September – October 2017 Photo: Gary Crabbe

Hike with a Llama September 9 or 10 See “Llamas - Mystics of Andes”, page 4.

Earth Team Students Inside: Improve Park • See page 2. Kayaking, Boating Opportunities • page 4 Rail Fair at Ardenwood • page 5 Harvest Festival • page 6 Healthy Parks Healthy People: Bay Area Walks • page 12 Coastal Cleanup • page 14 Contents Come One Come All Recreation Programs...... 4-5 A MESSAGE FROM GENERAL MANAGER ROBERT E. DOYLE Kayaking...... 4 Pole Walking/Hiking...... 4 EBRPD’s mission is to preserve and engaging the diverse communities EBRPD serves. “My Fishing...... 5 protect open spaces and make parks credit cards!” said a middle-aged Latina mother. “My Ardenwood...... 5-6 accessible for all generations to homework!” shouted a 7-year-old Korean boy. enjoy. With the incredible diversity Big Break...... 7 The all-ages, multiethnic group then whooshed their hands in how people use parks, coupled in the direction of the lake, laughing and sighing with relief Black Diamond...... 10 with the rich and growing cultural as their cares fell away. demographics found right here in Botanic Garden...... 10 the East Bay, we wondered “How This fun exercise was just one of many activities that took Coyote Hills...... 10 -11 could EBRPD play a greater role in place during the Multicultural Wellness Walk, a regular connecting people across cultures outing organized by EBRPD to welcome and introduce Crab Cove...... 11 through shared experiences in nature?” Enter the people from all backgrounds to the parks. Sunol...... 11-12 EBRPD Multicultural Wellness Walks. While there are some language barriers and varied fitness levels, the walks are designed to transcend differences, Tilden Nature Area...... 12-13 On a recent Saturday morning, some 100 people gathered at Tilden Regional Park’s Jewel Lake and “threw with stops along the way to make bird calls, practice chi Other Regional Parks...13-14 their cares away.” gong or dance Zumba and yes, laugh a lot via “laughter yoga” – all things that can be shared in a universal Volunteer Programs...... 14 “What’s bothering you these days?” asked a park staffer, language. These interactions break down stereotypes and Registration & Fees...... 15 fears, helping build greater understanding and appreciation. With the generous support of Kaiser Permanente and the Regional Parks Foundation, the Multicultural Wellness Walks are just one of many innovative ways Photo: Lincoln Chu Lincoln Photo: that EBRPD builds bridges across diverse cultural, socio- economic and religious communities to create lasting connections between peoples and nature. However you choose to experience nature, we’re glad you do. See you ebparks.org on the trails. Having fun on a Multicultural Wellness Walk.

General Information/Free Brochure 1-888-EBPARKS or 1-888-327-2757 Camping & Picnic Reservations...... Earth Team Students Refurbish Oyster Bay ...... 1-888-EBPARKS Naturalist & Recreation yster Bay Regional Shoreline hands-on learning opportunities recreational opportunities and Programs...... 1-888-EBPARKS Ohas dozens of newly planted and important job experience. wildlife habitat,” said Pamela Beitz, TRS Relay Service...... 7-1-1 coast live oaks, Torrey pines and other At Oyster Bay, students from San a Park District resource analyst who native trees thanks to the efforts of oversees the Earth Team squads at Website...... www.ebparks.org Lorenzo, Oakland and Alameda hard-working teenage volunteers on have spent a dozen Saturdays since Oyster Bay. “I firmly believe that if the Earth Team crew. we are going to heal our environment EBRPD Board of Directors 2015 planting trees, removing Earth Team, a Richmond nonprofit, invasive weeds and making other and our inner cities, we need to do Whitney Dotson...... Ward 1 organizes young people throughout improvements at this popular both simultaneously. This is a great Dee Rosario...... Ward 2 example of that.” Dennis Waespi...... Ward 3 the East Bay to participate in shoreline park near Oakland Ellen Corbett...... Ward 4 environmental stewardship projects, International Airport. To volunteer with the Park District Ayn Wieskamp...... Ward 5 such as tree planting, weed removal, “These are urban kids who are on projects like this, visit ebparks.org/ Beverly Lane (President)...... Ward 6 trash cleanup and other activities that volunteer. To learn more about Earth Colin Coffey...... Ward 7 improving an urban park that provides improve the environment, and provide Team, go to earthteam.net. Robert E. Doyle...... General Manager

Visit www.ebparks.org for map downloads, activity and event information, and much more! New San Francisco Bay Trail Segment Under Construction Health onstruction began this summer sweeps north via a new 1,100-foot Planning for the Bay Trail along the Con a new section of the San grade-separated bridge to cross over San Pablo Bay shoreline in Pinole, Matters Francisco Bay Trail between Pinole Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The Hercules, and Contra Costa County Shores and Bayfront Park in the City bridge will land in Bayfront Park and has been ongoing for decades. of Pinole. The new ½-mile segment will be maintained and operated by Construction is estimated to be East Bay will travel along hillside bluffs until it the Park District. completed by June 2018. Regional Park District and HAPPY COMING SOON: A NEW OPTION AT DEL VALLE REGIONAL PARK MAKES are proud partners CAMPERS CAMPING EASIER FOR FAMILIES in 2017 with the mutual goal of promoting health and fitness. or some avid campers, half the new convenience camping pilot program Fthrill comes from snoozing under at Del Valle Regional Park. “This is a Kaiser Permanente Health Tips: the open night sky—no matter the way for people who don’t really want to discomfort and the dirt. For others, sleep on the ground to have a camping Caring for the however, particularly those new to experience,” says Jim O’Connor, Whole You sleeping bags and s’mores by the fire, assistant general manager of operations. the comparative ease of “convenience “It’s about accessibility. How do we How you think, feel, and act affect camping” makes such pleasures meet the various needs of people who your total health and well-being. accessible to more people. want to use our park system?” (Actual cabin may look different from the one above.) Being healthy, mentally and emotionally, means you feel Convenience campsites offer the option The pilot program offers five cabins be made through the Park District’s good about yourself and your of a simple cabin (or in some cases, containing wooden bunk beds, a heater, website starting September. The cost is relationships. Everyone feels on canvas structures known as yurts) as a a fan and basic electricity. The sites are around $100 a night. stand-in for the typical tent. Unlike the located on the main loop at Del Valle, edge, sad, angry, or confused, or more luxurious “glamping,” convenience below the entrance road to the main If the response to the cabins at Del confronts emotional issues from camping keeps traditional elements campground. Valle is positive, the Park District hopes time to time. But if you can manage to expand the idea to Anthony Chabot stress, communicate well, achieve such as cooking over an open fire, The goal is to make camping easier rustic bathing and restroom facilities, and potentially other locations. “I think work-life balance, and think more during nonpeak times such as spring or people are going to like convenience positively, you’ll be able to bounce and eating out in nature, but makes the fall. These cabins provide more shelter activity a little easier. camping, especially families with young back from difficult times faster and and allow people opportunities to camp kids,” says O’Connor. “We can be that enjoy yourself and others more. EBRPD visitors can try it for themselves without the crowds of peak summer place to get them started.” thanks to the District’s season. Reservations for the cabins can Make Getting Outdoors a regular part of your self-care routine. Doctors and wellness professionals are increasingly recognizing the A Holocaust Survivor’s Inventions Save Park History mental and physical health benefits Bela Vidor has been a volunteer with In April 2017, Bill was recognized of getting active in nature. Find the Park District’s History Archives by Assemblymember Rob Bonta for your park at ebparks.org. since 2014, contributing over 750 Holocaust Remembrance Week, with kaiser permanente is a major sponsor hours of service. Bill, as he is known a ceremony at the California State of the park district’s 2017 trails challenge. to learn more about to his fellow volunteers, is an inventor Assembly in Sacramento. Bill was getting in shape and healthy at heart. At the District archives, he born in Hungary in October 1940, lifestyles, visit www.kp.org created a number of processes that and spent his early childhood hiding (you do not need to be a member significantly improved the preservation from the Nazis in Budapest with his of kaiser to receive information). of our historic photographs, maps Bill Vidor and his archival grandmother, while his parents were

photography invention. Photo: Beverly Ortiz and documents. In 2014, the District both in Hungarian labor camps. archives acquired a set of historic photographed by a camera mounted After his parents’ release in 1945, maps with significant mold damage on an adjustable-height bracket. He the family, as refugees, traveled with Bill’s life stories shared during and deteriorating paper. Too fragile also invented a way to “photograph” from displaced persons’ camps to lunch breaks, and with his innovative to be scanned, these maps needed to historic 35mm slides at a higher quality detention camps until Israel declared thinking and contributions. Bill says, be digitized differently. Bill invented than the original slides! The image independence and his family was “I found a perfect group of people a vacuum-operated table to keep quality and file sizes are a perfect shipped to Haifa. The volunteers at the with similar interests of preserving the delicate maps flat while being match for archival preservation. District archives have been enthralled the past.” OFF-LEASH DOG RECALL RECREATION AND SAFETY LLAMAS – MYSTICS OF ANDES Wildcat Metro Dog Redwood LAMAS Outfitters 11am-12:30pm, Sat, Sep 9 #18222; Oct 11am-2:30pm, Sat, Sep 9 #18497; Sep 23 14 #18228; Sun, Sept 24#18226; Oct 29 #18499; Oct 7 #18573; Oct 14 #18575; #18230 10am-1:30pm, Sun, Sep 10 #18498; Sep 24 Learn valuable skills to train your dog to #18500; Oct 8 #18574; Oct 15 #18576 hike off-leash and how you can be a more The Quechua Andeans refer to llamas conscientious trail user. Practice as a group as 'Speechless Brothers.' Learn how to during a short hike. Class suitable ONLY groom, feed, lead, and interact positively for social dogs that are good with dogs and with these specially trained llamas, under people, and do not hunt. the guidance of Geo, a 'Llama Michie,' Registration is required. with over 25 years' experience. Up to Fee: $35 (non-res. $39) three people can share one llama, or RIDGETOP SHUTTLE RUN reserve your own. Parent participation Pleasanton Ridge Recreation Staff required for ages 8-17yrs. Approx. 1.5- 8am, Sat, Sep 9 #18301; Oct 14 #18303; Kayakers 50+ enjoying a class at Shadow Cliffs. mile hike. 8+ yrs. 10am, Sat, Sep 9 #18302; Oct 14 #18304 Registration is required. We are providing one-way shuttle trips Fee: $70 per llama - 4 llamas max. per class deep into the park. We will shuttle you KAYAKING / BOATING (non-res. $78) from the staging area to 1 of 3 destinations allowing you to hike 4.66, 7, or 9.2 miles BIRDING BY KAYAK KAYAKING – BROOKS ISLAND Big Break Cat Taylor/Recreation Staff ADVENTURE POLE WALKING & POLE HIKING 8:30-11am, Sat, Sep 16 #18494; Brooks Recreation Staff Oct 28 #18495 10am-4pm, Sat, Sep 23 #18370; Sun, Learning how to use poles helps walkers & hikers improve endurance, posture, What better way to bird than by kayak- Sep 24 #18373 balance, confidence, and strength and enhances your enjoyment of the outdoors all ing on the welcoming and wondrous This trip is a short paddle in stable, year long. All levels focus on learning anatomically-optimal techniques to achieve waters of the Delta? We’ll start off double kayaks across sheltered bay greater skill while learning how to avoid joint stress or strain. Carefully select the with dry land instruction, then paddle water with spectacular views of San class that suits your physical ability and inclination. A variety of top quality poles our steady and stable craft on a group Francisco. Paddle along Brooks Island are provided at all seminars. Beautiful hiking locations are based on the season/ exploration of this lush and lovely Preserve shoreline then come ashore weather. Mobility class locations offer indoor training and lovely/easy pole walks for shoreline. to enjoy a naturalist guided two-mile practice. Registration is required. hike around the island which is normally Fee: $30 (non-res. $34) closed to visitors. POLES: BASIC SKILLS & POLES for BALANCE AND KAYAKING BIG BREAK Registration is required. TECHNIQUES PLUS HIKE MAINTAINING MOBILITY Big Break Cat Taylor/Recreation Staff Fee: $85 (non-res. $95) Redwood Jayah Faye Paley Kennedy Grove Jayah Faye Paley noon-2:30pm, Sat, Sep 16 #18423; Oct KAYAKING - SUNSET PADDLE 8:30am-3pm, Sat, Sep 30 #18245 1-4:30pm, Sat, Oct 21 #18273 28 #18424 MLK, Jr. Shoreline Recreation staff Experience everything in the Basic Skills Easy-to-learn pole techniques and gen- Come ply the welcoming and wondrous 5:30-8:30pm, Sat, Sep 30 #18350 & Techniques class plus a shaded Red- tle exercises empower people to main- waters of the Delta on this beginner Relish the beauty of the sunset by wood practice hike. Learn individualized tain independence, navigate everyday (& up) kayak excursion. We'll start off kayak! We'll set off just before sunset strategies for improving performance obstacles, reduce risk of falling, restore with dry land instruction then paddle and explore the calm waters of San on varied terrain. “Test drive” differ- spine function, and improve stamina and our steady and stable craft on a group Leandro Bay. Whether a beginner or ent pole models; learn which poles fit walking form. Strengthen muscles that exploration of this lovely, rich shore- novice kayaker, you will be sure to you best and will help you achieve your support weight bearing joints. Optional line. Adult participation required for enjoy this leisurely paddle. Kayaks and goals. Hike is approx. 5 miles. lovely practice walk – approx. 1/3 mile. ages 8-17yrs. (adult registers). all associated safety gear provided. Registration is required. Special equipment provided. Registration is required. Registration is required. Fee: $48 (non-res. $51) Registration is required. Fee: $30 (non-res. $34) Fee: $35 (non-res. $39) POLES: BASIC HIKING SKILLS & Fee: $35 (non-res. $39) KAYAKING FOR FOLKS 50+ BOAT TO BROOKS ABOARD TECHNIQUES POLES: PRACTICE HIKE Various Recreation Staff DELPHINUS Kennedy Grove Jayah Faye Paley PLUS YOGA 11am-3pm, Wed, Sep 20 #18315, Lake Brooks Island Dolphin Charters/ 8:30am-12:30pm, Sat, Oct 21 #18259 Redwood Jayah Faye Paley Chabot; Interpretive Staff Morning session helps hikers learn 8:30am-1pm, Sun, Oct 22 #18288 10am-2pm, Thu, Oct 5 #18337, Big 9am-3pm, Sat, Oct 14 #18107; poles, trail, and body skills. Begin- Hike, Stretch, Strengthen, and Breathe! Break Sun, Oct 15 #18111 ner to experienced hikers learn Practice more advanced techniques, Learn kayaking skills with your peers at Join us for a relaxed, narrated boat techniques without the additional improve your trail performance a pace that is right for you. Learn pad- ride to Brooks Island. Once anchored challenge of a practice hike in the while exploring beautiful trails in the dling techniques, equipment selection, near the shoreline, participants will be afternoon. Uphill: improve power, redwoods. Interspersed stretches and and safety guidelines in calm waters. ferried (by skiff) to the island to enjoy a endurance, and spine function. strengthening movements focus on Then practice what you have learned naturalist-guided, two-mile hike around Downhill: develop skills for feeling improving longevity, injury prevention, touring the lake in a kayak. Sep 20: Lake this beautiful preserve. Hot coffee, hot safer and preserving joints – save joint health, and structural stabilization. Chabot. Oct 5: Big Break. chocolate and tea are provided. Ages your knees! Approx. 9 miles. Previous EBRPD pole Registration is required. 12+yrs. Registration is required. hiking instruction required. Fee: $52 (non-res. $58) Registration is required. Fee: $39 (non-res. $43) Registration is required. Fee: $72 (non-res. $80) Fee: $26 (non-res. $30)

