Park Week 5/26
Weed and Water the Plant Babies Sunday Morning The baby native plants that Conservancy volunteers put in the ground last
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Issues
Park Week 5/19
Birds: Female Cameo At least one female showed up in the Red-winged Blackbird breeding area on Sunday May 14. She
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Park Week 5/5
Painting Birds Alive A story in the Washington Post last week features Rex Brasher, “the greatest bird artist you’ve never
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Park Week 4/28
Earth Day at Bay Fair After three years in limbo for Covid-19, the Bay Fair bounced back to life at
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Park Week 4/21
Hard Workers More than 20 Cal students showed up for the Chavez Park Conservancy Stewardship Day on Saturday April 15,
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Park Week 3/31
Favorite Birds of the Week I’ll go out in the rain when there’s a Burrowing Owl in residence, but otherwise
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Park Events
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) Trifecta of Bad Manners This past Friday, the day before yesterday, I was walking up toward
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More Native Trees
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) The Native Pollinator Habitat project moved into its final tree planting phase today, with members of
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Memory Unearthed
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) More than 50 people have memorial plaques in the park. All but two are mounted to
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Now Reservable
A welcome innovation in the park is Reservable Picnic Areas. Two picnic spots, a small one and the largest, can
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One Cheer, Three Boos
Good news: the large graffiti on the east side of the Flare Station fence, which appeared almost immediately after the
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Open Letter to Audubon’s Glenn Phillips
Dear Mr. Phillips: You became Executive Director of the Golden Gate Audubon Society in March last year, after 30 years
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Numbers, Numbers
Shortly after the City announced that BMASP (the park wrecking scheme) was NOT going to include “development” at Cesar Chavez
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Victory! BMASP Drops Park Dev Plan
Today’s update of the Berkeley Marina Area Specific Plan (BMASP) website says in bold letters: “Please note that no development is
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1800 and Growing
The chill seaside gale almost blew the Conservancy kiosk away Sunday afternoon, so we decided to shut it down after
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More Recent Letters
Letters and comments about the proposed commercialization of Chavez Park continue to come in. Here is a selection, some penned
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Now Over 1700
The signature count on the Petition to Save Our Park from BMASP topped 1700 this afternoon, and that’s just counting
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See You In the Park
The decision to save Chavez Park or to let it be destroyed lies with City Council. The petition to City
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Millions and Meetings
The local online daily, Berkeleyside, had a story yesterday titled “City secures $15M state earmark to improve Berkeley Marina.” This
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Weekly Roundup
The petition to City Council and City Manager has topped our initial goal of 1,000 signatures. As I write this
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Good News and Work to Be Done
The movement to save Chavez Park from the BMASP park-wrecking scheme has enjoyed success in reaching some members of the
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Kite Fest Not Dead Yet?
UPDATE 2:43 pm. The Kite Fest may not be dead yet. In an email from Mayor Jesse Arreguin this morning,
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Steady Progress
At the Chavez Park Conservancy kiosk in the park on Sunday July 24, we collected 131 ink signatures on the
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Petition to Save Chavez Park
To Berkeley City Council and Berkeley City Manager: I am a Chavez Park visitor. A consultant that you hired has
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