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Wildfire Training

September 7, 2021August 24, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 63 Views 0 Comments

Ten new recruits to the Berkeley Fire Department worked to earn their wildfire certification during a training exercise in the

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Stewards Eleven

September 3, 2021August 31, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 58 Views Bob Huttar, Epilobium canum

An able crew of eleven volunteers showed up for the Chavez Park Conservancy’s August 21 Stewardship Saturday for a morning

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A Native Plant Pollinator Garden: Berkeleyside Opinion

July 22, 2021July 23, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 97 Views 1 Comment Berkeley Partners for Parks, Berkeleyside, California Native Plant Society, Charli Danielsen, Dave Kaplow, David Amme, DAWN, Doug Tallamy, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Jacquelyn McCormick, San Pablo Park, Scott Ferris, Shallon Allen, Sierra Club, UC Berkeley

Berkeleyside, the local online journal that publishes at 5 pm daily (same as this blog) yesterday published this opinion piece

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Park Pioneer Speaks

July 12, 2021July 13, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 119 Views 0 Comments Carol Denney, Charli Danielsen, Dave Kaplow, David Amme, DAWN, Igor Tregub, Jim Hanson, Jim Mc Grath, Jutta Burger, Norman La Force, Santiago Casal, Sheila Jordan, Susan Schwartz, Toni Mester

Dave Kaplow, one of the pioneering figures who shaped Cesar Chavez Park, spoke to an audience of two dozen park

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Weed, Lunch, Talk this Saturday

July 7, 2021August 30, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 50 Views 0 Comments Bob Huttar

The never-ending joy of park stewardship will flare again this Saturday July 10 with a deep dive into the Native

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Next Saturday: Park Pioneer Talks

July 3, 2021August 30, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 109 Views 0 Comments David Kaplow

David Kaplow, the last active member of the group of pioneers who established the Native Plant Area in the park,

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Open Circle Reopens

June 8, 2021June 7, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 75 Views 0 Comments

Thanks are due to Parks management for reopening public access yesterday to the Open Circle seating area and the rest

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Taking Care

May 23, 2021August 30, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 123 Views 1 Comment Bob Huttar, Jacob Several

It was a beautiful Saturday morning, and six volunteers showed up to help take care of the neglected Native Plant

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Saturday Weed Pull

May 20, 2021August 30, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 58 Views 0 Comments

This Saturday, May 22, is another volunteer opportunity to pull weeds and improve habitat in the https://chavezpark.org/native-plant-area/Native Plant Area in

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Sole Music

May 14, 2021May 10, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 171 Views 1 Comment

Either the anonymous Rock Banksy has branched out into a new medium, or a new talent has emerged in the

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Weeds Begone

April 24, 2021August 30, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 297 Views 5 Comments Bob Huttar, Mephitis mephitis

With a growing squad of volunteer park stewards at work, the weeds in the Native Plant Area of the park

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Wayside Strings

April 22, 2021April 19, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 98 Views 0 Comments Assaad Madaoui

I was walking along the north side path hearing the wind, the waves, and the gulls, when a soft melody

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Weed and Discover

April 21, 2021August 26, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 140 Views 1 Comment Bob Huttar, Jutta Burger

The next opportunity for hands-on park stewardship is this coming Saturday April 24, Chavez Park Conservancy Volunteer Coordinator Bob Huttar

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Weed Squad at Work

April 11, 2021April 10, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 183 Views 0 Comments Bob Huttar, Jacob Several

Kikuyu grass and other invasives took a hit Saturday as half a dozen Chavez Park Conservancy volunteers got to work

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She Who Runs Against the Wind

April 10, 2021April 9, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 161 Views 0 Comments Dolores Huerta

CELEBRATE APRIL 10TH DOLORES HUERTA DAY By Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila Many times we have chanted SI SE PUEDE (yes we can)

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Weeding Opportunity This Saturday Morning

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 75 Views 0 Comments Bob Huttar

The annual weed season is upon us so we will be weeding at Chavez Park this Saturday April 10. We

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Honor Cesar Chavez: Volunteer Saturday

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 166 Views 0 Comments Bob Huttar

The annual weed season is upon us so we will be weeding at Chavez Park this Saturday 4/3. We have

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Deadheads Gone but Not Forgotten

March 27, 2021March 20, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 471 Views 0 Comments Greg Kniffin, Mary Gioia

Cesar Chavez Park hosts dozens of memorials to the dead. More tan fifty benches commemorate loved ones, their names inscribed

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On the Wind

March 16, 2021March 10, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 206 Views 0 Comments Cris Benton

This photo of the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary in the northeast corner of the park might have been taken from a

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Weeding, Finding

March 14, 2021August 30, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 247 Views 2 Comments Batrachoseps attenuatus, Bob Huttar

While weeding in the Native Plant Area on Saturday March 13, the volunteer stewards found two specimens of California Slender

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Easy

March 11, 2021March 8, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 196 Views DAWN area

Trees are good for a lot of things. Oxygen. Shade. Nests. Perches. Bark for bugs. Leaves for color. Plus: hammocks.

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Volunteers Wanted

March 10, 2021August 30, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 136 Views 0 Comments Bob Huttar, DAWN area

Volunteers are invited this coming Saturday morning to continue stewardship in the Native Plant Area, the forested grove on the

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Spring Weeding

February 21, 2021February 21, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 176 Views 1 Comment Aesculus californica, Bob Huttar, Jutta Burger, Rhus integrifolia, Scrophularia californica, weeding

The weather took a sharp turn for the better as we did a Spring weeding Saturday morning in the Native

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Spring Weeding Saturday

February 16, 2021August 30, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 152 Views 0 Comments Bob Huttar

You are cordially invited 🙂 to Chavez Park this Saturday 2/20 to help Jutta and me remove Kikuyu Grass overwhelming

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