4 Ardenwood: (510) 544-2797 • Big Break: (510) 544-3050 • Black Diamond: (510) 544-2750 • Botanic Garden: (510) 544-3169 • Coyote Hills: (510) 544-3220 • Crab Cove: (510) 544-3187 • Sunol: (510) 544-3249 • Tilden Nature Area: (510) 544-2233 Registration information – register beginning August 1 www.ebparks.org/register or 1-888-327-2757 (1-888-EBPARKS) , option 2

FARMYARD STORY TIME PLAY WITH DOUGH Ardenwood Interpretive Staff Ardenwood Christina Garcia 10:30-11am, Sat, Sep 9, 23 12:30-1:30pm, Sun, Sep10 The Little Red Hen, the Billy Goats Gruff and Experience the ancient art of bread other farm friends are waiting to meet you! making. Sift flour, knead the dough and Join the story circle for some classic barnyard shape your very own pretzel that we will tales before visiting the main characters. bake in the wood-burning stove. GOURMET POPCORN STILT WALKERS Ardenwood Mindy Castle Ardenwood Christina Garcia 11am-noon, Sat, Sep 9 1:30-2:30pm, Sun, Sep 10, Oct 15 & 29 Who knew popcorn could be gourmet? Want to be taller? Improve your balance? We’ll spice up an old farm staple with Give stilts a try. It’s fun. Guess why exotic spices and flavors. Which batch will farmers used these fun tools in the past. be the best? You can decide. FARMYARD GAMES Ardenwood Interpretive Staff 1-2pm, Sat, Sep 9; Sun, Sep 24 2-3pm, Sat, Oct 14 Life on a farm wasn’t all work and no play. Join us for some old-fashioned fun! Try Fly casting at Lake Anza. your hand at classic American pastimes including stilts, tug-of-war, and the potato- FLY-FISHING INTRODUCTION spoon race. Tilden Fish First! BEGINNING EMBROIDERY 7am-1pm, Sun, Sep 10 #18138; Oct 8 #18144 Ardenwood Mindy Castle This exciting and informative day is geared toward the beginning angler. Spend three 2-3pm, Sat, Sep 9 hours at Lake Anza practicing casting with a certified fly-casting instructor. Then Victorians loved to embroider, and you will enjoy two and one-half hours of classroom instruction where you will be introduced too! Learn some basic embroidery stitches to knots, fly selection, reading the water, and more. 12+yrs. and you will be able to decorate all sorts of Registration is required. cloth objects. Training materials provided. Fee: $60 (non-res. $66) CORN SHELLING Ardenwood Interpretive Staff 10:30-11:30am, Sun, Sep 10, 17 back to the staging area. The majority of TRAIN RIDES Learn about the many uses for this the hike back is along the ridgetop offering Ardenwood Railroad Museum all-American grain as you lend a hand Photo: Allan Mendez fantastic views of the East Bay Hills and 10:15am - 3:30pm, Every Thu, Fri & Sun preparing Indian corn for milling into meal. Bay. Prepare for remote hiking and carry Climb aboard for a ride back in time to the Meet at the barn. water! Choose from one of two daily days when railroads connected the East RAIL FAIR AT ARDENWOOD trips. Adult participation required for ages Bay to the world. Check the daily schedule COOKING IN THE COUNTRY Ardenwood Railroad Museum 8-15yrs. (adult registers). 8+yrs. and meet the train at Arden Station or KITCHEN 10am-4pm, Sat-Mon, Sep 2-4 Registration is required. Deer Park. Ardenwood Interpretive Staff Bring the whole family to the 18th Fee: $10 (non-res. $12) 11am-1pm, Sun, Sep 10, 17, Oct 15, 29 annual “Rail Fair” featuring the PATTERSON HOUSE TOURS Stop by the Country Kitchen and take a historic steam locomotive "Ann Marie" ARCHERY - INTRODUCTION Ardenwood Patterson House Docents tasty step back in time! Discover how to (Cortez Mining Co #1), an 1890 Porter Roberts Redwood Bowmen Various times, every Thu-Sun cook with a wood-burning stove and sample locomotive. Over the 3-day Labor Day 1:30-3:30pm, Sat, Sep 16 #18208 Tour the beautifully-restored Patterson the special of the day, be it savory or sweet. weekend, enjoy narrow gauge steam Oct 21 #18210 House Museum. Discover its history on Pick up a historic recipe to try at home. train rides, garden and model railroads Gain 90-minutes of archery coaching and tours led by docents dressed in 19th- including live steam locomotives, early practice at an outdoor range, with all your century clothing. Check for tickets at the PICK-A-PICKLE day gas engines, the Hobo game for equipment provided. Designed for the Train Station. Ardenwood Nicholas Fowlks children, special activities for children beginner, the class starts with 30-minutes Special tours for children 6 yrs. and 11am-noon, Sun, Sep 10 6 and under, and live music. Explore of classroom instruction. 8+yrs. (adult under are offered Thursdays and Fridays Prepare your minds as well as your taste- the farm and the beautiful Patterson supervision required for children ages at 2:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays at buds as we explore the scrumptious House and gardens. Food and drinks 8-13yrs). Fee: $50 (non-res. $56) 11:30 am. history of pickling. Meet at the Country Registration is required. Kitchen for demonstration and sampling. are available at the Farmyard Café. ANIMAL FEEDING All activities are free with the price of Ardenwood Interpretive Staff MEET THE BUNNIES admission. ARDENWOOD 3pm, Every Thu-Sun Ardenwood Interpretive Staff For more info visit us at www.spcrr. Feed the goats, check for eggs, and bring 11:30am-noon, Sun Sep 10 & 24, Oct 29 Ardenwood is open Tuesdays through org and on Facebook: www.facebook. hay to the livestock. You’ll learn all the Come meet the farm rabbits. Learn why Sundays from 10am-4pm. Admission fees com/SPCRRmuseum. Fee: $12/adult, animals’ favorite foods as you help shut the they have big ears, their favorite food, and apply. For program and fee info: $8/senior (62+), $7/ children (4-17 yrs.), farm down for the evening. Meet at the how they communicate. See if you can find (510) 544-2797, [email protected] or children under 4 free. Free parking. Chicken Coop. the softest part of a bunny. www.ebparks.org.

