Volunteer: Endangered Species Day 2013 | Bay Area
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Volunteer: Endangered Species Day 2013 | Bay Area
Join the effort to protect precious park wildlife by helping to heal their critical and limited habitats by volunteering on 2013 Endangered Species Day on May 18-19, 2013.
The 2013 Golden Gate National Parks’ “Species of the Year” is the California red-legged frog.
Get hands-on with restoration projects to benefit the park’s imperiled species. The Golden Gate National Parks are home to more federally protected species than any other unit of the National Park System in the continental North America including the California red-legged frog, Coho salmon, Mission Blue butterfly, Presidio clarkia, and many more.
2013 Endangered Species Day
May 18-19, 2013
All Over San Francisco Bay Area
FREE with RSVPAge, Skills, and What to Bring:
- Volunteers ages 8 and up are welcome.
- Bring your volunteer waiver (PDF). Volunteers under the age of 18 must have the parent/guardian approval section signed.
- Please wear clothes that can get dirty, long pants, closed-toe shoes, layers for changing weather, and rain gear, if necessary. Also, bring a personal water bottle and sunscreen.
- No experience necessary. Training and tools will be provided. Fulfills community service requirements.
Ocean Beach Cleanup
10 am–noon. Register >
Volunteers of all ages are welcome (adult chaperones requested with youth under the age of 15).
Endangered & Threatened Species: Snowy Plover
Park Stewardship Marin at Muir Beach
10 am–1 pm. Register >
Volunteers of all ages are welcome (adult chaperones requested with youth under the age of 15).
Endangered & Threatened Species: Coho salmon and California red-legged frogPark Stewardship San Mateo at Milagra Ridge
10 am–1 pm. Register >
Volunteers ages 8 and up are welcome (adult chaperones requested with youth under the age of 15).
Endangered & Threatened Species: Mission Blue butterflyPresidio Park Stewards in the Presidio of San Francisco
9 am-Noon. Register >
Volunteers ages 10 and up are welcome (adult chaperones requested with youth under the age of 15).
Endangered & Threatened Species: Presidio clarkia and Marin Dwarf flaxSan Francisco City-wide Rare Plant Treasure Hunt
9 am-1 pm. RSVP to dslakey@cnps.org.
Join in an exciting opportunity to observe and document some of the rare plants that have survived in this urban hotspot of biodiversity. Locations include Fort Funston, Bayview Hill Natural Area, and Heron’s Head Park.
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