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Transit & Trails
This week's round up of Bay Area news and inspiration for those that care about parks, trails, farms, ranches, and other open spaces...
Video: A Ladybug Pajama Party on Quest. The party, in case you want to pull up a sleeping bag and pillow, is in Redwood Regional Park in Oakland.
- What’s A Park For? The battle over whether or not to allow the cultivation of oysters inside a California national park. (Guernica)
- In Case You Missed It: Should California Close 70 State Parks? An overview and discussion in the Comments. (Outside Magazine)
- Bay Area Ecosystems Climate Change Consortium Baylands Goals Technical Update Coordinator Selected. Announcement of the selection of Letitia Grenier, Ph.D., to serve as BAECCC’s Coordinator to guidethe development of a technical climate change update to the San Francisco Baylands EcosystemHabitat Goals report. (SF Bay Joint Venture)
- California’s Rangeland Could Take a Hit from Climate Change. California’s ranchers could face a tougher economic future under climate change. The grasslands they depend on to feed their cattle could shrink by almost 40% by the end of the century, according to a study from Duke University and the Environmental Defense Fund. (KQED)
- Mountain Lake's gunk to be cleared in Presidio. The 4-acre pond on the southern boundary of the Presidio of San Francisco is sloppy with toxic gunk. (SF Gate)
- Scientists team with art designers to restore Año Nuevo Island, a place where animals reign supreme. On a tiny, windswept island off the San Mateo County coast, a team of scientists and art designers has engineered a creative solution to give mating seabirds a boost: ceramic "love shacks." (Mercury News)
- American Canyon opens new sections of trail for hikers, bikers and equestrians. The nearly two-mile trails are part of a project that eventually will connect Napa and American Canyon. (Times-Herald)
- East Bay Parks buys Marsh Creek land protected by conservation group. Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, between Clayton and Livermore, is growing by 82 acres, and a conservation group is losing $30,000 as result. (Mercury News)
- Attend a 3-day, hands-on workshop on Holistic goal setting, decision-making, and land use planning at Paicines Ranch, a working ranch since the 1800’s.
- Celebration in Honor of Hulet Hornbeck's Life, February 26, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in Tilden. Event information here. Read more about his life here.
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Every Wednesday we post a list of news - with some art, videos and fun thrown in - related to the members, partners, supporters, and friends of the Open Space Council. Scroll through all of these posts here. And let us know if we should include anything in next week's Happenings.