= Register at www.ebparksonline.org = Disabled accessible program = Parking fee may be charged = Kids Challenge program = Healthy Parks Healthy People program 5 WAKE UP THE FARM POPCORN TIME Along the way we’ll learn how we can Ardenwood Interpretive Staff Ardenwood Christina Garcia transform their special fur into wooly 10:30-11am, Sat, Sep 16 & 30; Sun, Sep 24, 11:30am-1pm, Sun, Sep 17 wonders. Oct 15 & 29 Did you know the Pilgrims enjoyed CHORES FOR LITTLE FARMERS Rise and shine little farmers! Say “Good popcorn with cream for breakfast? Try Ardenwood Interpretive Staff morning!” to the sheep and goats and lend this as well as other new and old ways of 10:30-11am, Sun, Oct 1 & 22 a hand as we prepare a morning snack for enjoying this explosive American grain. Rise and shine! Lend a hand! We’ll start the farm animals. CORN MOSAICS with a story before preparing a morning FUN WITH FELTING Ardenwood Interpretive Staff treat for the farm animals, clean a corral, Ardenwood Mindy Castle 1-2pm, Sun, Sep 17, Sat, Oct 14 and meet the sheep and goats. 11am-noon, Sat, Sep 16 & 30 Learn how to turn our freshly-harvested MEET THE CHICKENS Have some good, clean fun as we learn Indian corn into a fun craft for the whole Ardenwood Interpretive Staff how felt is made from sheep’s wool, and family! Use the rainbow of colored kernels 11am-noon, Sat, Oct 14, 1-2pm, Sun, then make a felt toy to take home. to make your own mosaic. Oct 22 WAX: IT’S THE BEE’S KNEES! CORN TOSS Check out our coop full of chickens! Ardenwood Mindy Castle Ardenwood Christina Garcia Discover why they like to roam around 1-2pm, Sat, Sep 16 2-2:30pm, Sun, Sep 17, Oct 29 the farmyard and scratch and peck at the What’s the buzz about bees? Beeswax! Can you get the bag of kernels into the ground while you feed them a little snack. This secretion of waxiness is important hole? Take a turn at this popular game of CORN HUSK DOLLS to both bees and humans. Illuminate your corny skill. Win some farm-grown prize Ardenwood Christina Garcia mind as you make a candle and sample popcorn ears! 2-3pm, Sun, Oct 15 & 22 Ardenwood’s honey. TODDLER TIME HARVEST FESTIVAL Craft your own folk art doll of colorful VICTORIAN TABLE TOP GAMES Ardenwood Interpretive Staff Ardenwood Interpretive Staff husks gleaned from the field. Corn silk hair, Ardenwood Interpretive Staff 10:30-11:45am, Wed, Sep 20, 27, Oct 4, 18 10am-5pm, Sat, Oct 7, & Sun, Oct 8 a twig broom, or an acorn cap will add 2-3pm, Sat, Sep 16 Bring the tots out for an exciting morning Ticket sales begin August 1st. individual character to your creation. 1:30-2:30pm, Sat, Sep 30 at the farm. Read a story, do some chores, Enjoy some down home country fun HAUNTED RAILROAD Ready for some old-fashioned fun? and meet some farm friends. Little ones as you help bring in this year’s crop of Ardenwood Railroad Museum Challenge your family and friends to a will enjoy a variety of activities at their own corn. Wander through a 5-acre field 7-9:30pm, Fri & Sat, Oct 20, 21, 27 & 28 game of ball and cup, tops, or Jacob’s pace. We’ll meet rain or shine! (1-4 yrs) searching for ears of Indian corn and 7-9:00pm, Sun, Oct 22 & 29 Ladder as you delve into our box of games APPLE CIDER PRESSING popcorn, and take home a portion of Climb aboard the train for a frightfully from days-gone-by. Ardenwood Mindy Castle & Jenna Scimeca what you harvest. fun ride through the dark forest of 11am-noon, Sat, Sep 23; Sun, Oct 15 Outside the field, enjoy magic shows, Ardenwood. The entire family will enjoy Sat, Oct 21 cider pressing, old-time music and his- a hauntingly good time on the Ghost Come help squeeze the juice from apples toric crafts. Ride a narrow gauge train, Train! This spooky (not scary) train ride is and discover why this was once the most visit the pumpkin patch and learn what designed for families with children 12 years popular drink in America. Afterwards, late nineteenth century life was like on of age and under. Purchase tickets online taste a sample of our hard work. a tour of the beautifully restored farm- at www.spcrr.org beginning October 1. house. Please bring your own bags to Limited tickets will be available at the gate ROPE MAKING & HAY HOISTING take home your harvest. Fee: $10/adult, beginning at 4:30pm only on event days. Ardenwood Mindy Castle & $8/senior (62+), $6/child (4-17 yrs.) and For more info visit us at www.spcrr.org A program in partnership with . . . Interpretive Staff free/under 4 years. Avoid the line by and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ 1-2pm, Sat, Sep 23, noon-1pm, Sun, purchasing advance tickets at the farm SPCRRmuseum. Fee: $7 ages 3 and up, Oct 1 & 22 or at www.ebparks.org. Free parking. children under 3 free. Free parking. Make rope with our antique machine, TRAILS CHALLENGE and then see how lots of rope plus a few We challenge you to complete pulleys make hoisting hay bales into the 5 featured trails by December barn loft a cinch. 1. The guidebook features trails GORGEOUS GOATS for all fitness levels as well as tips Ardenwood Interpretive Staff for new trail users. Go “green” 2-2:30pm, Sat, Sep 23, Oct 21 by downloading the guidebook Discover why goats are a farmyard at ebparks.org – print only what mainstay. Lend a hand grooming our Ardenwood Historic Farm you need. nannies and give them a snack as you learn A commemorative pin will be all about these gentle farm friends. October 7 & 8 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. sent (while supplies last) once BIRDING THE FARM you complete the Challenge and Corn to pick • Magic shows • Old-time music & crafts • Cider pressing... Ardenwood Christina Garcia return your Trail Log. Kaiser 8-9:30am, Sun Sep 24, Oct 22 Event Information: 510-544-2797 and [email protected] Permanente is a major sponsor Fall migration is here! Let’s look for winter of this program. residents and those passing through this Adults $10; Seniors $8; Kids $6 ages 4 to 17; urban refuge. No admission fee. 3 years and under free. FREE PARKING WONDERFUL WOOL Ardenwood Christina Garcia BUY ADVANCE TICKETS: August 1 to September 29 2-3pm, Sun, Sep 24, Oct 1 at the farm or ebparks.org We’ll start with a yarn about wool before visiting our fleeciest friends. Ardenwood • 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont • ebparks.org

6 Ardenwood: (510) 544-2797 • Big Break: (510) 544-3050 • Black Diamond: (510) 544-2750 • Botanic Garden: (510) 544-3169 • Coyote Hills: (510) 544-3220 • Crab Cove: (510) 544-3187 • Sunol: (510) 544-3249 • Tilden Nature Area: (510) 544-2233 SATURDAY RAILROAD Enjoy sunrise yoga (indoors or outdoors, register beginning August 1 ADVENTURE DAY weather dependent) and the park's Registration information – www.ebparks.org/register or 1-888-327-2757 (1-888-EBPARKS) , option 2 Railroad Museum at Ardenwood awakening. Bring a yoga mat if you have 10 am-3:30 pm, Sat, Oct 21 one, and wear warm, comfortable layers to THURSDAY BIRDING: RAPTOR solar system. We'll explore our sun, the All Aboard! Pick out your Halloween move, breathe and meditate. BASELINE most important source of energy for life pumpkins at Joe Perry’s pumpkin patch WETLAND WONDERS on Earth. Co-hosted with Mount Diablo at the park entrance, then come take a Various Parks Mike Moran Big Break Interpretive Staff 9-11:30am, Thu, Sept 28 #18409 Morgan Astronomical Society. relaxing ride on the narrow gauge railroad 2-3pm, Sat, Sept 2 at Ardenwood. Special trains will take Territory CRITTER CLUES Feel the contours on cottonwood bark, Oct 26 #18416 Round Valley you around the fields and through the listen for marsh wrens and watch cattail Big Break Interpretive Staff eucalyptus groves. Enjoy the view as you The morning (eastern) side of Mount 2-3pm, Sat, Oct 21 seeds travel away in the wind as summer Diablo hosts a magnificent array of birds learn about the history of the railroad and draws to a close. Examine chewed branches, listen to bird the farm. Fee: All Day Pass $3/person for of prey; hawks, falcons, eagles. Help us calls and keep a look out for animal tracks WILDLIFE EXPLORATION ages 2 and up – ride as many times as you document their variety and numbers in this as you become a Big Break detective. Big Break Nichole Gange like! Under 2 is free. fun, social, citizen science research project. Come discover what animals roam our 10am-2pm, Mon, Sept 4 No experience necessary – we’ll teach you wetlands! THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER… Drop in at your leisure as we feature how to identify these birds. We’ll meet CATCH A FALLING STAR! Ardenwood Jenna Scimeca a variety of delta wildlife at stations at a different park on the last Thursday of Big Break Cat Taylor 10:30-11am, Sat, Oct 21 throughout the park. each month, except November. Join in for Went up the water spout and built a 7:30-9:30pm, Sat, Oct 21 COFFEE TALK & DELTA NEWS one or all. Registration is required. beautiful web! Join us for a hike around the The skies are primed for the Orionids Big Break Interpretive Staff WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE farm to see where our littlest critters hide. Meteor Shower! Dress warmly and bring 8:30-9am, Wed, Sept 6, Oct 4 Bring your magnifying glasses! Big Break Interpretive Staff flashlights, blankets or reclining lawn From tunnels to research projects, farming 2-3pm, Sat, Sept 30 chairs to view the celestial show above. OH, MY GOURD! to fish stocks, the Delta is always in the Let's take a step back into the past. How If overcast, we'll take a night-time stroll Ardenwood Jenna Scimeca news. Stop by the Visitor Center on the would you capture a beautiful landscape along the Delta. 1-2pm, Sat, Oct 21 FIRST Wednesday of each month for without a camera or a phone? Let's Gourds are great! Try a sample of some coffee and discussion of science and events take in the scenery and get creative with freshly baked pumpkin treats from the shaping the region. watercolor paints. wood burning the stove. OUTSTANDING OTTERS FEATHERED FAMILY FORAY SKILLS OF THE PAST: HALLOWEEN HIJINKS Big Break Interpretive Staff Big Break Cat Taylor ACORN SOUP Ardenwood Jenna Scimeca 2-3pm, Sat, Sept 9 10-11:30am, Sat, Sept 30 Coyote Hills Dino Labiste 11am-3pm, Sat, Oct 28 River otter? Sea otter? What’s the Budding ornithologists are invited out for 10am-3pm, Sun, Oct 15 #18244 Pumpkins, spiders, and old-fashioned difference? Come discover the answers a morning of feathery fun as we wander in Acorns were, and still are, a fun! Celebrate this bewitching holiday and otter clues in the park. search of chirpers, tweeters, quackers and nutritious food of California Native with festive games and crafts. 11am – Americans. Watch and participate in SECOND SUNDAYS CAMPFIRE soarers. Bring binoculars or borrow some baking pumpkin treats in a wood-burning the techniques of acorn processing. Big Break Interpretive Staff of ours. stove; Noon – apple cider pressing; 1pm Stone tools, as well as modern tools, 6:30-9pm, Sun, Sept 10 MAMMALS OF THE MARSH – Halloween crafts; 2pm – Halloween will be used to shell, pound, leach and Gather the family for an evening in the Big Break Interpretive Staff games. cook the acorns into a meal. Meet park! Bring a picnic dinner to enjoy before 2-3pm, Sat, Oct 7 at Dairy Glen campground. Fee: $5 the festivities begin. We'll explore the Discover some of the Delta's furry cuties: (non-res: $7). wonders of Big Break through activities river otters, beavers, minks, and more. BIG BREAK Registration is required. and a family campfire (and S'mores of Explore their similarities, differences, and Big Break Visitor Center at the Delta is FIRE MAKING course!) adaptations to the unique habitat they call open Wed-Sun, 10am to 4pm. Info: 510- Coyote Hills Dino Labiste home. 544-3050 or email BigBreakVisit@ebparks. BIG BREAK LITTLES 9:30am-12:30pm, Sun, Oct 22 #18247 org. Big Break Nichole Gange CITIZEN SCIENCE: BIRDS OF Ever wondered how fire was created 10-11am, Mon, Sept 11, Oct 2 MARSH CREEK DELTA DISCOVERIES before matches or a lighter? Unravel Bring the little ones out to discover nature. Big Break Cat Taylor Big Break Interpretive Staff the secrets of fire-by-friction, fire-by- In September we will test what floats and 8:30-11am, Sat, Oct 14 11am-2pm, Every Sat & Sun percussion and fire-by-compression. sinks. In October we will investigate bugs. Spend a glorious morning amidst bird Discover the wonders of the Delta through Discover the techniques required Parent/caregiver participation required. song spying on year-rounders, pass-byers hands on arts and crafts activities! Each to produce a glowing ember as we 1-5 yrs. and winter migrants. Join the ranks of week we will explore different wetland practice our fire making skills through citizen science spotters for e-bird. Bring wonders. INVASIVE PLANT IDENTIFIER hands-on activities. 16+yrs. Big Break Interpretive Staff binoculars or borrow some of ours. Registration is required. TESTING THE WATER 2-3pm, Sun, Sept 17 Beginners welcome! CORDAGE MAKING Big Break Interpretive Staff Name that plant invader! Let's discover OH BATS! Coyote Hills Dino Labiste 9-10am, Every Sat & Sun the good, the bad and the ugly about these Big Break Interpretive Staff 2-4:30pm, Sun, Oct 22 #18253 Track the health of the Delta! Using well-traveled denizens of the dirt (and 2-3pm, Sun, Oct 15 The ability to twist, twine or state of the art instruments, we’ll test water.) For the month of Halloween, let's braid fibers into cordage allowed for dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity, celebrate those fascinating, flying, furry indigenous cultures to tie their and more. Our results go into a regional LEVEE TOP STROLL Big Break Interpretive Staff creatures: BATS! world together. Learn the various database for use by researchers, scientists techniques of gathering, preparation, and water managers. 2-3pm, Sat, Sept 23 SOLAR VIEWING THAT’S OUT Meander through the willows on this flat, OF THIS WORLD extracting and plying plant materials DAWN CHORUS YOGA one mile stroll. Calm your mind while Big Break Nichole Gange to create cordage. Practice the Big Break Interpretive Staff/ Brentwood enjoying a variety of plants and evidence of 11am-3pm, Sun, Oct 15 efficient method of leg rolling plant Yoga Center wildlife. Observe the star at the center of our fibers. 9+yrs. Registration is required. 7-8am, Sat, Sept 2, Oct 7

