[S-C] Fwd: Exploring Nature's Treasures in the East Bay

[Kevin Shrieve]

Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 13:37:35 -0700
Subject: Close to Home: Exploring Nature's Treasures in the East Bay
From: Lauren de Boer <klauren@earthlight.org>

Dear Friends,

Here is the program announcement for a remarkable series of outings and
talks being offered this year in the East Bay.

As stated on the website, "Close to Home is designed to awaken in you an
awareness of the East Bay's natural beauty as part of your own identity."

For more information, see below, or go to  http://www.close-to-home.org

Lauren de Boer
EarthLight Magazine

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CLOSE TO HOME: Exploring Nature's Treasures in the East Bay

A year-long program of 12 outings and 12 talks -- Beginning April 7, 2003

Close to Home is designed to awaken in you an awareness of the East Bay's
natural beauty as part of your own identity.

Beginning this April, Close to Home offers a year-long program of 12
Saturday outings to some of the East Bay's most interesting and beautiful
places. From the waters of the Bay to Mt. Diablo and the Delta, we'll
explore local geology, native plants and wildlife, watershed dynamics,
creeks, hiking trails and the history of early native peoples. Monthly
outings are led by naturalists who know and love the places we'll visit,
including, for example, Mt. Diablo's Mitchell Canyon, Strawberry Creek, and
the Coyote Hills Ohlone village. On the Monday evening before each outing, a
local expert will discuss how the outing exemplifies important features of
East Bay ecology. To understand our bioregion, we will learn how the flora,
the fauna and waterways influence each other and work together. We'll also
learn about the changes to living systems that have occurred over time and
the forces shaping them now.

For more information:  http://www.close-to-home.org

Kickoff talk and informational presentation on the Close to Home program to
be held in the Lecture Hall at the Oakland Museum on Wednesday, March 12, 7
pm.  $7 donation includes free parking in the museum garage.

Malcolm Margolin, publisher of Bay Nature, will speak on:
How Human Imagination Has Shaped the Landscape of the East Bay: From
Native Peoples to Today

Co-sponsored by: Bay Nature magazine, Oakland Museum, EarthLight magazine

Contacts:   Sandra Lewis (510) 527-8043         Cindy Spring (510) 655-6658