Save The Bay

Native Salt Marsh Restoration at Ravenswood
2024-03-23 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Come join us at Ravenswood and help protect our marshes from invasive plants! Invasive species degrade habitat by crowding out the California native species that our landscapes and wildlife have adapted to live with. We will be pulling invasive plant species to make way for the native plants that our staff and volunteers put in the ground to transform the degraded habitat around a recently breached industrial salt pond into healthy salt marsh habitat, giving wildlife good homes and our communities nature based sea level rise protection!
Please dress according to the weather and bring a water bottle. Gloves and tools will be provided. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

BIPOC Native Plant Nursery Event (Oakland)
2024-04-04 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-06-06 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-01 11:00 - 14:00
This volunteer program is an affinity space for folks that identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color) and is led by staff that identify as BIPOC. Our Native Plant Nursery at the Martin Luther King Regional Shoreline grows up to 50,000 plants per year that will eventually be planted out to one of our several restoration sites along the shoreline of the Bay. In volunteering with our Native Plant Nursery you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the diversity of plants and people that make the Bay Area so special. We encourage folks with no prior experience in habitat restoration to volunteer with us and welcome any feedback to improve accessibility to our programs. Nursery volunteer tasks can include anything from seed cleaning to transplanting. We ask volunteers to bring water bottles, snacks, wear long pants and closed toe shoes that they feel comfortable getting dirty. There is no indoor space at the MLK Nursery so dress for the weather. All tools and guidance will be provided by Save the Bay staff. We look forward to learning and growing together in community with you!
Feel free to reach out to the Nursery Manager, Millie at mcalzada@savesfbay.org with any questions.
Accessibility: Our Oakland Nursery is located about 100 feet from a paved parking, within a fenced in area with gravel floor. There is a public restroom restroom next to the nursery alongside a paved trail that is wheelchair accessible. Nursery tasks can be moved to picnic benches directly next to the nursery where the ground is grassy and flat.

Nursery Work Day and Beach Cleanup at MLK Regional Shoreline
2024-04-06 09:00 - 12:00
Join us for a volunteer program at our native plant nursery in Oakland. We grow native plants from seeds that we harvest locally to plant at our sites all around San Francisco Bay! Growing thousands of these plants healthy while preventing the spread of sudden oak death is a very involved process with many stages that we really appreciate volunteer aid in undertaking! We will also be doing a small beach cleanup as the MLK shoreline is a heavily impacted estuary at the end of the Lion Creek and Arroyo Viejo Creek watersheds. The salt marshes in the area catch a lot of the pollutants that wash down into the creeks and we can stop them from causing harm in the bay by pulling them out.
Please dress according to the weather and bring a water bottle. Gloves and tools will be provided. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

Queer Native Plant Nursery Event (Oakland)
2024-04-18 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-06-20 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-15 11:00 - 14:00
This volunteer program is an affinity space for folks that identify as LGBTQ+ and is led by staff that identify as Queer. Our Native Plant Nursery at the Martin Luther King Regional Shoreline grows 20,000 plants per year that will eventually be planted out to one of our several restoration sites along the shoreline of the Bay.
In volunteering with our Native Plant Nursery you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the diversity of plants and people that make the Bay Area so special. We encourage folks with no prior experience in habitat restoration to volunteer with us and welcome any feedback to improve accessibility to our programs. Nursery volunteer tasks can include anything from seed cleaning to transplanting. We ask volunteers to bring water bottles, snacks, wear long pants and closed toe shoes that they feel comfortable getting dirty. There is no indoor space at the MLK Nursery so dress for the weather. All tools and guidance will be provided by Save the Bay staff. We look forward to learning and growing together in community with you!
Feel free to reach out to the Nursery Manager, Millie at mcalzada@savesfbay.org with any questions.
Accessibility: Our Oakland Nursery is located about 100 feet from a paved parking, within a fenced in area with gravel floor. There is a public restroom restroom next to the nursery alongside a paved trail that is wheelchair accessible. Nursery tasks can be moved to picnic benches directly next to the nursery where the ground is grassy and flat.