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SEPTEMBER 8 Carquinez Strait: Coastal Cleanup 2017, Mystics of Andes September 2017 Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Family Night on the Strait Tilden Nature Area: Farm Chores For Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Coyote Hills: Cart of Curiosities, Discovery Littles, Build a Blossom SMTWTFS Days SEPTEMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 24 Crown Beach: Coastal Cleanup 2017 1 2 Ardenwood: Birding The Farm, Ride The Rails- Ardenwood: Farmyard Story Time, Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Train Rides, Wake Up The Farm, Meet The Gourmet Popcorn, Patterson House Tours, Time 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bunnies, Patterson House Tours, Farmyard Farmyard Games, Beginning Embroidery, Del Valle: Coastal Cleanup 2017 Games, Wonderful Wool, Animal Feeding Animal Feeding Hayward Shoreline: Coastal Cleanup 2017 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Martinez Shoreline: Coastal Cleanup 2017 Discoveries Discoveries, Outstanding Otters ML King Jr Shoreline: Coastal Cleanup 2017 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Black Diamond: Tarantula Tales Black Diamond: Evening in Wild West End Point Isabel: Coastal Cleanup 2017 Brooks Island: Kayaking Coyote Hills: Discovery Days Point Pinole: Coastal Cleanup 2017 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Coyote Hills: Ohlone Village Site Tour, Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Roberts : Archery Introduction Discovery Days Time Sunol: Night Hike in Sunol! Crab Cove: Morning Yoga by the Bay, Family Garin: Garin Apple Festival Tilden Nature Area: Farm Chores For Nature Fun - Fall Fun, Fish Feeding Time SEPTEMBER 1 Huckleberry: Saturday and Sunday Strolls Littles, Make Your Own Play Dough, Del Valle: Meet a Tarantula Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Pleasanton Ridge: Ridgetop Shuttle Runs Spider Safari Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Redwood: Llamas - Mystics of Andes ML King Jr Shoreline: Sat and Sun Strolls Del Valle: Family Explorers Tilden Nature Area: Farm Chores For SEPTEMBER 17 Redwood: Llamas - Mystics of Andes Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Tilden Nature Area: Lake to Lake SEPTEMBER 2 Littles, Reptile Roundup Wildcat Canyon: Off-leash Dog Recall and Corn Shelling & Grinding, Cooking In The Watershed Walk, Talk With The Animals, Alameda Creek Trail: Canine Capers Walk Safety Country Kitchen, Patterson House Tours, Sensory Hike Anthony Chabot: Campfire Programs Popcorn Time, Corn Mosaics, Corn Toss, Wildcat Canyon: Off-leash Dog Recall and SEPTEMBER 10 Ardenwood: Rail Fair, Patterson House Animal Feeding Safety Tours, Animal Feeding Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta SEPTEMBER 25 Big Break: Dawn Chorus Yoga, Testing The Corn Shelling & Grinding, Cooking In The Discoveries, Invasive Plant Identifier Sunol: Outdoor Discoveries: Owls Water, Delta Discoveries, Wetland Wonders, Country Kitchen, Pick-A-Pickle, Meet The Briones: Briones Equinox Walk Tilden Nature Area: Monday Birding Spare the Chair Evening at the Delta Bunnies, Patterson House Tours, Play With Coyote Hills: Tule Hut Construction, Coyote Hills: Bird Walk, Discovery Days Dough, Stilt Walkers, Animal Feeding Discovery Days SEPTEMBER 26 Crab Cove: Crab Cove Fish Festival, Family Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Coyote Hills: Weekday Bird Walk Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Time Discoveries, Second Sundays Campfire Time Crab Cove: Sea Squirts: Spectacular Del Valle: Bird Language, Del Valle Campfire Black Diamond: Evening Hike to Rose Hill Roberts: The Biggest Trees in the World? Spiders Tilden Nature Area: Farm Chores For Littles Cemetery Tilden Nature Area: Talk With The Coyote Hills: SEPTEMBER 27 SEPTEMBER 3 Discovery Days Animals, Nature Ramble Crown Beach: Early Bird Migrants Ardenwood: Toddler Time Ardenwood: Rail Fair, Train Rides, Patterson Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun, Fish Feeding SEPTEMBER 18 Garin: Wednesday Walks House Tours, Animal Feeding Shadow Cliffs: Time Lakeside Littles SEPTEMBER 28 Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Las Trampas: Eugene O’Neill Festival Hike SEPTEMBER 19 Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Discoveries Redwood: Llamas - Mystics of Andes Anthony Chabot: Hikes for Tykes Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Coyote Hills: Tule Hut Construction, Sunol: Stream Splashdown! Morgan Territory: Thursday Birding: Discovery Days Tilden Nature Area: Fly-Fishing Introduction, SEPTEMBER 20 Raptor Baseline Crab Cove: Alameda Wildlife, Family Cordage-From Plant to Animal, Talk With Ardenwood: Toddler Time Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Time The Animals, Fun With Felt Briones: Wednesday Walks SEPTEMBER 29 Tilden Nature Area: Rise to the Peak, Talk Lake Chabot: Kayaking for Folks 50+ Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, With The Animals, Make a Mini Tule Boat SEPTEMBER 11 Big Break: SEPTEMBER 21 Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding SEPTEMBER 4 Big Break Littles McLaughlin Eastshore: Monday Birding Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, SEPTEMBER 30 Ardenwood: Rail Fair At Ardenwood SEPTEMBER 12 Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Ardenwood: Wake Up The Farm, Fun With Big Break: Wildlife Exploration Felting, Patterson House Tours, Victorian Crab Cove: Sea Squirts: Butterfly Beauties SEPTEMBER 22 Black Diamond: Labor Day Mine Tours Table Top Games, Animal Feeding Tilden: The Over-The-Hills Gang Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Coyote Hills: Tule Hut Construction Big Break: Testing The Water, Feathered Tilden Nature Area: Tilden Tots Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Crab Cove: Labor Day Open House, Family Family Foray, Delta Discoveries, Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Time SEPTEMBER 14 SEPTEMBER 23 Watercolor Landscape Garin: Labor Day Fun! Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Ardenwood: Farmyard Story Time, Apple Coyote Hills: Cart of Curiosities, Discovery Tilden Nature Area: Labor Day Open House Farmyard Docent Training, Patterson Cider Pressing, Patterson House Tours, Days SEPTEMBER 5 House Tours, Animal Feeding Rope Making & Hay Hoisting, Gorgeous Crockett Hills: Spider Safari Redwood: Hikes for Tykes SEPTEMBER 15 Goats, Animal Feeding Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun - Bird Bingo, Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Fish Feeding Time SEPTEMBER 6 Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Discoveries, Levee Top Stroll ML King Jr Shoreline: Kayaking - Sunset Big Break: Coffee Talk & Delta News Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Brooks Island: Kayaking Paddle Redwood: Wednesday Walks SEPTEMBER 16 Coyote Hills: Volunteer Day: Ohlone Redwood: Poles: Basic Skills & Techniques SEPTEMBER 7 Ardenwood: Wake Up The Farm, Fun With Village Site, Discovery Days, Ohlone Village Plus Hike Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Felting, Patterson House Tours, Wax: Site Tour Round Valley: Round Valley Picnic Walk Patterson House Tours, Farmyard Docent It’s The Bees Knees!, Victorian Table Top Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Sibley: Sunset Over Sibley Training, Animal Feeding Games, Animal Feeding Time Sunol: Nature Journaling: Plant Power! 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OCTOBER 1 Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Day, The Itsy Bitsy Spider..., Apple Cider Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Pressing, Patterson House Tours, “Oh, My October 2017 Chores For Little Farmers, Patterson OCTOBER 13 Gourd!”, Gorgeous Goats, Animal Feeding, SMTWTFS House Tours, Rope Making & Hay Hoisting, Haunted Railroad Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Big Break: Testing Water, Delta Discoveries, Wonderful Wool, Animal Feeding Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Critter Clues, Catch a Falling Star! Discoveries OCTOBER 14 Coyote Hills: Discovery Days, Ohlone 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Coyote Hills: Gathering of Ohlone Peoples, Ardenwood: Meet The Chickens, Patterson Village Site Tour Discovery Days House Tours, Corn Mosaics, Farmyard Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun - 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Games, Animal Feeding Camouflaged Critters, Fish Feeding Time Sibley: Who Built the Sibley Labyrinth? Big Break: Citizen Science: Birds of Kennedy Grove: Poles: Basic Hiking Skills & 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Tilden Nature Area: Mystery Mammals, Marsh Creek, Testing The Water, Delta Techniques, Poles for Balance & Mobility Talk With The Animals, Spider Safari Discoveries Roberts: Archery Introduction 29 30 31 Sibley: Saturday and Sunday Strolls OCTOBER 2 Brooks Island: Boat to Brooks Aboard Delphinus Sunol: Cowboy Hootenanny Big Break: Big Break Littles Tilden Nature Area: Farm Chores For Coyote Hills: Discovery Days, Connecting Tilden Nature Area: Littles, “Jewel Lake" Farm Chores For OCTOBER 3 to Our Roots Littles, Predators of the Forest and Encinal Beach: Hikes for Tykes Crab Cove: “Family Nature Fun - Owls, OCTOBER 22 Meadow Owls, Everywhere”, Fish Feeding Time OCTOBER 4 Alameda Main Library: Monarch OCTOBER 29 Pleasanton Ridge: Ridgetop Shuttle Runs, Butterflies Ardenwood: Toddler Time Ardenwood: Ridgetop Shuttle Runs Ardenwood: Birding The Farm, Ride Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Big Break: Coffee Talk & Delta News Redwood: Llamas - Mystics of Andes Wake Up The Farm, Cooking In The Redwood: Wednesday Walks The Rails-Train Rides, Chores For Little Sunol: Tarantula Trek Farmers, Patterson House Tours, Rope Country Kitchen, Meet The Bunnies, OCTOBER 5 Tilden Nature Area: Farm Chores For Making & Hay Hoisting, Meet The Chickens, Patterson House Tours, Stilt Walkers, Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Littles, Happy Harvest, Trail Cam Adventures Corn Husk Dolls, Animal Feeding, Haunted Corn Toss, Animal Feeding, Haunted Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Wildcat Canyon: Off-leash Dog Recall, Safety Railroad Railroad Big Break: Big Break: Kayaking for Folks 50+ OCTOBER 15 Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Testing The Water, Delta Discoveries, Reptile Ramble Discoveries, Owl Pellet Dissection OCTOBER 6 Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Black Diamond: Coyote Hills: Skills of the Past: Fire Making, Creepy Critters Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Wake Up The Farm, Apple Cider Pressing, Coyote Hills: All About Reptiles, Discovery Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Cooking In The Country Kitchen, Discovery Days, Skills of the Past Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Days Patterson House Tours, Stilt Walkers, Crab Cove: Morning Yoga by the Bay, Family OCTOBER 7 Corn Husk Dolls, Animal Feeding Diablo Foothills: Autumn Foothills Hike Ardenwood: Harvest Festival, Patterson Redwood: Poles Practice Hike Plus Yoga Nature Fun - Halloween Animal Fun Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Crab Cove: House Tours, Animal Feeding Tilden Nature Area: Talk With The Fish Feeding Time Discoveries, Solar Viewing That’s Out of Lake Temescal: Saturday and Sunday Strolls Big Break: Dawn Chorus Yoga, Testing The This World, Oh Bats! Animals, Tilden Tots, Twilight Walk Water, Delta Discoveries, Mammals of the Tilden Nature Area: Mystery Mammals, Brooks Island: Boat to Brooks Aboard OCTOBER 23 Talk With The Animals, Spider Safari Marsh Delphinus Coyote Hills: Bird Walk, Discovery Days Sunol: Outdoor Discoveries: Tarantulas Wildcat Canyon: Off-leash Dog Recall and Coyote Hills: Skills of the Past: Acorn Soup, Safety Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Discovery Days OCTOBER 24 Del Valle: Hawk Migration Crab Cove: Native Plant Gardening, Family Crockett Hills: The Over-The-Hills Gang OCTOBER 30 Redwood: Llamas - Mystics of Andes Nature Fun, Fish Feeding Time Crab Cove: Sea Squirts: Go Into the Night: Coyote Hills: Coyote Cubs: Creepy Crawly Tilden Nature Area: Farm Chores For Redwood: Llamas - Mystics of Andes Nocturnal Animals Creatures Littles, Spiderology Sunol: Meet a Tarantula OCTOBER 25 OCTOBER 31 Tilden Nature Area: Talk With The OCTOBER 8 Sibley: Wednesday Walks ML King Jr Shoreline: Hikes for Tykes Ardenwood: Harvest Festival, Ride The Animals, Tilden Rocks! Rails-Train Rides, Patterson House Tours OCTOBER 16 OCTOBER 26 Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Big Break: Testing The Water, Delta Shadow Cliffs: Lakeside Littles Discoveries Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Bird Walks Briones: Twilight Walk OCTOBER 17 Round Valley: Thu Birding: Raptor Baseline Alameda Creek Trail: Weekday Bird Walk Bird Walk Coyote Hills: Discovery Days OCTOBER 27 Sat, Sep 2, page 10 Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun - Bay Day Lake Temescal: Hikes for Tykes Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Bird Language Celebration, Fish Feeding Time OCTOBER 18 Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding, Redwood: Llamas - Mystics of Andes Sat, Sep 2, page 11 Ardenwood: Toddler Time Haunted Railroad Early Bird Migrants Tilden Nature Area: Fly-Fishing Crockett Hills: Wednesday Walks Introduction, Talk With The Animals, Fall OCTOBER 28 Sun, Sep 10, page 11 Colors of Tilden OCTOBER 19 Ardenwood: Halloween Hijinks, Patterson Monday Birding Vargas Plateau: Vargas Plateau Hike Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, House Tours, Animal Feeding, Haunted Mon, Sep 11 & 25, page 13 Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding Railroad OCTOBER 10 Weekday Bird Walk Big Break: Birding by Kayak, Testing Water, Tue, Sep 26, Oct 17, page 11 Crown Beach: Tuesday Morning Bird Walk OCTOBER 20 Delta Discoveries, Kayaking Big Break Thursday Birding Crab Cove: Sea Squirts: Unbe-LEAF-able Ardenwood: Ride The Rails-Train Rides, Coyote Hills: Discovery Days, Halloween Fall Fun Patterson House Tours, Animal Feeding, Thu, Sept 28, Oct 26, page 7 Twilight Hike Tuesday Morning Bird Walk Tilden Nature Area: Tilden Tots Haunted Railroad Crab Cove: Family Nature Fun - Halloween Tue, Oct 10, page 11 Wildcat Canyon: The Over-The-Hills Gang OCTOBER 21 Animal Fun, Fish Feeding Time Citizen Science OCTOBER 12 Ardenwood: Saturday Railroad Adventure Redwood: Howloweenie Roast Sunol: Owl Pellet Dissection and Fall Hike Sat, Oct 14 , page 7 = Register at www.ebparksonline.org = Disabled accessible program = Parking fee may be charged = Kids Challenge program = Healthy Parks Healthy People program 9

