Nature and Culture

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March Happenings 2024

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Our March happenings of 2024 include an opportunity to join the Conservancy board, a look at the abundancy of miner’s lettuce, banana slugs crossing, a special stewardship day with the Claremont Club and Spa, and other fun volunteer opportunities in the Canyon!

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February Happenings 2024

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Visit the Claremont Canyon this month! It's not too late to see ladybugs, banana slugs, and mushrooms along the trails. Explore the trails and join us in a stewardship event. Our various activities include removing invasive plants, maintaining trails, and litter collection.

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January Happenings 2024

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Happy New Year! Cormorants were spotted in the Canyon - take a look at the photo shared by Alex Pierce, long-time birder. If you haven’t yet done so, please consider renewing your membership and charitable donations for the new year. Also, upcoming volunteer opportunities.

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October Happenings 2023

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Look out for banana slugs crossings the trails as you hike this fall. Save the date! Join us at our Annual Meeting, November 12th from 4-6PM at the Claremont Resort and Spa. Looking for volunteer opportunities?

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Save the Date—Annual Meeting Sunday, November 12 from 4-6 p.m. at the Claremont Resort and Spa

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Dear Friends and Neighbors, please join us at the Annual Meeting of the Claremont Canyon Conservancy. Welcome our guest speakers Janani Ramachandran, the Oakland District 4 Council Member and Joe DeVries, Oakland's Deputy City Administrator.

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August Happenings 2023

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Monkeyflower is in bloom in the Canyon, stewardship efforts near the heritage oak - a 100 year old tree!, volunteer with the Garber Park Stewards and at Signpost 29.

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July Happenings 2023 - Advocacy Update

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This month’s newsletter includes our response to the June 9, 2023 State Court of Appeals decision, working towards fire safety, East Bay Hills' grassroots advocacy effort, and more!

Species identified on April 23, 2023 Bird Walk

In all, 16 species were identified, including a wild turkey in mid-flight. Nancy Mueller, host of the event, said, "It was a big thrill for me to see a turkey flying down Claremont Avenue. I had no idea they could fly."

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Wrap up of Annual Meeting, Sunday, November 13, 2022, 4-6 PM, by Jon Kaufman

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At the Conservancy’s annual meeting on November 13, we had a record crowd of 114 people who heard Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin and Acting Fire Chief David Sprague discuss the city’s new wildfire preparedness program.

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Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve—Eucalyptus Removal is Underway by Marilyn Goldhaber

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Conservancy member Ron Berman (standing in the middle with white hat) led Conservancy board members last week on a tour of work in the upper part of the eucalyptus grove at the Stonewall Road entry to the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve.

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Evacuation on my mind, by Sue Piper, Chair Oakland Firesafe Council

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Now, 30 years after the 1991 Firestorm and three years after the Camp Fire, which killed 85 people on the one road out of Paradise, evacuation is on many people’s minds. The problem, as I learned in 1991, is that in a crisis, you think with your gut. Oh, if we only had opportunities to practice evacuation many times over so that when the real threat appears, our minds know exactly what to do.

The Hermit Thrush, by Marilyn Goldhaber

The Hermit Thrush is a medium-small brownish bird with spotted breast, white eyering, and pink legs. Although it prefers a dense cover, it can be found in urban settings, especially on the border of forests. The bird pictured to the right was photographed in November by Erica Rutherford in her backyard at Hiller Highlands—the photograph then posted to Kay Loughman’s local wildlife gallery (nhwildlife.net).

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