BIPOC Native Plant Nursery Event (Palo Alto)
2023-09-16 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-11 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

CANCELLED-BIPOC Native Plant Nursery Event (Oakland)
2023-09-21 12:00 - 15:00
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.

Coastal Cleanup Day at MLK Regional Shoreline (Oakland)
2023-09-23 09:00 - 12:00
Join us for this year’s annual Coastal Cleanup Day and be a part of a statewide effort that brings tens of thousands of volunteers to our shorelines to pull hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash from our coast and waterways every year! Save The Bay will be hosting our 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.

Queer Native Plant Nursery Event (Palo Alto)
2023-09-27 12:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-25 12:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-14 13:00 - 16:00
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.

Native Plant Nursery Event (Oakland)
2023-09-28 12:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-19 12:00 - 15:00
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.

Native Plant Nursery Event (Palo Alto)
2023-10-04 12:00 - 15:00
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 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. 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.

Oakland Save The Bay Bird Walk
2023-10-07 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-10-07 13:00 - 14:30
Don’t know a Godwit from a Goose? Join us on this beginner-birder-friendly walk – open to all levels, ages, and walks of life.
Over 200 bird species come through the MLK Jr. Shoreline in the course of a year. Join us as we celebrate Bay Day and meet a few of our feathered friends. Save The Bay will bring binoculars for participants to borrow.

Oakland Queer Affinity Nursery Program
2023-10-07 10:00 - 12:00
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.

Oakland Shoreline Clean-up
2023-10-07 11:00 - 13:00
Help pick up trash! Pollution prevention is one way we can help conserve and restore the Bay. Join us on the shoreline to help remove plastic waste from the marsh and learn about the ways Save The Bay is working with local officials to keep plastic from getting into our waterways.

Nursery Program
2023-10-07 13:00 - 15:00
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 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. 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 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.

Habitat Restoration at Eden Landing (Hayward)
2023-10-21 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 planted last 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.

BIPOC Native Plant Nursery Event (Oakland)
2023-10-26 12:00 - 15:00

Planting Season Prep at Ravenswood Nursery
2023-11-04 10:00 - 14:00
Winter is coming! For us, that means it is time to prepare for planting season in high hopes of catching the seasonal rain. We hope you will join us at the All American Canal slope to help us lay out native plants that will be tilled into the soil the following week. This is our largest planting project yet (16 acres!) and more hands make light work. 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. Please note, this is a longer program than usual to help prepare for the following week. It is okay if you have to leave early, but we do ask that you show up on time so we can walk you to the site. Thank you!

Native Planting at Eden Landing! (Hayward)
2023-11-18 09:00 - 12:00
It is planting season! All the work we’ve done throughout the year collecting seed, growing and caring for our precious native plants has been leading to this moment right as the seasonal rains approach. We hope you will join us in putting these plants in the ground at Eden landing, where they will help reclaim former industrial salt ponds and restore them into healthier salt marsh habitat for all. 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.

CANCELLED-Native Planting at Ravenswood!
2023-12-02 10:00 - 13:00
It is planting season! All the work we’ve done throughout the year collecting seed, growing and caring for our precious native plants has been leading to this moment right as the seasonal rains approach. We hope you will join us in putting these plants in the ground at the Ravenswood Unit of Don Edwards NWR, adjacent to Bedwell Bayfront Park. These plants will be helping us restore degraded salt pond into healthy salt marsh habitat, giving wildlife good homes and our communities natural 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.

Climate Conversations: Groundwater Rise Resilience
2023-12-05 17:00 - 18:00
A Webinar Presented by Save The Bay and Greenaction
While scientists have known about sea level rise as a consequence of climate change for decades, newer science and community concerns have highlighted a related threat: groundwater rise. As sea level rises, shallow groundwater will be pushed to the surface causing more widespread flooding. This will impact infrastructure, homes, and communities in ways that we are just beginning to understand. Thousands of toxic sites that currently border the San Francisco Bay are also at risk of inundation by groundwater and sea level, which could put thousands of residents at risk, especially low-income communities and communities of color.
Join Save The Bay and Greenaction for a panel discussion lead by KQED reporter Ezra David Romero, whose climate reporting helped bring this issue to public attention. He’ll be joined by Dr. Kristina Hill from UC Berkeley, leading scholar on the issue and author of key research helping the Bay Area to plan and prepare. We’ll also hear from Kamillah Eolam, Greenaction Program Coordinator and Bayview Hunter’s Point community member, as well as Terrie Green, Executive Director of the Marin City Climate Resilience and Health Justice program, who will share how their communities are being impacted by climate change and how they are organizing to respond.
Register today to join the conversation.
Climate Conversations is a series of events bringing together climate leaders from throughout the region.

Queer Planting Event! (Hayward)
2023-12-09 10:00 - 13:00
This volunteer program is an affinity space for folks that identify as LGBTQ+ and is led by staff that identify as Queer.
It is planting season! All the work we’ve done throughout the year collecting seed, growing and caring for our precious native plants has been leading to this moment right as the seasonal rains approach. We hope you will join us in putting these plants in the ground at Eden landing, where they will help reclaim former industrial salt ponds and restore them into healthier salt marsh habitat for all. Please dress according to the weather and bring a water bottle. Gloves, tools and light snacks 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 Millie at mcalzada@savesfbay.org to coordinate.

Planting at the Palo Alto Baylands!
2023-12-16 10:00 - 13:00
It is planting season! All the work we’ve done throughout the year collecting seed, growing and caring for our precious native plants has been leading to this moment right as the seasonal rains approach. We hope you will join us in putting these plants in the ground at the Palo Alto Baylands, where they will help restore vulnerable bay fill lands back into healthy and resilient salt marsh habitat for all.
Please dress according to the weather and bring a water bottle. (The ground may be muddy depending on the rain!) 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.

MLK Day of Service
2024-01-13 09:00 - 12:00
Come celebrate the MLK Day of Service by joining us on the MLK shoreline at Garretson Point. With rainy season come two big elements of our habitat restoration team’s work: planting & shoreline cleanup. And you can help! As rain washes through our watersheds, it brings trash down into the Bay. We will spend part of this day cleaning up that trash and making sure it is disposed of properly. The rainy season also waters our native plants and keeps them happy. We will install hundreds of native plants along the shoreline so they can enjoy the rain! These plants will be helping us restore shoreline into healthy salt marsh habitat, giving wildlife good homes and our communities natural sea level rise protection! Please dress according to the weather (programs are rain or shine) 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.

CANCELLED-Native Planting at the Ravenswood All American Canal!
2024-02-03 10:00 - 13:00
It is planting season! All the work we’ve done throughout the year collecting seed, growing and caring for our precious native plants has been leading to this moment of opportunity provided by the seasonal rains. We hope you will join us in putting these plants in the ground at the Ravenswood Unit of Don Edwards NWR, adjacent to Bedwell Bayfront Park. The native plants you will be putting into our newest site will 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.

Habitat Restoration at the Palo Alto Baylands
2024-02-17 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.

Native Plant Nursery Event (Palo Alto)
2024-02-22 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.

BIPOC Native Plant Nursery Event (Palo Alto)
2024-03-02 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.

Habitat Restoration at Eden Landing (Hayward)
2024-03-09 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.

Native Salt Marsh Restoration at Ravenswood
2024-03-23 10:00 - 13:00
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.
