Media Contacts:Dave MasonPublic Information SupervisorEmail: mediainquiries@ebparks.orgPhone: (510) 409-7509All News Image April 20, 2023Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park Joins National Old-Growth Forest Network Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park – the largest remaining natural grove of coast redwoods in the East Bay – has joined the Old-Growth Forest Network dedicated to sharing the nation’s old-growth forests with the public. Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park is the 17th Forest in California to Join the… Image The new Doolittle Drive Bay Trail March 15, 2023Doolittle Drive Bay Trail Project in Oakland Opening Soon A new section of San Francisco Bay Trail along Doolittle Drive in Oakland is nearing completion. Image Stabilizing jute protects the creek's soil while plants begin to grow March 15, 2023McCosker Creek Restoration and Public Access Project Update The largest creek restoration project in the Park District’s history is wrapping up at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve. Image March 3, 2023Park District Names Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan 2022 Radke Championing Advocacy Award Recipient 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… Image Finley Road Ranch (Photo: Michael Reeves) February 17, 2023Park District Awarded a Key $7 Million Grant for Acquisition of Finley Road Ranch Property The Park District has been notified that it will receive a $7 million grant from the California Coastal Conservancy for the purchase of the 768-acre Finley Road Ranch property located at the mouth of Riggs Canyon off Finley Road at the western edge of Morgan Territory Regional Preserve and the… Image February 10, 2023Honoring Richard Valle Statement on the Passing of Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle Image February 10, 2023Park District Set to Receive $1.8 Million in Grants for Bay Trail Gap Closure Project The Park District has been notified that it will receive a total of $1.8 million in grants toward its planned San Francisco Bay Trail Gap Closure Project in Martinez, a half-mile gap in the Bay Trail between Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline and Radke Martinez Shoreline near the Martinez… Image February 9, 2023Park District to Receive Federal Funds for Wildfire Protection and New Visitor Center Funds secured to help District’s ongoing efforts to reduce wildfire risks and to open up public access to our newest Regional Park Image January 17, 2023Park District Held Swearing-in Ceremony For Newly Elected Board Members The East Bay Regional Park District held a swearing-in ceremony for four newly elected Board members during its January 17, 2023 Board of Directors meeting with Congressman Mark DeSaulnier and one of the District’s longest serving employees delivering the oath of office. Image January 9, 2023Park District Urging Public Not to Enter Closed Parks 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. Image December 29, 2022Lovely Ladybugs: The Annual Gathering at Reinhardt Redwood Venture out to the junction of Prince and Stream Trails to observe them clustering on bushes, fence posts, and on logs. Image December 28, 2022Overwintering Monarchs Return to Ardenwood The Ardenwood Farm eucalyptus groves are once again filled with clusters of monarchs Image Chochenyo Trail Marker December 2, 2022Chochenyo Language Trail Markers Unveiled at Coyote Hills 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… Image November 15, 2022Park District to Receive $3 Million for Public Access at New Thurgood Marshall Regional Park 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… Image November 10, 2022November 16 Zoom Meeting on Updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 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… Image November 2, 2022Ten Things To Do on the Farm There's plenty to see and do at Ardenwood Historic Farm Image November 2, 2022Mountain Biking Safely in Regional Parks Safety tips and recommended trails for mountain bikers Image Ramalina and Xanthoria lichens on a California buckeye. Photo in Leona Canyon by Jerry Ting. November 1, 2022The Amazing and Complex Lichen Community Lichen community members survive and thrive in Tilden Nature Area Image November 1, 2022Habitat Spotlight: Oak Woodlands Del Valle's oak woodland habitat is home to hundreds of native plants and fungal species, and thousands of vertebrates and arthropods. Image November 1, 2022Peregrine Falcons in the East Bay Look skyward for the fastest animal in the world. 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Image April 20, 2023Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park Joins National Old-Growth Forest Network Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park – the largest remaining natural grove of coast redwoods in the East Bay – has joined the Old-Growth Forest Network dedicated to sharing the nation’s old-growth forests with the public. Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park is the 17th Forest in California to Join the…
Image The new Doolittle Drive Bay Trail March 15, 2023Doolittle Drive Bay Trail Project in Oakland Opening Soon A new section of San Francisco Bay Trail along Doolittle Drive in Oakland is nearing completion.
Image Stabilizing jute protects the creek's soil while plants begin to grow March 15, 2023McCosker Creek Restoration and Public Access Project Update The largest creek restoration project in the Park District’s history is wrapping up at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve.
Image March 3, 2023Park District Names Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan 2022 Radke Championing Advocacy Award Recipient 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…
Image Finley Road Ranch (Photo: Michael Reeves) February 17, 2023Park District Awarded a Key $7 Million Grant for Acquisition of Finley Road Ranch Property The Park District has been notified that it will receive a $7 million grant from the California Coastal Conservancy for the purchase of the 768-acre Finley Road Ranch property located at the mouth of Riggs Canyon off Finley Road at the western edge of Morgan Territory Regional Preserve and the…
Image February 10, 2023Honoring Richard Valle Statement on the Passing of Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle
Image February 10, 2023Park District Set to Receive $1.8 Million in Grants for Bay Trail Gap Closure Project The Park District has been notified that it will receive a total of $1.8 million in grants toward its planned San Francisco Bay Trail Gap Closure Project in Martinez, a half-mile gap in the Bay Trail between Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline and Radke Martinez Shoreline near the Martinez…
Image February 9, 2023Park District to Receive Federal Funds for Wildfire Protection and New Visitor Center Funds secured to help District’s ongoing efforts to reduce wildfire risks and to open up public access to our newest Regional Park
Image January 17, 2023Park District Held Swearing-in Ceremony For Newly Elected Board Members The East Bay Regional Park District held a swearing-in ceremony for four newly elected Board members during its January 17, 2023 Board of Directors meeting with Congressman Mark DeSaulnier and one of the District’s longest serving employees delivering the oath of office.
Image January 9, 2023Park District Urging Public Not to Enter Closed Parks 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.
Image December 29, 2022Lovely Ladybugs: The Annual Gathering at Reinhardt Redwood Venture out to the junction of Prince and Stream Trails to observe them clustering on bushes, fence posts, and on logs.
Image December 28, 2022Overwintering Monarchs Return to Ardenwood The Ardenwood Farm eucalyptus groves are once again filled with clusters of monarchs
Image Chochenyo Trail Marker December 2, 2022Chochenyo Language Trail Markers Unveiled at Coyote Hills 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…
Image November 15, 2022Park District to Receive $3 Million for Public Access at New Thurgood Marshall Regional Park 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…
Image November 10, 2022November 16 Zoom Meeting on Updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 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…
Image November 2, 2022Ten Things To Do on the Farm There's plenty to see and do at Ardenwood Historic Farm
Image November 2, 2022Mountain Biking Safely in Regional Parks Safety tips and recommended trails for mountain bikers
Image Ramalina and Xanthoria lichens on a California buckeye. Photo in Leona Canyon by Jerry Ting. November 1, 2022The Amazing and Complex Lichen Community Lichen community members survive and thrive in Tilden Nature Area
Image November 1, 2022Habitat Spotlight: Oak Woodlands Del Valle's oak woodland habitat is home to hundreds of native plants and fungal species, and thousands of vertebrates and arthropods.
Image November 1, 2022Peregrine Falcons in the East Bay Look skyward for the fastest animal in the world.
