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Berkeley Bay Festival – This Saturday

This Saturday (April 16) is the Berkeley Bay Festival, with lots of fun activities. Free sailboat rides, tidepool walks, live music, dragon-boat rides, hands-on science exhibits in the brand-new nature classroom, dedication ceremony for the Berkeley Meadow, and lots more.

More info: www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=62584

BPFP will have a table at the event from Noon-4:30pm, near the Shorebird Park Nature Center (on the left just a little before you get to the long pier). We’d love to say hi if you are at the festival, please come by our table. Or if you could come for an hour and join us at the table, that would be great–please reply to me or phone me at 540-7223. If you have any hand-outs that would be interesting, let me know that too.

Charlie Bowen (Ms), Chair
Berkeley Partners for Parks–BPFP

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BPFP partners with Bay Nature

A Note from our president, John Steere:

Oct-Dec 2010 coverWe encourage all current and prospective members of Berkeley Partners for Parks to take advantage of our new partnership with the Berkeley-based award-winning and bio-regionally informative magazine, Bay Nature, which you can receive a year’s subscription for only $17.95 (or as a Holiday gift subscription) when you sign up for BPFP! That’s more than 25% off a regular subscription prIce….

Bay Nature is the only magazine dedicated to exploring and protecting wild places at the urban edge AND the wild places right outside your door, connecting Bay Area people to the mountain lions nearby, restoration of thousands of acres of tidal wetlands, the butterflies of the Presidio, the best local hikes, and more.

From now until December 31, you can get a one-year gift subscription to Bay Nature for only $17.95.

Even better, if you give two or more subscriptions, they will be only $15 each! That’s a savings of over 32% off a regular one-year subscription. http://store.baynature.com/Search.bok?category=Gift+Subscriptions+and+Renewals

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The Burrowing Owls are back at Cesar Chavez Park!

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A burrowing owl seen in Berkeley; photo by Larry Wight

Our burrowing owls usually occupy the northeast corner of Cesar Chavez Park (north of the Berkeley Marina) from October through March. There are new fences and artistic adobe walls to protect the owl habitat from humans and dogs. Come on down and look for owls.

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