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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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BPFP Partners add new steps in Grotto Rock Park

Over Thanksgiving holidays, Grotto Rock Park got new steps on the steepest, slickest part of its circular trail, thanks to Troop 237 Eagle Scout candidate Tyler Young and his co-workers. The project is part of safety improvements being carried out by BPFP partner groups Friends of Grotto Rock Park and Friends of Five Creeks, with funding from a UC Chancellor’s Community Service Grant. Volunteers also have been removing ivy and blackberry, planting natives, putting it more steps, and preparing the wide, level trail fronting the rock for a new decomposed-granite surface — the biggest part of the project. Grotto Rock Park, on Santa Barbara just north of Indian Rock Boulevard, has spectacular and romantic Bay views, but wet, slippery trails were hazardous in past winters.

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Berkeley Path Wanderers: San Francisco Hill Walk

Meeting Place: SW corner of Castro and Market, San Francisco
Leader: Tom Graham
Transit: BART and MUNI L line
Join “Walking Man” Tom Graham, who recently completed his quest to walk every street in San Francisco, for a brisk tour of the midtown hills. We will visit Corona Heights, Tank Hill, Twin Peaks and others. A somewhat strenuous walk with a lot of up and down. Bring water. No dogs please. More info: 510 520 3876 http://www.berkeleypaths.org/

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Berkeley Path Wanderers – Winter Warmer Walk


Meeting Place: Spruce St. at Easter Way (near Santa Barbara Rd.)
Leader: Keith Skinner
Transit: AC bus #65 or #67
Walk off the Thanksgiving pounds and prepare for the long winter with this climb high in the hills. The first part of the walk will be steep, climbing from Easter Way to Creston Rd., but the pace will be moderate. Heavy rain cancels. Well-behaved dogs on leashes permitted. More info: 510 520 3876 http://www.berkeleypaths.org/