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Watershed Watch Earth Day 2022 Poster Challenge
Make a splash and show us your skills! Enter the Watershed Watch Earth Day Poster Challenge and share your vision for clean waterways in Santa Clara Valley! Make your entry by Earth Day, April 22nd, and do your part to be a watershed watcher and help prevent urban runoff…
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Big Changes: The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project
By now, many of our recent Refuge visitors will have noticed the significant changes happening at the Environmental Education Center in Alviso. In addition to the large trucks running by, the Mallard Slough Trail around the A16 Pond will be closed for Phase I of the South San Francisco…
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Support us with our membership drive this 2021 holiday season
Nature-themed Gifts This holiday season, share your love of nature and the National Wildlife Refuges by gifting your loved ones nature-themed gifts. You can buy the nature-themed gifts online or you can mail us a check along with an order form. ⇊…
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Be a Scientist: think like a biologist, engineer, or environmentalist
The San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society is excited to share our newest environmental education offering: our “Be a Scientist” activity packet. After the massive successes of this year’s summer programs, we combined our most popular summer activities into a comprehensive booklet that challenges students to use their observational skills…
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Celebrate Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July is a global movement advocates for solutions to single-use plastic consumption and helps to promote small changes we can make in our daily lives to reduce our plastic footprint. While switching to single-use plastic alternatives might seem like an inconsequential change, everyone working together to reduce…
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Family Story Walk: Betty the Bee
From July 15, 2021 through July 29, 2021, join us in a self-guided Story Walk, featuring the book The Story of Betty the Bee. Written by San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society…
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Family Story Walk: A Home for Salty
A Home for Salty From June 17, 2021 through July 1, 2021, join us in…
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Online Marsh-In Summer Camp! • August 2-6, 2021
The annual Marsh-In Summer Camp program held at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Environmental Education Center in Alviso is staying online this year! Join us for our second online summer camp program that combines technology and outdoor activities for a unique learning experience. Camp will…
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Endangered Species Day: May 21, 2021 – California Tiger Salamander
Celebrate the 16th Annual Endangered Species Day on May 21st, 2021. Every year on the third Friday in May, thousands of people around the world participate in Endangered Species Day by celebrating, learning about, and taking action to protect threatened and endangered species. In honor of Endangered Species Day, we…
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National Wildflower Week: May 3 – 9, 2021 – Create a Pollinator Garden
The first full week of May is National Wildflower Week, May 3 through 9 this year. It is a time when gardens are blooming with flowers. Pollinators visit flowers to drink nectar or feed off of pollen and transport pollen grains as they move from spot to spot. Birds, bats,…
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Become a Supporter of the San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society. Your membership will include a subscription to the Tide Rising newsletter and a 15% discount at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Nature Stores at the Visitor Center in Fremont, and the Environmental Education Center in Alviso.
Volunteering at the Refuge is a rewarding and valuable experience. Through a variety of public programs, visitors understand and appreciate the natural and cultural history of the Refuge.
Your support of our education, interpretation, and research activities is more important than ever. Any amount you’re willing to donate will be greatly appreciated! Donations may be fully tax-deductible.