Park News 8/24/2024
Watering, Weeding Native Plants The long dry summer doesn’t faze California native plants once they’re established, but during their first
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Issues
Park News 7/26/24
Gull Chicks Two Two of the three Western Gull hatchlings that emerged a week ago are still with us. They
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Park News 7/12/24
Gull Baby Survivors Sharp westerly winds on Tuesday and Wednesday roiled up whitecaps on the Bay and made for a
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Park News 7/3/24
That Radiation Bogeyman Again Fear sells papers and boosts clicks. How else to explain Wednesday’s Berkeleyside lead story asserting as
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Park Week 5/31/2024
Blue Scores Big I had no idea what this Blue was doing. The tide was at a minus 0.85 ebb,
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Park Week 5/24/2024
Trifecta First I saw the big one, the Great Blue Heron. It stalked around in a relaxed way on the
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Park Week 5/17/2024
Today’s blog instalment has a lot more words than birds. Can’t be helped. Park issues are hot right now. When
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Park Week 5/10/2024
Tomorrow: All Hands on Deck An unprecedented weed superbloom is challenging our Native Pollinator Habitat plantings in the park. Chavez
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Park Week 4/26/2024
See You at the Fair Tomorrow, Saturday April 27, is the day of the Bay Fair at the Berkeley Waterfront.
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Statement at BAAQMD Hearing
At the close of testimony at the BAAQMD v Berkeley hearing on Feb. 6, I was allowed three minutes for
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BAAQMD Beats up on Berkeley
The City of Berkeley lost its case, and visitors will see lasting disruption and damage in Chavez Park, thanks to
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BAAQMD Out of Gas
Tomorrow’s hearing in the case of BAAQMD (“back-mud”) v. Berkeley is Godzilla v. Bambi, if the attorney for the Air
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Park Week 2/2/2024
Mower Destroys Sparrow Habitat The grassland on the southeast slope of the park has for many years been nesting habitat
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Chavez Park Conservancy Annual Report 2023
Chavez Park Conservancy Annual Report 2023 Summary The Conservancy enjoyed a relatively quiet and constructive year, with some successes and
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Hargreaves Jones: Million-dollar Picture Pirates
Berkeley’s city management paid the Hargreaves Jones (HJ) consulting firm a $1M+ fee for advice on dealing with the waterfront.
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Third Draft of Waterfront Specific Plan
Comments on Berkeley Waterfront Specific Plan, Third Draft The City of Berkeley has spent $1.1 million to hire a set
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Park Week 11/24/23
Rain Fruit What seems clear is that the rains we had this past week bore fruit with these mushrooms growing
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Park Week 9/22/2023
Equinox Celebration Tonight The world is stuffed thick with inequities of every kind. All the more reason to celebrate a
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Park Week 9/15/23
Birds of the Week The big bird news this week in the park was the return of the White-crowned Sparrows.
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Park Week 7/14/23
Heron’s Breakfast Hidden in the shadows on the north side of the Open Circle Viewpoint, this big heron reached out
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Park Week 7/7/23
Snowy With a Bad Leg This Snowy Egret used its wings more than it normally would because its right leg
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Park Week 5/26/23
Weed and Water the Plant Babies Sunday Morning The baby native plants that Conservancy volunteers put in the ground last
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Park Week 5/19/23
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 5/5/23
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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