Volunteers Needed for Environmental Education Program

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Golden Gate Bird Alliance, one of California’s oldest conservation groups, needs ICS Mother and students plantingWEEKDAY volunteers this school year to work in our award-winning Eco-Education Programs based in East Oakland and North Richmond.

Come work with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders during their field trip to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline and Pt. Pinole Regional Shoreline, both have important wildlife habitat for many species

Help teach tomorrow’s leaders the importance of protecting the San Francisco Bay as we:

  • plant native plants to improve the habitats for the endangered California Clapper Rail
  • catch and study plankton and other estuarine invertebrates
  • observe wildlife within the wetland habitat

 

 

Field trips generally run from 9:30 am – 1:30 pm.
No commitments necessary and every effort helps!
Carpools arranged
Internships also available

One training was held on September 18, 2010 at 10 a.m.

The next Volunteer Training Day is on: October 6, 2010

For more information, or to RSVP for the training, please contact Anthony de Cicco at 510-843.2222, or adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org.…

Become a Burrowing Owl Docent at Cesar Chavez Park

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BUOW.marymalecWestern Burrowing Owls inhabit parts of Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley. They arrive in the fall and leave in the spring.

As they overwinter at the park, Golden Gate Bird Alliance sends out trained docents to show people the owls, and talk about the plight of this locally endangered bird. If you are looking for a new and rewarding experience in burrowing owl protection and outreach, this is the opportunity for you. Training for a new year of Burrowing Owl Docents will happen on Saturday, September 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you are interested, please contact Frances DuPont at fdupont@sbcglobal.net before September 10.

Burrowing Owl photo taken by Mary Malec, a 2009 docent, at Cesar Chavez Park. …

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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Golden Gate Bird Alliance is a member of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN) and works closely with the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) in Cordelia, CA to prepare for oil spill emergencies in San Francisco Bay.

GGA’s experience surveying and documenting oiled birds and assisting local agencies during the Bay Area’s major 2007 Cosco Busan spill led us to become an OWCN member. Staff and volunteers completed important instruction including certification and we developed an emergency plan which was implemented during the 2009 Dubai Star oil spill. These local oil spill events served as invaluable training and preparation for regional and national oil spills and their impacts on birds and wildlife.

IBRRC and National Audubon are wildlife responders on-site in the Gulf of Mexico at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Audubon alone has mobilized 20,000 oil spill volunteers). And Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s trained staff & volunteers are on-call to respond in the Gulf of Mexico if needed.

Please make a charitable donation to Golden Gate Bird Alliance today. Your gift supports all of GGA’s programs, including staff and volunteers on alert to respond to the current national tragedy and those who are preparing for future oil emergencies here in San Francisco Bay.…

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