Earth Day Cleanup at the MLK Shoreline
2024-04-20 09:00 - 12:00
Earth Day approaches! Save The Bay will be hosting a cleanup at Damon Slough, a heavily impacted estuary at the end of the Lion Creek and Arroyo Viejo Creek watersheds. The salt marshes in the area catch a lot of the pollutants that wash down into the creeks and we can stop them from causing harm in the bay by pulling them out.
Please dress according to the weather and bring a water bottle. Gloves and tools will be provided. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

BIPOC Native Plant Nursery Event (Palo Alto)
2024-05-02 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-07-11 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-05 10:00 - 13:00
This volunteer program is an affinity space for folks that identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color) and is led by staff that identify as BIPOC. Save the Bay is a Bay Area environmental non-profit working to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay for people and wildlife. One of the ways we strive to meet our mission is through community based stewardship led by our Habitat Restoration Team. Our Native Plant Nursery at the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve grows up to 20,000 plants per year that will eventually be planted out to one of our several restoration sites along the shoreline of the Bay. In volunteering with our Native Plant Nursery you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the diversity of plants and people that make the Bay Area so special. We encourage folks with no prior experience in habitat restoration to volunteer with us and welcome any feedback to improve accessibility to our programs. Nursery volunteer tasks can include anything from seed cleaning to transplanting. We ask volunteers to bring water bottles, snacks, wear long pants and closed toe shoes that they feel comfortable getting dirty. The indoor space in the nursery is not insulated so we asks folks to dress for the weather. All tools and guidance will be provided by Save the Bay staff. We look forward to learning and growing together in community with you!
Feel free to reach out to the Nursery Manager, Millie at mcalzada@savesfbay.org with any questions.
Accessibility: Our Palo Alto Baylands Nursery is located along a flat gravel trail about 200 feet from a paved parking lot. There is a port-o-potty available in the parking lot for use.Feel free to reach out to the Nursery Manager, Millie at mcalzada@savesfbay.org with any questions.
Accessibility: Our Palo Alto Baylands Nursery is located along a flat gravel trail about 200 feet from a paved parking lot. There is a port-o-potty available in the parking lot for use.

CANCELLED-Native Habitat Restoration at the Palo Alto Baylands
2024-05-04 10:00 - 13:00
Come join us at our sites at Palo Alto Baylands to help weed, mulch, and maintain our beautiful new native plants just planted over the winter! Native plants are the backbone holding the earth at the Palo Alto Baylands together and the invasive species we will be pulling threaten to crowd them out and deprive all of the species (including humans!) that benefit from healthy salt marshes.
Please dress according to the weather and bring a water bottle. Gloves and tools will be provided. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.
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Native Plant Nursery Event (Oakland)
2024-05-09 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-07-11 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-05 11:00 - 14:00
Our Native Plant Nursery at the Martin Luther King Regional Shoreline grows up to 20,000 plants per year that will eventually be planted out to one of our several restoration sites along the shoreline of the Bay. In volunteering with our Native Plant Nursery you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the diversity of plants and people that make the Bay Area so special. We encourage folks with no prior experience in habitat restoration to volunteer with us and welcome any feedback to improve accessibility to our programs. Nursery volunteer tasks can include anything from seed cleaning to transplanting. We ask volunteers to bring water bottles, snacks, wear long pants and closed toe shoes that they feel comfortable getting dirty. There is no indoor space at the MLK Nursery so dress for the weather. All tools and guidance will be provided by Save the Bay staff. We look forward to learning and growing together in community with you!
Accessibility: Our Oakland Nursery is located about 100 feet from a paved parking, within a fenced in area with gravel floor. There is a public restroom restroom next to the nursery alongside a paved trail that is wheelchair accessible. Nursery tasks can be moved to picnic benches directly next to the nursery where the ground is grassy and flat.

Queer Native Plant Nursery Event (Palo Alto)
2024-05-16 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-07-18 11:00 - 14:00
This volunteer program is an affinity space for folks that identify as LGBTQ+ and is led by staff that identify as Queer. Save the Bay is a Bay Area environmental non-profit working to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay for people and wildlife. One of the ways we strive to meet our mission is through community based stewardship led by our Habitat Restoration Team. Our Native Plant Nursery at the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve grows up to 20,000 plants per year that will eventually be planted out to one of our several restoration sites along the shoreline of the Bay. In volunteering with our Native Plant Nursery you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the diversity of plants and people that make the Bay Area so special. We encourage folks with no prior experience in habitat restoration to volunteer with us and welcome any feedback to improve accessibility to our programs. Nursery volunteer tasks can include anything from seed cleaning to transplanting. We ask volunteers to bring water bottles, snacks, wear long pants and closed toe shoes that they feel comfortable getting dirty. The indoor space in the nursery is not insulated so we asks folks to dress for the weather. All tools and guidance will be provided by Save the Bay staff. We look forward to learning and growing together in community with you!
Feel free to reach out to the Nursery Manager, Millie at mcalzada@savesfbay.org with any questions.
Accessibility: Our Palo Alto Baylands Nursery is located along a flat gravel trail about 200 feet from a paved parking lot. There is a port-o-potty available in the parking lot for use.