LABOR DAY MINE TOURS Whaaatt!!? Meet Harry, our resident GATHERING OF OHLONE Black Diamond Interpretive Staff tarantula, and discover why he and his CRAB COVE FISH FESTIVAL PEOPLES 11am-3pm, Mon, Sep 4 friends are really just big old hairy love Crab Cove Interpretive & Take a one-hour tour of the Hazel-Atlas bugs. Recreation Staff Mine. Tours start between 11am and 3pm. CREEPY CRITTERS 10am-4pm, Sat, Sep 2 Tickets available on a first-come first- Black Diamond Eddie Willis Join us for a day of fish fun with served basis at the Visitor Center. Must 12pm-4pm, Sun, Oct 29 games, activities, fish prints, crafts, be age 7 or older; parent participation Learn why some of the "creepiest" critters sustainable seafood and more as we required. 7+yrs. of the park aren't so creepy, and make a celebrate fishing in San Francisco Bay! EVENING IN THE WILD WEST END fun craft to take home: Snakes (12pm), Bats 10am-3pm: Mobile Fish Exhibit – Black Diamond Kevin Dixon (1pm), Owls (2pm), Tarantulas (3pm). drop by to see the fish of the East 6:30-10pm, Sat, Sep 9 #18131 Bay! Days are still hot, so let’s get out in the COYOTE HILLS 11am-2pm: Behind the Scenes moonlight. We’ll explore the dusty trails of Aquarium Tour available at 11am, the Mt. Diablo Coalfield’s west side as we Coyote Hills Visitor Center is open Wed- noon, and 1pm, meet at Crab Cove pass through twilight into night. 12+yrs. Sun, 10am-4pm. Info: 510-544-3220 or Visitor Center Registration is Required. [email protected]. 10am-1pm: Fishing – learn how EVENING HIKE TO ROSE HILL DISCOVERY DAYS to fish for an hour (gear provided). CEMETERY Coyote Hills Interpretive Staff Spaces available every half hour; sign Black Diamond Eddie Willis 10:30am-3:30pm, Every Sat & Sun up at the Fishing Trailer 6:30-8:30pm, Sun, Sep 10 Enhance your park adventure with 11am & 1pm: Cooking Climb a twilight-covered trail to the hands-on exploration or crafts the whole Demonstration – we’ll prepare final resting place of 230 people. Ponder family will enjoy. Come at 10:30am for a delicious Bay fish Coyote Hills Interpretive Staff 2-3pm: Family Nature Fun – Fish 10am-4pm, Sun, Oct 1 the lives and deaths of those who presentation introducing the topic of the built California’s largest coal mining week, or participate at your own pace Fun! - Explore the finned, gilled, Ohlones from several tribes will communities. 1-mile round-trip. 5+yrs. throughout the day. glorious underwater world with share their culture, including music, Parent participation required. games, crafts & more! song, dance, and stories. They'll TARANTULA TALES Fish Feeding – Find out BIRD WALK 3-3:30pm: discuss contemporary cultural Black Diamond Eddie Willis what’s on the menu for the residents 1-4pm, Sun, Sep 24 Coyote Hills Interpretive Staff involvements, and demonstrate of the visitor center aquariums. basket, jewelry, soaproot brush, Upper Parking Lot - Big! Fuzzy! Eight legs! 8-10am, Sat, Sep 2 and dogbane string making. Visit a more than two-thousand-year-old 10am-noon, Sat, Oct 7 village site, play an Ohlone game, try REGIONAL PARKS BOTANIC GARDEN The Bay Area bursts with bird life! New making fire without matches, or make and experienced birders alike join us as we a miniature tule boat. Taste native The Botanic Garden is open 8:30am-5pm. It is located in Tilden Regional Park on discover patterns of behavior, migration, plant teas, manzanita cider and, in the Wildcat Canyon Road between Anza View Road and South Park Drive, Berkeley, and habitat. 8+yrs. afternoon, acorn soup cooked with CA 94701. Info: 510-544-3169. See www.nativeplants.org for information about TULE HUT CONSTRUCTION docent training, special events, and classes, and to sign up for our e-newsletter. heated stones in a basket. Coyote Hills Dino Labiste 10am-noon & 1:30-3:30pm, Sun, Sep 3, NATIVE PLANT SALE Mon, Sep 4, & Sun, Sep 17 REPTILE RAMBLE Fall Sale of California Native Plants Lend a hand as we reconstruct a ruway – Big Break Nichole Gange at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden: or tule hut – in the Ohlone way. Come 11am-noon, Sun, Oct 22 Public Plant Sale from 10am-3pm, Sat for one, some, or all of our work sessions What separates reptiles from other wildlife Oct 7 and take pride in the final product, a in the Delta? We'll walk, talk and look for Friends Member’s Only from 9am-10am ruway which will be on exhibit and used in evidence of the reptiles that call the Delta Friends memberships can be purchased programs for years to come. 8+yrs. home. the morning of the plant sale, starting at 8:30 AM at the entrance to the plant CART OF CURIOSITIES OWL PELLET DISSECTION sale. Coyote Hills Kristina Parkison Big Break Interpretive Staff No entrance or parking fees. 9-11am, Sat, Sep 16 2-3pm, Sun, Oct 29 For more information, including the list 1-3pm, Sat, Sep 30 Join us on our exploration of Barn Owls of all of the plants that will be on sale The Curiosity Cart, filled with wonders and their digestive contents. Pluck apart is posted on the Friends website about of cultural and natural history, is hidden owl pellets to discover what the pellet tells one week before the sale (it is updated somewhere within the park. Find it and us about the predator’s diet. up to the night before the sale). See Epilobium (Zauschneria) ‘Wayne’s Silver’ discover the secrets it shares! information on the Friends website at: OHLONE VILLAGE SITE TOUR BLACK DIAMOND www.nativeplants.org. Coyote Hills Interpretive Staff you'll play the traditional Miwok game 1:30-3:30pm Sat, Sep 23 Greathouse Visitor Center is open 10am CALIFORNIA INDIAN USES OF of staves, grind acorns, and even wash to 4:30pm weekends from March through NATIVE PLANTS 10am-noon & 1:30-3:30pm Sun, Sep 24 your hands with soap root. You will 1:30-3:30pm Sat, Oct 21 November. Info: (510) 544-2750 or Sunday, October 22, 2017, 2:00-3:00 PM. see Native American artifacts and the [email protected]. Programs meet in Free. Walk one-half mile through vibrant plants used to make them, as well as marsh habitat to a more than 2,000-year- parking lot at south end of Somersville Please join us at the East Bay Regional learn about plants that were important Road, unless otherwise noted. Parking Parks Botanic Garden for a special old Ohlone village site. Learn about food sources. This is a docent lead Ohlone cultures, past to present. Tour a fee: $5. family-friendly tour, California Indian family-friendly tour. Meet at the Botanic Uses of Native Plants. On this tour, reconstructed shade structure, pit house Garden Visitor Center. Rain cancels. and sweat house.

