Park It: Oakland college to offer environmental work training - East Bay Times

Park It: Oakland college to offer environmental work training - East Bay Times

Park It: Oakland college to offer environmental work training - East Bay Times

Posted: 27 Jan 2020 05:00 AM PST

Oakland's Merritt College will offer a series of courses attractive to people interested in outdoor, environmentally related employment starting this spring.

The courses leading to certificates of achievement will be taught by Merritt College faculty and East Bay Regional Park District staff. Courses include conservation and resource management; natural history and resources; and urban agroecology. For more information, visit the college's webpage at www.merritt.edu/wp/nhs.

Berkeley: The first weekend in February will bring a variety of programs to the Environmental Education Center at Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley. It all starts with botanical watercolor painting from 2 to 3 p.m. Feb. 1 with interpretive student aide Emily Ritchie. The idea is to create watercolor images of the nature area's native plants. Participants will gain basic skills in life-drawing, plant identification and, of course, water-coloring techniques. Then from 3 to 4 p.m. the same day, explore the nature area with naturalist Trent Pearce in search of salamanders and frogs. The search will proceed rain or shine, and the program will repeat Feb. 15.

And farm animals are the focus of two programs with naturalist Jenna Collins on Feb. 2 and again Feb. 16. Meet the Little Farm rabbits from noon to 1 p.m. or flock with the lambs from 3 to 4 p.m. The center and Little Farm are at the north end of Tilden's Central Park Drive. For information, call 510-544-2233.

Oakland hills: For an opportunity to explore the newest addition to Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in the Oakland hills, join the Wednesday Walkers on a 3-mile loop starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Wilcox Staging Area on Pinehurst Road. The property will soon afterward be closed for creek restoration. The best access is from Canyon Road in Moraga, then turn right on Pinehurst. No dogs, please, and heavy rain would cancel it. For information, call 510-544-3187.

Richmond: The Over-The-Hills Gang is an informal group of hikers 55 and older who enjoy exercise, nature study and local history. Naturalist "Trail Gail" Broesder will lead the group on a mostly flat hike at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 4, when you can learn about the park's explosive past as the site of a dynamite factory. Meet Gail at the staging area in the end of Atlas Road in Richmond. Call 510-544-2233 for details.

Alameda: Crab Cove Visitor Center in Alameda features Family Nature Fun from 2 to 3 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday, with activities for all ages. The theme Feb. 1-2 is "Duck, Duck, Goose!" with games to help learn more about our feathered friends. There's also story time from 11 to 11:30 a.m. every Sunday with stories, crafts and activities. And from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, you can watch the staff feed the fish in the center's large aquarium. The aquarium fish are the same species that inhabit San Francisco Bay. Crab Cove is at 1252 McKay Ave. off Alameda's Central Avenue. For information, call 510-544-3187.

Sunol: Sunol Regional Wilderness in southern Alameda County also has recurring, naturalist-led programs every Saturday and Sunday. "Nature Crafts" is from 10 a.m. to noon, with a different craft each week. And "Wild Wonders" is from 2 to 3 p.m., a family-friendly exploration of the park with games and other activities. Sunol Regional Wilderness is at the end of Geary Road off Calaveras Road about 5 miles south of I-680 and the town of Sunol. There's a parking fee of $5 per vehicle; the programs are free of charge. Call 510-544-3249.

Oakley: For an update on current events affecting the Delta, join in coffee talk and Delta news from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Feb. 5 at Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley. Big Break is at 69 Big Break Road off Oakley's Main Street. Call 888-327-2757, ext. 3050.

Online: There's always something to see and do in the East Bay Regional Park District. For a complete schedule, visit the district's website at ebparks.org.

Ned MacKay writes a regular column about East Bay Regional Park District sites and activities. Email him at nedmackay@comcast.net.

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