Habitat Restoration at Eden Landing (Hayward)
2024-05-18 09:00 - 12:00
Come join us at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve to help restore former industrial salt ponds into healthy salt marsh habitat! We will be pulling invasive plants using hand picks and gloves to give the native marsh plants we put in over the winter a chance to establish themselves.
Please dress according to the weather and bring a water bottle. Gloves and tools will be provided. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

Climate Conversations: Affordable Housing and the Environment
2024-05-23 17:00 - 18:00
Presented by Save The Bay, Greenbelt Alliance, and TransForm

The Bay Area is severely behind on producing affordable housing. Nearly half of Bay Area renters are rent burdened and 38,000 people are experiencing homelessness. This is not only unjust and unsafe, but deeply connected to our ability to address climate change and protect our natural environment.
Join Save The Bay, TransForm, and Greenbelt Alliance during Affordable Housing Month for a discussion about the intersection between affordable housing and the environment. Learn why an affordable housing regional bond is so critical for our housing and climate goals.
The conversation will feature Vice President of the Association of Bay Area Governments and Mayor of Berkeley Jesse Arreguín, TransForm’s Housing Policy Manager Grecia Mannah-Ayon, Greenbelt Alliance’s Resilience Manager Jordan Grimes, and Save The Bay’s Political Director Allison Chan.
Register today to join the conversation.
Climate Conversations is a series of events bringing together climate leaders from throughout the region.

Native Plant Nursery Event (Palo Alto)
2024-06-06 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-01 10:00 - 13:00
Save the Bay is a Bay Area environmental non-profit working to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay for people and wildlife. One of the ways we strive to meet our mission is through community based stewardship led by our Habitat Restoration Team. Our Native Plant Nursery at the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve grows up to 20,000 plants per year that will eventually be planted out to one of our several restoration sites along the shoreline of the Bay. In volunteering with our Native Plant Nursery you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the diversity of plants and people that make the Bay Area so special. We encourage folks with no prior experience in habitat restoration to volunteer with us and welcome any feedback to improve accessibility to our programs. Nursery volunteer tasks can include anything from seed cleaning to transplanting. We ask volunteers to bring water bottles, snacks, wear long pants and closed toe shoes that they feel comfortable getting dirty. The indoor space in the nursery is not insulated so we asks folks to dress for the weather. All tools and guidance will be provided by Save the Bay staff. We look forward to learning and growing together in community with you!
Feel free to reach out to the Nursery Manager, Millie at mcalzada@savesfbay.org with any questions.
Accessibility: Our Palo Alto Baylands Nursery is located along a flat gravel trail about 200 feet from a paved parking lot. There is a port-o-potty available in the parking lot for use.

Invasive Species Action Week at the Palo Alto Baylands
2024-06-08 10:00 - 13:00
Come join us for Invasive Species Action Week at Palo Alto Baylands to help us clear invasive plants to make room for natives. Native plants are the backbone holding the earth at the Palo Alto Baylands together and the invasive species we will be pulling threaten to crowd them out and deprive all of the species (including humans!) that benefit from healthy salt marshes.
NOTE: This program will meet at the Byxbee parking lot! Directions will be sent to all registered.
Please dress according to the weather, bring a water bottle and a snack. Gloves, hand picks, foam kneepads and/or other necessary tools will be provided. Pulling invasive plants can involve bending, lifting and walking over uneven terrain. Programs may be cancelled in the event of heavy winds, poor air quality and/or lightning. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

Botanical Blueprint: A Cyanotype Workshop with Native Plants - Morning
2024-06-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline Native Plant Nursery
Get ready to roll up your sleeves and discover the art of cyanotype printing while connecting with California native plants crucial to Save The Bay’s innovative wetland restoration work.
Cyanotype is a unique photographic printing process that harnesses the power of the sun to produce a cyan-blue print. Join Save The Bay for this workshop guided by artist Charlotte Beck and Save The Bay’s Native Plant Nursery Manager, Millie Calzada. This event will be held at our Oakland nursery, where native plants are grown and cared for before outplanting at various restoration sites around the Bay for tidal marsh restoration.
Choose between two sessions: the first session from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM or the second session from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM. This workshop is suitable for participants ages 6 and up. Space is limited, so purchase your ticket early!
Come celebrate native plants with us and create your own cyanotype prints capturing the beauty of the Bay. Each participant will have the chance to take home two prints. Don’t miss this day of discovery, inspiration, and deeper connection to the natural world around us!
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Botanical Blueprint: A Cyanotype Workshop with Native Plants - Afternoon
2024-06-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline Native Plant Nursery

