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Regional in Nature Activity Guide MARCH – APRIL 2021 Regional in Nature Activity Guide MARCH – APRIL 2021 Visit ebparks.org for up-to-date information on parks and activities. Photo: JerryPhoto: Ting Protecting Endangered Wildlife. See page 5. inside • Fire Area Recovery, page 3 • Make a Tick Kit, page 10 • Caretakers of Nature, page 4 • New Del Valle Visitor Center, page 11 • I-Spy, page 8 • Baits, Lures, and Rigs, page 13 Park Employees Recognized. See page 3. • Fantastic Foxes, page 9 • Search for Spring Blooms, page 15 Contents Regional Parks Here for You Parks Here for You ............. 2 YOUR PARKS, YOUR HEALTH Recovery in Fire Area ......... 3 Caretakers of Nature ..... 4-5 Ardenwood ........................... 6 pring is in the air in the Regional Parks, which also means more visitors! A little worrisome as many parks have Big Break ................................ 7 Sseen visitation increased by 30 percent, and some at 100 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, state and local health orders were recently updated to allow for Black Diamond ..................... 8 camping, backpacking, and outdoor visitor facilities to reopen, including Ardenwood Coyote Hills .......................... 9 Historic Farm, Tilden's Little Farm, and the Regional Parks Botanic Garden. These facilities reopened in mid-February with reservations required and capacity limited. Crab Cove ........................... 10 With better weather and more facilities reopening comes the need for all of us Del Valle ............................... 11 to continue doing our part. Remember to follow all park safety rules and social distancing guidelines, including: Mobile Education ............... 12 • Wearing masks within 6 feet of others. Outdoor Recreation ......... 13 • Keeping a 6-foot distance from other park users. Sunol ..................................... 14 • Only outdoor social gatherings involving 25 or fewer people from three Tilden .................................... 15 or fewer different households are permitted. Volunteer Program ............ 16 • Being aware of high-touch points such as trail access gates, benches, etc. Use gloves or hand sanitizer. Keeping parks open and safe during the pandemic has not been easy, especially with overwhelming visitation and ever-changing state and local health orders. However, when the public needed parks most, the Park District is proud to have answered the call to provide the public with places for rest, relaxation, and respite. During the pandemic, the Regional Parks have provided an essential service. A 2020 scientific survey of Park District’s residents found that 96 percent feel ebparks.org the Park District plays an important role in maintaining the physical and mental health of the community. For up-to-date information on Regional parks and what activities are permitted General Information by local health orders, visit ebparks.org. 1-888-EBPARKS or 1-888-327- 2757 Camping and Picnic Reservations ... ................................1-888-EBPARKS Naturalist and Recreation Increasing Public Access REGIONALREGIONAL PARKPARK IMPROVEMENTSIMPROVEMENTS COMINGCOMING ININ 20212021 Programs ..............1-888-EBPARKS TRS Relay Service ....................7-1-1 OVID-19 has been challenging for the Park CDistrict. However, the Park District did not lose EBRPD Board of Directors focus and stayed committed to moving projects forward Elizabeth Echols .........................Ward 1 to improve park access, enhance visitor park services, Dee Rosario (President) ..........Ward 2 and restore natural habitat. Dennis Waespi ...........................Ward 3 Here are some of the projects continuing to move Ellen Corbett ..............................Ward 4 forward in 2021 – many of which are expected to open Ayn Wieskamp ...........................Ward 5 Beverly Lane ...............................Ward 6 to the public later this year. Colin Coffey ................................Ward 7 Encinal Beach Restoration and Public Access Improvements – This hidden gem behind Encinal High Visit ebparks.org for map School reopened at the end of 2020 with restored sand Encinal Beach Restoration downloads, activity and event dunes, new trails, and improved accessibility. Encinal information, and much more! Beach is adjacent to the City of Alameda’s public Encinal included a new restroom, fish cleaning station, and Boat Launch, which was also renovated in 2020 and an outdoor shower. Continued on page 3. Recovery Underway in SCU Fire Area California’s 2020 Fire Season was the largest Some plants require fire or smoke to germinate on record, with 4,177,855 total acres burned. In – these plants are called “fire followers” and are the East Bay, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, associated with chaparral. They only bloom for started by lightning in