10 Ardenwood: (510) 544-2797 • Big Break: (510) 544-3050 • Black Diamond: (510) 544-2750 • Botanic Garden: (510) 544-3169 • Coyote Hills: (510) 544-3220 • Crab Cove: (510) 544-3187 • Sunol: (510) 544-3249 • Tilden Nature Area: (510) 544-2233 WEEKDAY BIRD WALK Ongoing throughout the day: meet our Coyote Hills Kristina Parkison gopher snake and box turtle; follow our Registration information – register beginning August 1 7:30-9:30am, Tue, Sep 26 Coyote Hills self-guided history trail; make a nature www.ebparks.org/register or 1-888-327-2757 (1-888-EBPARKS) , option 2 Share your enthusiasm for bird life on a craft; watch a nature movie in the Old tranquil walk through various Bay Area Wharf Classroom. conservation issues and learn where BEACH BLAST to look for the unexpected. Binoculars Del Valle Interpretive Staff parklands! All levels of birding experience FAMILY NATURE FUN available to borrow. 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, Sat, Sep 2 & Sun, Sep 3 welcome. Bring water, sunscreen, and Crab Cove Interpretive Staff The whistle blows; lifeguards clear the water binoculars or scopes. 12+yrs. 2-3pm, Every Sat & Sun TUESDAY MORNING BIRD WALK for a 15 minute swim break. Join us for a The tides roll in and out making each day CrownBeach Susan Ramos CONNECTING TO OUR ROOTS beach side nature break! We will have games, a chance to discover something new. Our 8:30-10am, Tue, Oct 10 Coyote Hills Interpretive Staff animals, and more to explore before the shoreline is bursting with bird life and The long and the short of it-beaks 1-2pm, Sat, Oct 14 whistle blows again! West swim beach. Get to know some of the plants native other signs of the season. Come explore and birds come in all shapes and sizes peoples used – and still use – as medicine with us and have fun with family-friendly during the fall migration! We’ll attempt DEL VALLE CAMPFIRES and food. We’ll explore the characteristics activities. to distinguish all the brown and gray Del Valle Cat Taylor shorebirds along the bay. Beginners 8-9pm, Sat, Sep 2 and uses of each. 5+yrs. FISH FEEDING TIME welcomed and encouraged; binoculars The evening glow gives way to the roaring Crab Cove Interpretive Staff HALLOWEEN TWILIGHT HIKE available to borrow. Meet at the fire, as families gather along the creek- 3-3:30pm, Every Sat & Sun Coyote Hills Dino Labiste observation platform near the intersection side. We will discover the wonders of the Learn about Bay creatures and get a good 5:30-8:30pm, Sat, Oct 28 #18256 of Shoreline Drive and Broadway. park and this camping tradition each view of our crabs, flounder, perch, pipefish Spend a SPOOKtacular evening as we hike Saturday night. Campground Amphithe- and more – while they eat. Like a dive in the hills looking for hobgoblins, witches ater. the Bay without getting wet! and ghosts during sunset. Find out the DEL VALLE Sep 2: Tarantulas: the Not So Itsy Bitsy Info: (510) 544-3187. ancient origins and modern traditions of Spider. Halloween. Don your costume to seek out EARLY BIRD MIGRANTS All programs meet at the Del Valle Rocky Ridge Visitor Center unless otherwise noted. DEL VALLE SNAKE FEEDINGS wondering souls along the trail. Return Crab Cove Michael Charnofsky The Rocky Ridge Visitor Center is open Del Valle Interpretive Staff for treats and a campfire story. 5+yrs. 9:00-10:30am, Sun, Sep 10 on Saturdays and Sundays 10am-5pm from 11am, Sundays through Sept. Registration is required. Admire those early migratory fliers May 1 to Sept. 30. $6 parking fee. Info: (510) Meet our resident gopher snake, Julius ALL ABOUT REPTILES congregating on the edge of the incoming 544-3146. Squeezer, for an up-close and personal visit. tide, filling up on mudflat energy that Coyote Hills Interpretive Staff If he is hungry, we'll be able to feed him his powers future flights. Land birds will FAMILY EXPLORERS 10am-noon, Sun, Oct 29 lunch as well. What is covered with scales and lay tough, also be watched. Binoculars available to Del Valle Interpretive Staff leathery eggs? Meet a reptile at our Visitor borrow. 7:30-9:30pm, Fri, Sep 1 TARANTULA TREK Del Valle Constance Taylor Center and find more on the trails. MORNING YOGA BY THE BAY Bring the family and explore what Del Valle is all about. Games and nature crafts 6-8pm, Sat, Sep 23 Parent participation required. Meet at Crab Cove Stacy Dulan & Interpretive Staff abound, while staff share some camping and Let’s search for some fuzzy friends along Visitor Center. 8-9:30am, Sun, Sep 24 & Oct 29 recreation tips about Del Valle's secrets. the trail! Fall is when these cuties come For info: (510) 544-3220 Greet the day and energize with Vinyasa Meet at the Campground Amphitheater. out to find their mates, so we’ll be looking flow yoga, connecting movement to COYOTE CUBS: CREEPY CRAWLY for them as they look for love. Bring a breath. Finish your session with some LAKESIDE CUP OF JOE CREATURES flashlight! Coyote Hills Francis Mendoza & nature exploration. All experience levels Del Valle Interpretive Staff Interpretive Staff welcome. Bring a yoga mat; class held 9-10am, Sat, Sep 2 MEET A TARANTULA 10:30-11:30am, Mon, Oct 30 indoors or out, weather dependent. Wander over to the Visitor Center for a Del Valle Ashley Grenier Get your preschooler out and into nature! ALAMEDA WILDLIFE cup of coffee and find out what's happening 11am-noon, Sun, Sep 24 We’ll play games, explore the park, and Crab Cove Michael Charnofsky around the park. How the fishing is, what As summer turns to fall tarantulas make do a craft related to the theme of the 9:30 – 11:30am, Sun, Sept 3 wildlife has been seen, and what's planned for an appearance searching for love in the day. (Wear your costume today – please What will we see on a 3 mile walk past the weekend? parks. Drop by the Visitor Center to meet no Indian costumes) Parent/Caregiver the harbor seal platform? Discuss wildlife BIRD LANGUAGE a tarantula up close and hear about their participation required. 3-5 years old. Meet Del Valle Constance Taylor amorous adventures. at Visitor Center. 9-11am, Sat, Sep 2 HAWK MIGRATION Birds are the CNN of the forest! You can Del Valle Constance Taylor SEA SQUIRTS learn a lot by listening in, but what are they 9-11am, Sat, Oct 7 Crab Cove Interpretive Staff CRAB COVE saying? We'll learn about the basics of bird Hawk migration has begun! Come see some 10:30-11:45am, Tuesdays Crab Cove Visitor Center is open Wed.- communication, and practice listening and amazing views of Lake Del Valle from a Share a morning of shoreline fun with observing. lookout point, and learn about these majestic Sun., 10am-5pm and offers aquariums and your pre-school age child. We’ll play LAKE DEL VALLE SCENIC raptors as they soar by. Meet at the Arroyo exhibits about San Francisco Bay. The games, explore nature, share stories, BOAT TOUR Road staging area, not accessible from main Center’s gift shop has books, t-shirts, and and do a craft related to the theme of Del Valle Interpretive Staff park. Binoculars available to borrow (or other nature-related items for sale. For the day! Please no older or younger 1-2:30pm, Sat, Sep 2 bring your own). information about naturalist programs or siblings (exception: infants). 1-2:30pm, Sun, Sep 3, & Mon, Sep 4 other activities, call (510) 544-3187, or 3-5 years. Registration is required. $5 Catch cool breezes as you explore the lake [email protected]. ($7 non-res.) SUNOL the easy way - by boat. Find out about the LABOR DAY OPEN HOUSE Sep 12: Butterfly Beauties #18197 creatures below, above and on land and All programs meet at the Sunol Crab Cove Interpretive Staff Sep 26: Spectacular Spiders #18198 hear the history of the area. Bring a jacket Visitor Center unless otherwise noted. 10am-4pm, Mon, Sep 4 Oct 10: Unbe-LEAF-able Fall and binoculars, if you have them. Purchase Enjoy a day of fun at the shoreline! Fun #18199 The Sunol Visitor Center is open tickets at the East Shore Boat Concession weekends 10am-4pm. Info: 510-544-3249 11am: Songs and Stories by the Shore 2pm: Oct 24: Go Into the Night: Nocturnal beginning at 6am, or at the Rocky Ridge Family Nature Fun – Fish Fun Animals #18201 or [email protected]. 3pm: Fish Feeding in our aquariums. Visitor Center when it is open.

= Register at www.ebparksonline.org = Disabled accessible program = Parking fee may be charged = Kids Challenge program = Healthy Parks Healthy People program 11 STREAM SPLASHDOWN! Let’s search for some fuzzy friends along connection to the rest of the Bay Area. own energy to make a unique piece. Come Sunol Ashley Grenier the trail! Fall is when these cuties come Meet at the Environmental Education get your hands wet while learning about 10:30am-noon, Sun, Sep 10 out to find their mates, so we’ll be looking Center. 7+yrs wool and sheep. We'll keep cool in the pools of Alameda for them as they look for love. Bring a TILDEN TOTS Creek as we investigate the stream's flashlight! Tilden Nature Area Trent Pearce diverse wet wildlife with dipnets in MEET A TARANTULA 2-3pm, Tue, Sep 12 & Oct 10 & Sun, Oct hand. Wear closed-toed shoes. Meet at Sunol Ashley Grenier 22 Wilderness Room. 11am-noon, Sun, Oct 15 Join an outdoor, nature adventure program COME TO THE DARK SIDE: As summer turns to fall tarantulas make for 3-4 year olds, each accompanied by an NIGHT HIKE IN SUNOL! an appearance searching for love in the adult (grandparents welcome!). Sunol Constance Taylor parks. Drop by the Visitor Center to meet MAKE YOUR OWN PLAY DOUGH 6:30-8:30pm, Sat, Sep 16 a tarantula up close and hear about their Tilden Nature Area Brianna Explore the nighttime mysteries of the amorous adventures. Contaxis-Tucker park, and experience the nocturnal world. OWL PELLET DISECTION AND 2-3pm, Sat, Sep 16 We'll look for animals that fluoresce under FALL HIKE The art of molding clay has long been used UV light, and try to attract some moths! Sunol Constance Taylor for creative expression, communication, Please bring a flashlight. 9-11am, Sat, Oct 28 TALK WITH THE ANIMALS and the formation of household tools. OUTDOOR DISCOVERIES Come enjoy a crisp fall morning... by Tilden Nature Area Interpretive Staff Come play! Sunol Ashley Adams dissecting an owl pellet! Afterwards, we'll 11-11:30am, Every Sun in Sep & Oct NATURE RAMBLE 10-11:30am, Mon, Sept 25 #18625, Oct 23 go on a short hike and look for signs of the Get up close and personal to the animals Tilden Nature Area Trail Gail #18626 season. Meet at the Wilderness Room. that call the Little Farm and Nature Area 1-2:30pm, Sun, Sep 17 Preschool & home school science series. home. Learn what makes these animals Come explore the Nature Area with a Make playful and scientific discoveries in TILDEN NATURE AREA unique. Meet at the Little Farm for naturalist. We’ll take a walk down to the an exciting outdoor classroom. 4-8 yrs. farm animals, and in the Environmental lake and around looking for signs of the Wilderness Room. Registration is required. The Environmental Education Center is Education Center for wild animals. local wildlife. Fee: $6 (non-res. $8). open Tue-Sun, 10am-4:30pm. The Little Sep 3 - Goats, Sep 10 - Pigs, Sep 17 - Sept 25: Owls Farm is open daily. Info: 510-544-2233 or Snakes, Sep 24 - Cows, Oct 1- Sheep, Oct 23: Tarantulas [email protected]. Oct 8 - Turtles, Oct 15 - Chickens, Oct 22 - Rabbits, Oct 29 - Spiders. NATURE JOURNALING: PLANT FARM CHORES FOR LITTLES POWER! Tilden Nature Area Interpretive Staff Sunol Constance Taylor 10:30-11am, Every Saturday in Sep & Oct TULE FLOAT – MAKE A MINI TULE 3-5pm, Sat, Sep 30 Little children will enjoy taking care of BOAT Sharpen your observation skills by focusing the little animals at the Little Farm. Meet Tilden Nature Area Trail Gail on plants! We'll start with a quick lesson at the rabbit hutch for a variety of age 1-2:30pm, Sun, Sep 3 about plant anatomy and sketching, then appropriate activities. Bull Rush or tule has many uses, one is to we'll go on a hike to find, learn about, and make boats. Join a naturalist and make a draw plants in the field. RISE TO THE PEAK Tilden Nature Area Trail Gail mini tule boat, then we’ll go out and see if TARANTULA TREK 8-10:30am, Sun, Sep 3 they float! Sunol Constance Taylor Start your day on top of the world, LABOR DAY OPEN HOUSE 5:30-7:30pm, Sat, Oct 14 Wildcat Peak, where we’ll experience our Tilden Nature Area Interpretive Staff 11am-3pm, Mon, Sep 4 Come one, come all! Enjoy crafts, games, bubbles, and more. Drop in to check the : Bay Area schedule of events, and stay to play! Monthly activities and outings that provide safe, low-impact physical activity REPTILE ROUNDUP and improve health and well-being of all Bay Area residents, through regular Tilden Nature Area Trent Pearce use and enjoyment of the Regional Parks. 11am-Noon, Sat, Sep 9, & 30 Get up close and personal with snakes SPARE THE CHAIR EVENING AT and turtles as we explore ectotherms in THE DELTA the Regional parks. Tools all their glory. All ages of herpetologists GARIN APPLE FESTIVAL Big Break Cat Taylor for exploration will be welcome. Garin Kristina Parkison 7-8:30pm, Sat, Sept 2 provided. Hikes average about 1 mile. CORDAGE – FROM PLANT TO Noon-4pm, Sat, Sept 9 Unplug, unwind and get moving on this Bring a snack. Strollers are not recom- ANIMAL Celebrate our farming and pioneer past relaxed-pace stroll along the levee-top mended. Tilden Nature Area Trail Gail during this year’s Apple Festival! Garin trail as we explore the transition time Sep 5: Redwood (Canyon Meadow) 10-11:30am, Sun, Sep 10 is home to an antique apple orchard between night and day. 1 mile. Sep 19: Anthony Chabot (Bort Cordage (rope & string) is one of the most with varieties of apples you won’t find Meadow) HIKES FOR TYKES used and necessary items of our lives. anywhere else – except at the Apple Oct 3: Encinal Beach Various Parks Interpretive Staff We’ll practice creating it with 3 different Festival! Try your hand at hand- Oct 17: Lake Temescal (North En- 10:30-11:45am, Tue, Sep 5, 19 & materials in this basic class. 7+yrs cranking ice cream or pressing apple trance) cider and then taste the “fruit” of your Oct 3, 17, 31 FUN WITH FELT Enjoy some nature before naptime Oct 31: Martin Luther King Jr. Regional labor. Music, dancing, crafts, and old- Shoreline (Arrowhead Marsh) Tilden Nature Area Trail Gail fashioned games make this event fun for with your young child! Join a naturalist 1-2pm, Sun, Sep 10 as they take you over hill and dell to See www.ebparks.org/parks for maps the whole family! and directions. Info: (510) 544-3187. Stop by the farm and make a felted explore the fabulous flora and fauna of creation. We’ll use wool, soap and our Info: (510) 544-3220