Habitat Restoration at MLK Shoreline (Oakland)
2024-06-22 09:00 - 12:00
Come join us and help care for the MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline, the crucial transition zone between San Leandro Bay and our East Oakland communities. Pulling trash and invasive species helps the native plants our volunteers put in over the winter establish themselves and restore this habitat to a more biodiverse and sea level rise resilient state!
Please dress according to the weather, bring a water bottle and a snack. Gloves, hand picks, foam kneepads and/or other necessary tools will be provided. Volunteer activities can involve bending, lifting and walking over uneven terrain. Programs may be cancelled in the event of heavy winds, poor air quality and/or lightning. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

QTPOC Sunset on the Shoreline Pride Event (Oakland)
2024-06-27 17:30 - 20:30
Join Save The Bay, QTPOC Birders (@qtpocbirders), and Ser of @flora.pacha for a special QTPOC Affinity Sunset Event at Save The Bay’s native plant nursery on the MLK Shoreline in East Oakland! This event is an affinity space for folks that identify as Queer/ Trans and People of Color with the intention of building community and celebrating Pride month. We’ll start the evening at 5:30pm with a bird walk led by QTPOC Birders and then transition to a native plant nursery tour and stewardship activity before closing with a conversation on Queer Ecology led by Ser while sipping herbal tea from their farm as the sunsets over the Bay. Light snacks will be provided. Folks should come dressed for the weather.
Accessibility Info: The bird walk will take place along a paved trail adjacent to the shoreline of the Bay connected to a paved parking area. The second portion of the event will take place within Save The Bay’s native plant nursery which is located about 100 feet from the paved trail within an area enclosed by a chain link fence. The nursery floor is gravel and there is a slight grassy slope leading up to the nursery space. If you have any access questions please reach out to the Nursery Manager, Millie Calzada, at mcalzada@savesfbay.org .

Restoration at Ravenswood!
2024-07-20 10:00 - 13:00
Come join us to help us clear invasive plants and make room for natives at our newest restoration site. Native plants are the backbone holding the earth at the newly constructed All American Canal horizontal levee together and the invasive species we will be pulling threaten to crowd them out and deprive all of the species (including humans!) that benefit from healthy salt marshes.
NOTE: This program is on a levee that is about a little over a mile walk out over a dirt trail from the starting point. There is a flush toilet bathroom at a nearby parking lot and will be a porta-potty onsite.
Please dress according to the weather, bring a water bottle and a snack. Gloves, hand picks, foam kneepads and/or other necessary tools will be provided. Pulling invasive plants can involve bending, lifting and walking over uneven terrain. Programs may be cancelled in the event of heavy winds, poor air quality and/or lightning. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

Habitat Restoration at Eden Landing (Hayward)
2024-08-03 09:00 - 12:00
Come join us at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve to help restore former industrial salt ponds into healthy salt marsh habitat! Native plants are the backbone holding the earth at the front lines of sea level rise and the invasive species we will be pulling threaten to crowd them out, depriving all species (including humans!) of the benefits that come from healthy salt marshes.
Accessibility: This program involves walking on a gravel trail and working on a sloped dirt surface. There is a porta-potty onsite.
Please dress according to the weather, bring a water bottle and a snack. Gloves, hand picks, foam kneepads and/or other necessary tools will be provided. Pulling invasive plants can involve bending, lifting and walking over uneven terrain. Programs may be cancelled in the event of heavy winds, poor air quality and/or lightning. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

Palo Alto Baylands Invasive Plant Pull
2024-08-17 10:00 - 13:00
Come join us at the Palo Alto Baylands to help us clear invasive plants to make room for natives. Native plants are the backbone holding the earth at the Palo Alto Baylands together and the invasive species we will be pulling threaten to crowd them out and deprive all species (including humans!) that benefit from healthy salt marshes.
Accessibility: This program will take place on sloped dirt areas by the eastern parking lot near the Lucy Evans Nature Center. There is a porta-potty a short walk away.
Please dress according to the weather, bring a water bottle and a snack. Gloves, hand picks, foam kneepads and/or other necessary tools will be provided. Pulling invasive plants can involve bending, lifting and walking over uneven terrain. Programs may be cancelled in the event of heavy winds, poor air quality and/or lightning. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs, please reach out to hlim@savesfbay.org to coordinate.
