 2014 April e-news: Geology talk, environmental news
Feb 28, 2014 March e-news: divers helping the seas, restoration and pollution roundups
Jan 28, 2014 Mud Matters, Owls, Trail Good News, Drought Help
Dec 29, 2013 Sea lion, pipevine, bag ban, King Tides
Nov 29, 2013 Malcolm Margolin-Ken Brower talk
Oct 30, 2013 Spider talk, F5C environmental news on owls, oaks
Sep 29, 2013 Redwood Creek talk, volunteering with views
Sep 1, 2013 Bay Currents talks begin
Aug 21, 2013 Help Cerrito Creek at Albany Hill Sat., Aug. 24
Jul 31, 2013 F5C August e-news: Volunteering, political progress, pollution maps
Jul 14, 2013 July 20 cleanup, important meetings
Jun 30, 2013 New talk series starts September
Jun 20, 2013 Broom bash, Pecha Kucha
May 29, 2013 June e-news: Sunset walk, creekside farming, much more
Apr 30, 2013 F5C May e-news: Haiku to...
Apr 16, 2013 Broom bash Apr. 20; oak death "blitz" survey April 27-8
Mar 28, 2013 Alameda Creek talk, Sudden Oak Death survey
Mar 6, 2013 Events; new videos; trashy, toxic, & garden news from F5C
Jan 31, 2013 River-otter talk Monday; help your local ocean
Jan 18, 2013 Help complete Hillside Natural Area, river-otter talk
Dec 21, 2012 Solstice e-news from Friends of Five Creeks
Dec 5, 2012 Plant natives Dec. 8; salmonids return; annual appeal
Nov 13, 2012 King Tides and more
Nov 1, 2012 F5C rainy season good news
Oct 17, 2012 Plant natives Oct. 21; fight stinkwort Oct. 23
Oct 3, 2012 Sudden Oak Death results Thursday, much more
Sep 18, 2012 F5C news, from new initiatives in clean water to tents for students
Sep 3, 2012 Walks, work, clean-water news and more
Aug 1, 2012 F5C Sunday Tilden broom bash; Monday talk on inn-to-inn hiking
Jul 11, 2012 Help restore Cerrito Creek Saturday; much more environmental news
Jul 2, 2012 Moonrise walks, conservation news
Jun 21, 2012 Help restore Creekside Park mural
May 18, 2012 Workshop, work party; no June mtg.
May 8, 2012 Hillside Natural Area to Aquatic Park
Apr 17, 2012 Bash broom April 21; fight Sudden Oak Death Apr. 28-9
Apr 1, 2012 Oyster talk, April outdoor calendar, & more
Mar 21, 2012 From citizen science to statewide issues
Mar 10, 2012 Great spring walks, native-plant survey with F5C
Feb 9, 2012 F5C work party Sat., walk Thurs., more on butterflies, creek news
Feb 3, 2012 Butterfly talk; join Albany citizen-science project; more from F5C
Jan 19, 2012 Bash broom Sat., Jan. 21; Governor's budget; more from F5C
Jan 12, 2012 New citizen-science info from F5C; upcoming work parties, butterfly talk
Dec 22, 2011 Solstice and king tides; F5C January meeting moved
Dec 14, 2011 Bird video, king tides, oil-spill news, more; appeal from Friends of Five Creeks
Nov 30, 2011 December environmental roundup; annual newsletter online
Nov 16, 2011 Lake Merritt loop walk Thursday, big planting day Saturday
Nov 2, 2011 Coming events, pollution news, beyond the Golden Gate
Oct 19, 2011 Help cut wildland fire danger Saturday; much more F5C news
Sep 28, 2011 Upcoming events & celebrations, big Bay questions from F5C
Sep 15, 2011 Coastal Cleanup on Cerrito Ck. Saturday; Political Roundup
Sep 6, 2011 Nature in September -- F5C roundup and request
Aug 18, 2011 Please vote online to help F5C win $5000!
Aug 11, 2011 Bash broom Sat., Aug. 13; new map of Hillside Natural Area with F5C
Jul 30, 2011 Help and enjoy nature with F5C in August!
Jul 21, 2011 Help your local trout Saturday; more F5C news
Jul 11, 2011 F5C Award nomination; important Albany meetings; more
Jun 29, 2011 Help wanted! for owls to ladybugs, Bay to Yosemite
Jun 19, 2011 F5C Schoolhouse Creek work party, Hands Across the Sand Sat., June 25
Jun 1, 2011 F5C volunteering, walks, good news, action alert
May 27, 2011 Lower Codornices work parties, action request re Albany Hill, more from F5C
May 10, 2011 Help Codornices Creek, walks, talks, much more from F5C
Apr 26, 2011 Talk on hawks and creeks Monday, May 2; more F5C news
Apr 20, 2011 Evening Albany Hill walk Friday; plastic-bag news, and more from F5C
Apr 13, 2011 F5C quick reminders: work party, walks, survey, talk
Apr 8, 2011 April news and events roundup from F5C
Mar 24, 2011 Upcoming events, citizen science
Mar 21, 2011 F5C folks: Please act NOW to keep CA volunteering legal
Mar 10, 2011 Plant natives on Codornices Ck. Sat., Mar. 12; Sudden Oak Death survey Apr. 30-May 1
Mar 3, 2011 Talks on Sudden Oak Death Monday; more creek news
Feb 24, 2011 Help pull broom in Hillside Natural Area Sat., Feb. 26; more creek news
Feb 2, 2011 Talk on using “waste” water to green homes & cities
Jan 19, 2011 Help Schoolhouse Creek & Bay Saturday -- More Creek News
Jan 5, 2011 Thin willows, open Bay views with F5C; more creek news