12 Ardenwood: (510) 544-2797 • Big Break: (510) 544-3050 • Black Diamond: (510) 544-2750 • Botanic Garden: (510) 544-3169 • Coyote Hills: (510) 544-3220 • Crab Cove: (510) 544-3187 • Sunol: (510) 544-3249 • Tilden Nature Area: (510) 544-2233 BUILD A BLOSSOM PREDATORS OF THE FOREST AND MEADOW Registration information – register beginning August 1 Tilden Nature Area Laura Graham www.ebparks.org/register or 1-888-327-2757 (1-888-EBPARKS) , option 2 2-3pm, Sat, Sep 23 Tilden Nature Area Brianna There’s more to a flower than its petals! Contaxis-Tucker CAMPFIRE PROGRAMS – WEEKDAY BIRD WALK Get to know a blossom’s anatomy by 11am-noon, Sat, Oct 28 ANTHONY CHABOT Alameda Creek Trail Kristina Parkison creating your own unique paper flower craft. Nighttime moon-glow and early morning filtered light is time for watchful eyes and Anthony Chabot Interpretive Staff 7:30-9:30am, Tue, Oct 17 LAKE TO LAKE WATERSHED WALK prowling. The theater will come alive 8-9pm, Sat, Sep 2 Share your enthusiasm for bird life on Tilden Nature Area Trail Gail as we explore where creatures hide and FREE! Join us for after-dark fun on our a tranquil walk. All levels of birding 10am-12:30pm, Sun, Sep 24 others lurk. last campfire for the season! Learn about experience welcome. Bring water, Trek from lake to lake, exploring the the parks and nature around you through sunscreen, and binoculars or scopes. Wildcat Creek watershed. What stories OTHER PARKS games, songs, photos and stories around 12+yrs. Meet at the Niles Staging Area. might be revealed along the way? Hidden the campfire with an “Old-Fashioned Info: (510) 544-3220 waterfalls, the start of the Park District, FAMILY NIGHT ON THE STRAIT Campfire” theme! Even if you’re not LAKESIDE LITTLES and more – let’s go find out! Carquinez Shoreline Kevin Dixon camping, you’re welcome to join us for Shadow Cliffs Ashley Grenier SENSORY HIKE 7-8:30pm, Sat, Sep 16 the program! Dress warmly. Old Fash- 10-11am, Mon, Sep 18, Oct 16 Tilden Nature Area Trail Gail Nejedly Staging Area. Get to know your ioned Campfire Fun. Meet at Campground Bring your little ones out and discover 2-3pm, Sun, Sep 24 neighbors on an easy evening stroll along Amphitheater. nature. Each month we'll explore a trail, Awaken your five senses and your the strait with breezes and beautiful Info: (510) 544-3187. look at bugs, search for birds, and much imagination while you explore and views. Strollers, wheelchairs, and all ages LABOR DAY FUN! more. Let's get outside! Parent/caregiver experiment outdoors. welcome. Info: (510) 544-2750. Garin\Dry Creek Interpretive Staff participation required. 1-5yrs. Main MYSTERY MAMMALS SPIDER SAFARIS 12:30-4:30pm, Mon, Sep 4 entrance. Tilden Nature Area Trent Pearce Various Parks Trent Pearce Celebrate the holiday by playing old- EUGENE O’NEILL FESTIVAL HIKE 10-11:30am, Sun, Oct 1, 29 3pm-4:30pm, Sat. Sep 16, 30, fashioned games. We’ll have a sack race, Las Trampas Interpretive Staff Have you ever wondered about the elusive Sun Oct 1, 29 tug-of-war, ice cream making, and other 9am-noon, Sun, Sep 10 mammals sharing your backyard? Find out Fall is the time for arachnids! We’ll search exciting activities. Have a picnic and join in Discover the legacy of playwright Eugene more about coyotes, bobcats, foxes, and for orb weavers, wolf spiders, mygalo- on the fun! For info: (510) 544-3220. O’Neil and the hills of Las Trampas as we more on these short walks. morphs, and the elusive VARGAS PLATEAU HIKE hike from Front Street Park in downtown SPIDEROLOGY tarantula on these afternoon outings. Vargas Plateau Interpretive Staff Danville along the Ironhorse Trail and Tilden Nature Area Anthony Fisher Sep. 16: Tilden Nature Area. 10am-2:30pm, Sun, Oct 8 into Las Trampas to the Eugene O’Neill 2-3:30pm, Sat, Oct 7 Sep. 30: Crockett Hills Regional Park, Experience the panoramic views of a National Historic site – a hidden National After a slideshow on spiders, we head into Crockett Ranch Staging Area. park that rises steeply over the bay plain. Park Service gem. Information and the wild to find some living examples of Oct. 1: Tilden Nature Area The plateau offers beautiful rolling hills, Registration, www.eugeneoneill.org. Oct. 29: Tilden Regional Park. Meet at these fascinating creatures. wooded canyons and a diverse array of MONDAY BIRDING Tilden Steam Trains. wildlife habitats. Join us on a hike through Various Parks Anthony Fisher FALL COLORS OF TILDEN Info: (510) 544-2233. Tilden Nature Area Trent Pearce unique topography and cultural history of 9am-noon, Mon, Sep 11 & 25 Noon-1:30pm, Sun, Oct 8 ROUND VALLEY PICNIC WALK the past. 9+yrs. Birds connect the space between earth and While subtle, the East Bay does have fall Round Valley Kevin Dixon For info: (510) 544-3220 sky. What can they teach us about life? colors! Explore our deciduous trees and 9am-12:30pm, Sat, Sep 30 Sep 11: McLaughlin Eastshore State Park, shrubs on a rolling, 3 mile walk. Heavy rain Round Valley Staging Area - Explore the Seabreeze Mkt. lot. Sep 25: Tilden Nature cancels. natural beauty of this peaceful valley, an Area, meet at the EEC. Info: (510) 544- East Bay gathering place for thousands of 2233. HAPPY HARVEST years. Bring lunch for a picnic. 8+yrs. Info: THE OVER-THE-HILLS GANG Tilden Nature Area Brianna (510) 544-2750. Contaxis-Tucker and Laura Graham Various Parks Trail Gail 1-2pm, Sat, Oct 14 AUTUMN FOOTHILLS HIKE 10am-12:30pm, Tuesday Sept 12, Oct 10 Celebrate the season by collecting and Diablo Foothills Eddie Willis & 24 tasting the fall bounty of the garden. 9am-1pm, Sun, Oct 22 Hikers 55 years and older interested in Regional Park: Orchard Staging Area - TRAIL CAM ADVENTURES! nature study, history, fitness, and fun lace up your boots and hike six rugged are invited to join this series of monthly Tilden Nature Area Anthony Fisher miles through crisp, golden hills and cool, 2-3pm, Sat, Oct 14 excursions exploring the Regional Parks. wooded canyons to celebrate the change Sept 12: Tilden Park, Inspiration Point – Yet another installment of this popular of seasons. 10+yrs. Info: (510) 544-2750. video presentation on the secret lives of mostly flat, paved trail. animals in the Tilden Nature Area. CANINE CAPERS WALK Oct 10: Wildcat Canyon, Alvarado Staging Alameda Creek Trail Kristina Parkison MONARCH BUTTERFLIES Area, Hills TILDEN ROCKS! 1-3pm, Sat, Sep 2, #18261 Alameda Main Library Oct 24: Crocket Hills, The name says it Tilden Nature Area Laura Graham The restorative effect of spending time Susan Ramos & National all! 2-3pm, Sun, Oct 15 outdoors with a friend, furry or otherwise, Park Service & Xerces Society Info: (510) 544-2233. Create your own yummy sedimentary rock is well-known! Join this monthly adventure 12:30-2pm, Sun, Oct 22 BRIONES EQUINOX WALK with graham crackers, Oreos, pudding, and to nurture our inner and outer-selves by Discover the fascinating lives of Briones Trail Gail gummy dinosaur fossils. Assorted rocks exploring and learning about the natural monarch butterflies! Learn the latest and minerals will also be on display. 9-11am, Sun, Sep 17 world around us as we hike park trails. research about their migration, food Alhambra Staging Area – With the sun JEWEL “LAKE” 8+yrs, parent participation required. and habitat. Find out how to help in almost directly over the equator, the Tilden Nature Area Anthony Fisher Meet at Alameda Creek-Niles Staging your backyard & beyond. Look for amount of daylight & dark equal, we’ll go in 2-3pm, Sat, Oct 21 Area. an upcoming training on censusing search of the signs of fall. Find out what’s slithering in the mud and Registration is required. monarchs. Info: (510) 544-3187. 8+yrs. Info: (510) 544-2233. hiding in the tranquil waters.

