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Friday, 3/19/10

Magnifying the Slough Event
Back by popular demand for a second year! Spend an evening in Elkhorn Slough’s education lab illuminating our tiniest residents - microscopic organisms like the charismatic hydroid pictured above. Relive your biology class days as you peer at amazing unseen slough life under our high-powered microscopes. New this year is the addition of a Reserve researcher, Kerstin Wasson, sharing information about all the great research conducted at the slough. This event will fill up!
Find out more and RSVP today...


Sunday, 3/28/10 Birding Walk
Sunday, March 28th 8:00-10:30am
Rick Fournier will lead this special ESF member birding walk. We’ll meet at the Reserve at 8am and caravan to several birding hotspots around the slough. Novice’s welcome! We’ll provide binoculars, or you can bring your own. Free for all Elkhorn Slough Foundation members and their guests. RSVP today!
Saturday, 4/10/10

Spring Nature Walk
Saturday, April 10, 10am-1pm
Join us for an enjoyable hike through the Northern Crescent of the Elkhorn Slough highlands. The trail features stunning ridge top views and meanders through diverse habitats. We’ll provide a light snack. Friends and families are welcome. Please note, this is a moderate hike that includes a series moderate elevation changes. RSVP today!

Directions to the property will be provided upon registration.

Thursday, 4/15/10

New Member Sunset Walk
We’ll hike to a ridgetop for spectacular views of the sun setting over the ocean. Chat with fellow members and ESF staff on this special walk for our newest ESF members. Open to everyone who joined ESF after November 1, 2009. Invitations will be sent.

4/30/10

Stewardship Circle Member Event
Stewardship Circle Frog Walk
Friday, April 30th, 5:30-8pm
Celebrate “Save the Frogs Day” with this memorable evening honoring everyone’s favorite amphibian. The night begins with refreshments and a presentation on amphibian decline by Dr. Kerry Kriger of Save the Frogs, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting amphibian populations and to promoting a society that respects and appreciates nature and wildlife. Following the talk, ESNERR’s own “frog lady,” Nina D’Amore will lead a sunset hike to the Reserve’s rookery ponds where we’ll catch frogs and learn firsthand about these amazing amphibians. This event is free and open to all members of ESF’s Stewardship Circle ($1,000 and above donors) and their guests. RSVP required. Register today!

We invite you to come by at 3:30 to help with a Reserve stewardship – weeding and planting -- project led by Bree Candiloro. Please indicate your interest in assisting in the stewardship project when you register.

5/8/10

Community Event

Saturday, 5/22/10

Kayak Tour of the Slough
Join us for a paddling tour of Elkhorn Slough. ESF Executive Director Mark Silberstein will share slough stories and highlights as we kayak with seals, otters, and hundreds of birds. There will be an extra cost for this event.

6/11/10

Stewardship Circle Member Sunset Walk


 

 


 

 

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