August, included fires in five a short time, then disappear until the next fire. regional parks – Mission Peak, Morgan Territory, District vegetation staff will be surveying for PARK DISTRICT BOARD Ohlone Wilderness, Round Valley, and Sunol and recording these species in 2021. RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES Wilderness – and burned 396,624 total acres. FOR SERVICE DURING COVID-19, Luckily, the SCU fire was “best case” scenario in UNPRECEDENTED FIRE SEASON terms of intensity, which allowed wildlife time to burrow or escape to safer areas and seedlings to n Tuesday, February 2, 2021, the East survive for future regrowth. That is not to say OBay Regional Park District Board of Directors that there weren’t spots of high-intensity fire unanimously approved a resolution recognizing where vegetation was completely burned and the public service of the Park District’s frontline wildlife impacted. essential workers and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 wildfire season Grazing and properly managed fire roads likely in keeping the parks open and safe. With access to reduced the intensity of the SCU fire in many most public spaces limited during the pandemic, areas. In many cases, the fire was seen burning visitation to parks has increased – placing huge itself out at maintained fire roads and slowing The Park District has also established a Post Fire demands on park employees. down in grazed areas, giving wildlife time to seek Monitoring Task Force within its Stewardship shelter and firefighters a fighting chance. Department to track the recovery of vegetation The Park District’s employees – park rangers, park and wildlife, and to help coordinate management supervisors, park craft specialists, park service Grasslands, depending on final winter rain totals, needs for the burned areas. There are many attendants, gardeners, botanists, naturalists, are anticipated to produce an exceptional native protected species in the area, such as Golden sanitation crews, building and grounds aides, wildflower bloom. Animals should also be abundant Eagles which nest high up in the trees. It is farmers, fleet maintenance, roads and trails crew, as wildlife has started branching out after finding unknown whether they will re-nest in the area water utilities staff, stewardship staff, police refuge in habitat islands not affected by the fires. if the fire destroyed their original nests. officers, property and evidence staff, police services technicians, dispatchers, firefighters, aquatics staff, and the fuels crews –all responded to ensure that the Park District continues to fulfill its mission of providing parks and open space for health, recreation, and respite. “Increasing Public Access” continued from page 2. Dumbarton Quarry Campground by the Berkeley Brickyard Restoration and Public Bay at Coyote Hills – Construction is nearing Access – Shoreline access, site amenities, and completion at the Park District’s first shoreline habitat restoration are coming to the Brickyard site campground with camping spaces for bikers, hikers, Dumbarton Quarry Campground in Berkeley. Public access improvements include cars, motorcycles and RVs, and amenities including amenities include parking, restrooms, water substantial walking paths and a new staging area a camp store, showers, a playground, and day use fountains, trails, and a group campsite. The project with parking, restrooms, and water fountains. The area, reservable picnic sites, and access to scenic is expected to be complete in 2023. Berkeley Brickyard is part of McLaughlin Eastshore trails. The grand opening is expected in mid-2021. State Park, which is operated by the Park District. Lone Tree Point SF Bay Trail Extension – This Opening is expected in 2021. McCosker Creek Restoration and Public new half-mile-long San Francisco Bay Trail extension Access – The largest creek restoration project along the Park District’s San Pablo Bay Regional Tidewater Day Use Area – Site preparation is in the Park District’s history is underway at Alder Shoreline in Rodeo will be opening in 2021, along underway to expand the Tidewater Day Use Area Creek and Leatherwood Creek in Sibley Volcanic with a paved spur trail connecting it to the existing at Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline. Regional Preserve. The project daylights 3,000 feet Lone Tree Point staging area. The new Bay Trail Planned improvements include additional parking, of currently-culverted creek and will re-establish extension will traverse a scenic coastal bluff with picnic sites, bathrooms, and water fountains. natural habitat for 10 special-status species. Planned spectacular views of the San Pablo Bay. 3 Environmental Stewardship CARETAKERS OF NATURE he East Bay Regional Park District's Wildlife Management/Habitat Enhancement: Tvarious natural
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