The park in the Oakland Hills is announcing this trail closure: Redwood Regional Park Trail Segment Temporarily Closed for a Hazardous Tree and Fuel Mitigation Project Beginning Tuesday, July 15, the East Bay Regional Park District will begin a hazardous…
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Cool map of East Bay parks and improvement plans
by tom • July 8, 2008 • 10 Comments
This map shows where millions of dollars would be spent if a parks measure passes. Among the highlights: $5 million for Sunol Wilderness. $8.1 million for Coyote Hills Regional Park $8.3 million for Las Trampas Wilderness $4.5 million for Black…
East Bay wildflower guide
by tom • April 9, 2008 • 4 Comments
The East Bay Regional Parks District is again showing its Web strategy leaves all the other districts in the dirt: It has PDF guides to the wildflowers sprouting in each of the district’s parks, plus an overall guide of all…
Take the Trail Challenge, get a T-shirt
by tom • April 2, 2008 • 2 Comments
East Bay Regional Parks District got a corporate sponsor (Kaiser Pemanente put their “thrive” money where their mouth was) to pay the freight for free T-shirts and other goodies for those who sign up for the annual Trails Challenge. The…
Yurts proposal for Santa Clara County parks
by tom • February 7, 2008 • 6 Comments
A product sample from the company Pacific Yurts. More on yurts here. I hear tell the parks department in Santa Clara County wants to put up 24 yurts in five of the county’s parks. Here’s a link to the proposal.…
What the Indians ate
by tmangan • October 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Midpeninsula Open Space District sponsors a nature walk from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve. This hike is all about ethnobotany: how the Indians and settlers used native plants medicinally and in a wide…
Wanted: East Bay hikers with strong legs
by tmangan • October 10, 2007 • 2 Comments
The Greenbelt Alliance has an interesting hike coming up on Saturday, Oct. 20: Rocky Ridge Ramble East Bay – Greenbelt Outing See what Contra Costa County would look like without its suburban sprawl. This rigorous hike takes us through some…