The Park District and Regional Parks Foundation recognized State Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan with the 2022 Radke Championing Advocacy Award at a ceremony at Inspiration Point in Tilden Regional Park on March 3, 2023. Bauer-Kahan was instrumental in securing $4 million for restoration at McCosker Creek in Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in Orinda and $3.5 million for wildfire protection equipment.
Established in 1934, the Park District has preserved forever over 125,000 acres of parklands, much of it watershed lands. How did the District become a reality? The answer connects us to the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), which is celebrating their 100-year Anniversary this year.
On Sunday, November 27, 2022, the Park District celebrated the unveiling of the first new Chochenyo language trail markers at Coyote Hills Regional Park. Coyote Hills is the ancestral homeland of the Tuibun Ohlone peoples, who have thrived with the land and spoken the Chochenyo language since time immemorial. The remaining trail markers will be installed over the next six months.
The majority of East Bay Regional Parks remain closed due to recent storms and conditions, including downed trees, falling branches, flooding and mudslides. The Park District is advising the public to follow all park signage and stay out of closed parks and areas with caution tape.
Park District Board of Directors unanimously voted to advance efforts to secure funding for development of the first public access point at the new Thurgood Marshall Regional Park – Home of the Port Chicago 50. The Park District was awarded a $3 million direct appropriation in the California state budget.
The East Bay Regional Park District is updating its 2017 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. The public is invited to attend the second and final public meeting on November 16, 2022, via zoom to provide comments on the draft LHMP before its submittal.
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we recognize and honor Native communities throughout the East Bay, the nation, and the world.
Five East Bay regional parks have been scorched by the SCU Complex Fire that started on August 16 with lightning strikes; three parks are still actively burning.
East Bay regional parks and trails are for everyone, whether you walk, ride, or roll. For the past few years, the Park District has been working with a Trail User Working Group (TUWG) made up of active trail user stakeholders to provide feedback and concerns regarding trail use, including trail safety, trail connections, and trail enhancements and maintenance. The Park District received valuable input from the group, including the strong desire for more trail user education. Over the coming months, visitors will see expanded park signage and other communications as part of a “Trails Are for Everyone” educational campaign.
Park District planners are recognized for the former Roddy Ranch Golf Course Habitat Restoration and Public Access Plan