We had a great, and educational time at this years Oyster Hike. Thank you all who attended.
Native Oyster Hike at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline.
Did you know that the San Francisco Bay is home to the Olympia oyster? This unique species of oyster is the only oyster native to the Bay Area and the West Coast. Unfortunately, due to the Gold Rush, the population of Olympia oysters has decreased greatly. However, not all hope is lost, there are projects that aim to enhance their numbers, and protect them from disappearing. Such projects include the construction and placement of reef balls at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond.
To highlight the importance of the Olympia oyster and conservation efforts in the Bay Area, the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District, with the support of Latino Outdoors, has created a hike that aims to educate the public on this topic and to encourage others to go outdoors. The hike will take place at Point Pinole Shoreline. Participants will meet and start the hike at the Atlas Road staging area. The hike is a 3 mile loop. Once the participants have reached the halfway point by the fishing pier, they will be treated to an informative oyster education lesson led by reef ball project manager, Chris Lim, which includes touching and inspecting a few of the reef balls on the shoreline. The hike is considered easy as the trail is flat, but there are unpaved sections. There is also a lot of shade throughout the trail.
¿Sabías que la Bahía de San Francisco es el hogar de la ostra Olympia? Esta especie única de ostra es la única ostra nativa del Área de la Bahía y la costa oeste. Lamentablemente, debido al Gold Rush, la población de ostras Olimpia ha disminuido considerablemente. Sin embargo, no toda la esperanza está perdida, hay proyectos que apuntan a aumentar su número y evitar que desaparezcan. Dichos proyectos incluyen la construcción y colocación de arrecifes en Point Pinole Regional Shoreline en Richmond.
Para resaltar la importancia de la ostra Olympia y los esfuerzos de conservación en el Área de la Bahía, el Distrito de Conservación de Recursos de Contra Costa, con el apoyo de Latino Outdoors, ha creado una caminata que tiene como objetivo educar al público sobre este tema y animar a otros a salir al aire libre. La caminata sera en Point Pinole Shoreline. Los participantes se reunirán y comenzarán la caminata en el área de preparación de Atlas Road. La caminata es de 3 millas. Una vez que los participantes hayan llegado a la mitad del camino en el muelle de pesca, recibirán una lección informativa sobre ostras dirigida por el gerente del proyecto de bolas de arrecife, Chris Lim, que incluye tocar e inspeccionar algunas de las bolas de arrecife en la costa. La caminata se considera fácil ya que el sendero es plano, pero hay secciones sin pavimentar. También hay mucha sombra en todo el camino.
The CCRCD, John Muir Land Trust, and volunteers joined forces this Earth Day at Family Harvest Farm in Pittsburg for an Earth Day Workday cleanup. See below for a quick video and beautiful (clickable) images of that day!
The Earth Day cleanup at Rodeo brought many surprises and big ticket items! We had a lot of support, and had fun working together!
Earth Day is everyday, and everywhere. Today we visited the Del Valle Regional Park's new visitor center in Livermore, and Supervising Naturalist, Ashley Grenier, talked with us about her Earth Day at the EBRPD's new facility!
The CCRCD and Friends of Marsh Creek were cleaning up at the Marsh Creek Upper Watershed.
The Earth Day cleanup at the Crockett Waterfront was a success, with the CREEC (Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center), the Crockett Striped Bass Club, SLC (State Lands Commission), and the CCRCD all joining in. Afterwards we enjoyed some BBQ at the Striped Bass Club!
The Mission of the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District is to Facilitate Conservation and Stewardship of the Natural Resources in Contra Costa County.