= Register at www.ebparksonline.org = Disabled accessible program = Parking fee may be charged = Kids Challenge program = Healthy Parks Healthy People program 13 TWILIGHT WALKS King Jr. Regional Shoreline (Tidewater care for a more than 2,000-year-old Various Parks Trent Pearce Staging Area) 4 flat miles. Sat, Oct 21: village site. Volunteer to clean, weed WEDNESDAY WALKS 5:30-8pm, Sun Oct 8, 22 Sibley (Old Tunnel Rd. Staging Area) 3.5 and renew the structures and site. We’ll Various Locations Interpretive Staff Meet new friends and bask in the stillness moderate miles. Sun, Oct 29: Lake provide snacks, water, gloves, tools 9:30am - 12:30pm of dusk on these evening walks. Rain Temescal (North Entrance) double loop and a presentation about the village Explore new trails, make new cancels. around the lake-one high, one low, about site’s historical and cultural significance. friends, and learn about your parks Sun Oct 8: Briones, Bear Creek Staging 2 miles. 12+yrs. on a Naturalist-led hike. Hikers of Area. Sun Oct 22: Tilden Nature Area HOWLOWEENIE ROAST IN THE Registration is required. all ages and abilities are welcome on Info: (510) 544-2233. REDWOODS NATIVE PLANT GARDENING hikes ranging from easy to challeng- THE BIGGEST TREES IN THE Redwood Interpretive Staff Crab Cove Susan Ramos ing. Wear sturdy footwear, bring WORLD? 7-9:30pm, Sat Oct 28 #18306 10:30am-12:30pm, Sun, Oct 15 #18229 water and dress for the weather. Roberts Michael Charnofsky Canyon Meadow - Join in this strolling Fall is a wonderful time to plant Reservations not required; drop in 10am-noon: Sun, Sep 17 story about Little Red Riding Beetle California natives and beautify the park. program. On a 1.5 mile exploration, search for in search of her Grandmother’s over- Spend the morning gardening- weeding, evidence of a 32 foot diameter redwood wintering home. The forest will come alive planting, and mulching. Snacks and Sep 6 and the Blossom Rock Trees that were as she meets special characters along the refreshments served, tools provided. Redwood visible from the bay. Discuss theories, way. After arriving at the campfire circle Bring gloves or borrow ours. Heavy rain Susan Ramos mysteries, and controversies. Meet at we will eat, sing a few songs, and listen cancels. 8+ yrs. Discover the west side of the park the main entrance. to stories. Bring your own hot dogs for Registration is required. as we hike past amazing vistas, Info: (510) 544-3187. roasting or a bag dinner. We’ll provide the WILDLIFE VOLUNTEERS - “RAIL fabulous ferns, and through shady RESILIENT REDWOODS s’mores. Info: (510) 544-3187. Fee: $5 ($7 RESCUE RANGERS” redwoods on this almost 5-mile Redwood James Martinez non-res.) Registration is required. Crown Memorial Dave “Doc Quack” trek. Meet at Skyline Gate. 10am-noon, Sat, Sep 23 Riensche, Wildlife Biologist Info: 510-544-3182 Meander through the rain-making, fire- VOLUNTEER 9:30am-noon, Sat, Oct 28 #18637 resistant, re-sprouting, and adaptive During this hands-on adventure you’ll help Sep 20 redwood forest on a 2-mile hike as we FARMYARD DOCENT TRAINING create habitat for the federally and state Briones Trail Gail With the sun directly over the discover what shapes this verdant gem Ardenwood Mindy Castle endangered Ridgway’s Rail. We will remove equator, the amount of daylight & of our Oakland hills. Meet at the Canyon Noon-4pm, Thu, Sep 7, 14 non-native plants, pick-up trash, and plant dark equal, we’ll go in search of the Meadow Staging Area. Info: (510) 544-3187. Learn to handle farm animals, demonstrate wildlife friendly vegetation which will signs of fall. (Strenuous) Meet at the Victorian crafts, games and farm chores, restore the upland areas of the Roemer SUNSET OVER SIBLEY Alhambra Staging Area. dress in period-style clothing, or cook on Bird Sanctuary for rails. Physical labor is Sibley Morgan Dill Info: 510-544-3258 6-8pm, Sat, Sep 30 a wood-burning stove. If you’re at least 16 involved with this project. By participating, Enjoy the turning of day to night as we hike years old, enjoy working with children, and you’ll earn your “Rail Rescue Ranger” are available weekdays or weekends and at patch. Meet at the Marsh Overlook. Sept 27 in the hills, watching as the sun sets on the Garin/Dry Creek Christina Garcia Special Events, call (510) 544-3285 or email Recommended: Outdoor clothing (long labyrinth in the early fall night. Info: (510) Hike up past Vista Peak onto the [email protected]. pants), hiking boots (close-toed footwear), 544-3187. lovely Zeile Creek trail on a strenu- VOLUNTEER DAY: OHLONE VILLAGE gloves, hats, water, and sunscreen. All WHO BUILT THE SIBLEY ages are welcome, parent participation is ous 5 mile loop in the northernmost LABYRINTH? SITE reaches of Garin. Meet at the barn. Coyote Hills Kristina Parkison required. Sable Michael Charnofsky and Registration is required. Info: 510-544-3282 Helena Mazzariello 9-11am, Sat, Sep 23, Course #18216 10am-1pm: Sun, Oct 1 #18269 Learn about Ohlone cultures as we help Oct 4 “I built the Sibley labyrinth as a gift to the Redwood Susan Ramos world,” in 1989. On a 3 mile exploration Fall is one of the best times to hike! hike, join the original builder, Helena Embrace the changing season as we Mazzariello, as she unravels mysteries pass a serpentine prairie, redwood and myths about labyrinths, their spiritual forest and more on this 4 ½ mile properties, and how she (secretly) created walk. Meet at the Trudeau Center. ours. Meet at the main staging area of Info: 510-544-3182 Sibley Regional Park. 10+ years. Registration is required. CALIFORNIA Oct 18 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Crocket Hills Trail Gail STROLLS Ranchlands and views, this park has Various Parks Interpretive Staff Coastal Cleanup lots to offer. We’ll explore this 10am-noon, Sat, Sep 9, Oct 2 & Sun, Sep beautiful area, including a segment 24, Oct 29 of the Bay area ridge Trail. (Strenu- Wake up and walk into nature. Each Saturday, September 16, 8:30 a.m. to noon ous). Info: 510-544-3258 week we will explore a different park and Join us to pick up litter and recyclables from shoreline parks, lakes and creeks. the natural wonders within. Hikes range Oct 25 from 1-5 miles. Great for families. Dogs The Park District will provide snacks, water and trash bags. Sibley/Huckleberry Christina Garcia welcome on most hikes. See www.ebparks. Volunteers 15 years old and younger Treat yourself to a 5-mile strenu- ous trek from Sibley’s volcanic org/parks for maps and directions. Info: must be accompanied by an adult. (510) 544-3187. slopes to the botanical oasis of Sat, Sep 9: Huckleberry Botanic Regional Call (510) 544-2515 for more information. Huckleberry Preserve. Meet at Preserve - 1.7 mile loop. Dogs not allowed Registration required. Sibley. Info: 510-544-3282. on this hike. Sun, Sep 24: Martin Luther

14 Ardenwood: (510) 544-2797 • Big Break: (510) 544-3050 • Black Diamond: (510) 544-2750 • Botanic Garden: (510) 544-3169 • Coyote Hills: (510) 544-3220 • Crab Cove: (510) 544-3187 • Sunol: (510) 544-3249 • Tilden Nature Area: (510) 544-2233 How to RegisterRegistration • Fee Payment information – register beginning August 1 www.ebparks.org/register or 1-888-327-2757 (1-888-EBPARKS) , option 2 SWIM FACILITIES Many programs do not require registration. Simply join the instruc- FEE PAYMENT: Fees must be paid in full at the time of registration. 1-888-327-2757, option 3 tor at the location indicated in the program description. Call the phone Fees may be paid by money order, VISA, Mastercard, cash, or pre- number listed for further information. printed check for walk-in registration. Make checks payable to EBRPD. LAKE ANZA Tilden Regional Park For programs that indicate “Registration is required,” register by Programs registered in the parks may be paid for by check up until the Berkeley, CA | ext. 4563 calling 1-888-EBPARKS (1-888-327-2757), option 2, or by calling the day of the program if space is available. Returned checks will be charged CASTLE ROCK number listed. a $25 Returned Check charge. Non-resident fees apply to anyone liv- 1700 Castle Rock Road ing outside Alameda or Contra Costa counties. Parking or park entrance ONLINE registration is available if the program title displays Walnut Creek, CA | ext. 4515 fees may be charged depending on program time and location. Arden- CONTRA LOMA this symbol: Go to www.ebparksonline.org. When registering wood entrance fees vary depending on the event or activity. Confirm all 1200 Frederickson Lane online, use the course code printed next to the program date(s). Antioch, CA | ext. 4518 fees when registering for a program. CULL CANYON WALK-IN: Come to the District Headquarters between CREDIT CARDS: 18627 Cull Canyon Road 8:30am and 5pm Mondays through Fridays. We are located at VISA and Mastercard are accepted for all fee programs except those that are Castro Valley, CA | ext. 4523 2950 Peralta Oaks Court in Oakland, next to the Dunsmuir registered at a park. Call the phone number in program description for info. DEL VALLE House and south of the Oakland Zoo off I-580. See map below. 7000 Del Valle Road CANCELLATION POLICY: REFUNDS/TRANSFERS: Refunds or Livermore, CA | ext. 4524 BY PHONE: Phone registration requires a VISA or Mastercard. transfers will be processed for programs canceled because registration is below DON CASTRO The Reservations Office is open between 8:30am-4:30pm Mon- the minimum enrollment at the cutoff date, or if a program is canceled due to in- 22400 Woodroe Ave. days through Thursdays and 8:30am and 4pm on Fridays (closed Hayward, CA | ext. 4527 clement weather or instructor illness. Please allow up to three weeks for receipt weekends and holidays). Call 1-888-EBPARKS (327-2757) and of refund. CANCELLATION POLICY: At least five business days advance notice QUARRY LAKES select option 2. TRS Relay for the Hearing Impaired: 7-1-1. 2100 Isherwood Way is necessary for a full refund. Failure to notify the Reservations Office at least Fremont, CA | ext. 4552 BY MAIL: Call the Reservations Office at 1-888-EBPARKS (327- five business days in advance of your cancellation will result in forfeiture of the ROBERTS POOL 2757) option 2, to request a mail-in registration form. Registration program fee. The Reservations Office is open Monday through Friday. The last 10570 Skyline Blvd. is payable by check only up to 15 days before the program. Oakland, CA | ext. 4555 day to cancel a Saturday or Sunday program is the prior Monday. SHADOW CLIFFS San 80 680 2500 Stanley Blvd. Suisun nto River Pablo Carquinez SOLANO COUNTY Pleasanton, CA | ext. 4557 Bay CONTRA CO Sacrame Bay Strait STA COUNTY Browns LAKE TEMESCAL 160 San C Bay er a Island iv rq Martinez R 6502 Broadway Terrace ui Bay in Pablo ne Point qu Crockett z Shoreline Point oa Sc n J Oakland, CA | ext. 4561 Bay en Sa Hills ic A D l Waterbird Pittsburg Pinole r h Pittsburg Big 4 a 4 m P i Delta De Anza Trail Antioch C b blo Ave n Pa a Antioch Break r o Antioch/Oakley n Hercules l a i a Point l f Atlas Rd e o S e g T Martinez ra A d r d V i il n v R Shoreline Big Break a R e Pinole ia e VISITOR CENTERS d l l n l Trail o le S i chm t 242 d sv

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Regional Parklands B a B y Farm a Welch Berkeley, CA 94708 T y G Creek R r d ail A e r a Landbank – Parks Not Yet Open e r (510) 544-2233 Newark a y R R i d il 880 Mission d Sunol Tra ge Wild ess T ne ern EBRPD Visitor Centers r O hlo Peak a i 84 Stanford l Tidewater Boating Center Ave Regional Trails ALAMEDA COUNTY Camp SANTA CLARA COUNTY 010 Miles Ohlone = Register at www.ebparksonline.org = Disabled accessible program = Parking fee101 may be charged = Kids Challenge program = Healthy Parks Healthy People program 15 Sunol Regional Wilderness oy owb ny C tenan Hoo 2950 Peralta Oaks Court Oakland, CA 94605-0381 ebparks.org Saturday, Oct. 21 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Hands on Ranching Activities • Folk and Bluegrass Music • Bring a Picnic

Parking: $5 1895 Geary Road, Sunol, CA

Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park, Hayward

Saturday, Sept. 9 Noon to 4 p.m. Celebrate our farming heritage • Apple cider • Unique apple varieties • Music • Old-Fashioned Games • Dancing Event is free with a $5 parking fee. Info: ebparks.org/activities

Assemblymember Bill Quirk Your investment of $21 a month ($250/ year) will enroll you in the 1-in-a-Million Walk and Talk Town Hall Donor Circle. Together, 4,000 donors will raise $1 million dollars annually Saturday, October 7, 2017 to fund environmental restoration. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Meeting Location: Hoot Hallow Picnic Area Join Assemblymember Bill Quirk and an EBRPD naturalist on a 1-mile nature walk through Coyote Hills Regional Park.

Give online at: Photo: Don Jedlovec

RegionalParksFoundation.org/MIL or call 510-544-2212