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Come celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week this year from October 8 through October 14 at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. On October 14, drop by the refuge to celebrate nature by exploring your creative side. Whether it’s browsing artwork by local artists, crafting animals out of paper, or creating an animal-shaped yummy treat, there’s something for everyone. Take part in some or all of the activities listed below.

• Origami: Transform paper into animals
• Nature Quilt Project: Put your stamp on a fabric square
• 2017 California Jr. Duck Stamp Winners Display
• Create your Fish Print Tote Bag: (While supplies last)
• Animal Desserts: Get ideas for your next wildlife-themed party.
• Art Show and Reception

Dr. Chris Kitting, a founding Board Member of San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society, is submitting a poster titled Celebrating 30 years of Francisco Bay Wildlife Society: A pilot study on macro-invertebrate recolonization at the bottom of dredged Stockton ship channel in the California Delta, at the 13th Biennial State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference in October 2017.

Every two years, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership brings a focus on the management and ecological health of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. The State of the Estuary Conference showcases the latest information about the estuary’s changing watersheds, impacts from major stressors, recovery programs for species and habitats, and emerging challenges.

A Poster Session Reception will be held in the early evening on October 10th. The poster session allows participants to present findings and meet colleagues in an informal setting, including the presentation of detailed, technical information on individual topics and studies that cannot be covered adequately in the plenary sessions. The posters will be on display for the duration of the conference.

October 10 – 11, 2017
Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA

Come help Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge prepare for the upcoming hunt season by volunteering to clean up the hunting site and repair hunt blinds in the Alviso Pond area.

The refuge relies on volunteers to maintain the hunt blinds.

When: September 16, 2017
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Where: Alviso Ponds by Moffett Field in Mountain View
What to Bring: Blinds are in ponds. Bring a flat bottom boat. Boats with a Go devil Motor or Beaver Tail motor highly recommended. Canoes and Kayaks also good.

by Ceal Craig

The San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) Friends Group for the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, authorized by Congress to support the education, interpretation, and research activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society seeks to nurture in the public a sense of understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuges, their natural and cultural history, and to support the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the bay lands as essential wildlife habitat.

We envision wildlife and its habitat thriving in a healthier San Francisco Bay area as a result of increased citizen stewardship of the environment.

Governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, the Society is supported by over 2,000 individual members and by donations and grants from corporations & foundations. The Wildlife Society operates bookstores at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Refuge Visitor Center in Fremont and the Environmental Education Center in Alviso.

We are accepting new Board of Director members. Those with legal backgrounds and business financial experience are particularly needed.