Conservation Volunteering San Francisco

Hike: Elk Creek Conservation Area

Hi group, Sharing a great hike route I came across: 🥾 Elk Creek Conservation Area 📏 3 mi ⏱ ~1 h 17 min I'd love to organise a self-hosted meet to do this hike together on Saturday, June 6. No commercial host, just members of the group meeting up to enjoy the route. Bring water, weather-appropriate gear, and the route loaded on your komoot app: https://www.komoot.com/smarttour/e1356812164/elk-creek-conservation-area Looking forward to it!

Alemany Farm Native Plant Volunteer Day

Everyone, young or old, experienced or still learning, is welcome to join our California Native Plant workdays on the **first Monday and third Saturday of each month.** [Registration](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alemany-farm-native-plant-volunteer-day-registration-155900126475) is required in advance\*\*. *\*\*Please only sign up for what you can 100% commit to and let us know ASAP if you do not plan to attend so we can open your space to someone on the waitlist.* Please plan to **arrive on time at the start of the work session.** **Volunteers will be required to sign a waiver upon arrival.** **Each person in your party** (including children) must be signed up **Bring a mask:** Masks are recommended when working closely with others. **What to bring\* --** we will provide all of the tools you need. If you prefer to bring your own gloves, hori hori, or clippers, please do so. * Mask or face covering * Water Bottle * Hat * Sturdy Shoes * Jacket with layered clothing underneath * Sunscreen * Snacks \*Travel light! The farm is an open public space and we have no secure storage for bags. Leave valuables at home and be mindful of your personal belongings, as you would in any park setting. **COVID-19 Precautions:** * We will have a hand washing station, hand sanitizer, and clean gloves available * Please do not come to Alemany Farm if you develop COVID-19 symptoms on or before the day of your volunteer shift (fever, chills, repeated shaking/shivering, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, feeling unusually weak or fatigued, new loss of taste or smell, muscle pain, headache, runny or congested nose, or diarrhea) * Please do not sign up for a volunteer shift if you are unwilling or unable to adhere to the above guidelines. Friends of Alemany Farm reserves the right to end your volunteer shift if any of the above guidelines are not followed. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alemany-farm-native-plant-volunteer-day-registration-155900126475

Volunteer SF -- Carnival Parade & Festival, SF

**Update**: We got contact from the Carnaval festival organizer that they are still recruiting volunteers, in passive mode though. So the way to do that now is to find a shift and register at the volunteer link, then press the "Contact Organizer" button, that will send an email to the organizer so they can come to approve your application. The positions they are actively looking for are: Block Captains(4) and Entrance Greeters(5). Deadline is this weekend, so not to miss the online orientation next Tue.. **Social Schedule**: * End of Shift group coffee on May 23rd (Sat.) 7pm * Parade day social party on May 24th, check out its schedule at the Discover SF * https://www.meetup.com/social-volunteering-crew-community-events/events/313061014 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- This is the volunteer track of Festival Social we have been organizing, in contrast to the DiscoverSF participant track. Yes, these two tracks will socialize together in the festival, in different ways. The Carnival Festival is one of the three **largest** Festival & Parade in SF, besides Chinese New Year & Pride. It is recruiting volunteers now, both for the 2 days festival and the Sunday parade. Here is the link: https://carnavalsanfrancisco.org/volunteer/ Benefits of the volunteering include lunch, T-shirt and festival insider experience, with said **half a million** attending this huge community event. By our past festival volunteering experience, you get plenty of chances to interact with people, but often **short and limited** to your assigned station. You will be simply let go after your shift. Your chance to connect with other volunteers, or have deeper conversation, is quite limited. We are **fixing** that, with two ways. One is that we will setup a real time whatsapp channel for (volunteer) social, so you can chat with other volunteers and set up **after shift coffee** / meal debriefing social together. We welcome people to host this after shift social, you volunteered already any way :). The other is that you are invited to attend the DiscoverSF **community structured social** in the event, as insiders guides to the festival. This would give you **unique** position to **get noticed** in the group. And if you are on duty the parade day, we can **visit** you on your shift along the parade route. So in addition to social with other volunteers, you get another chance to social a volunteer support group also. **Double** your chances. If you need any help in social, let us know. We set up the separate social event to **support** **our volunteers**. So if you are simply warm hearted to help acting as guides or assistants in the coming DiscoverSF -- Carnival social, you can signup here as well. And let us know if so. The volunteer application **deadline** is May 8. We would then change the date to actual event date afterwards. **[TownFlame](http://www.townflame.org/): Community & Connections.** **Liability Waiver:** Participation in TownFlame events is voluntary and involves social interaction in public spaces. Activities are designed to be inclusive and respectful. Participants assume all risks and release TownFlame, its organizers, volunteers, and affiliates from liability for injury, illness, or damages, except in cases of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. By attending, participants acknowledge that photographs, audio, and video recordings may be taken during events, and grant TownFlame the right to use such media for promotional and marketing purposes, in any format or platform, without further consent or compensation.

Green Hairstreak Corridor

Help restore native plant habitat in the Inner Sunset district for the rare Coastal Green Hairstreak butterfly. Folks who join these workdays help create and expand the ecosystem for this little green gem of a pollinator. We emphasize biodiverse and ecologically relevant plants, and you will get to learn about many of our important native plant species. Be ready for activities like weeding, planting, seed collecting, pruning, and other land maintenance tasks. We often work in light rain, but heavy rain cancels. Please dress in long pants, closed-toe shoes, and layers - clothes that might get a little dirty! Bring your own water bottle and sun protection. We encourage you to sign our volunteer waiver ahead of time by visiting the following link: [Volunteer Waiver](https://natureinthecity.org/waiver) Visit the Corridor on iNaturalist to see what's living there: [iNaturalist Monitoring Project](https://www.inaturalist.org/places/green-hairstreak-corridor) And see our website to view a map of the sites: [https://natureinthecity.org/green-hairstreak](https://natureinthecity.org/green-hairstreak) \*\*\*Note\*\*\* There is no public restroom available in the Green Hairstreak Corridor, please plan accordingly.

Bird Nests as Botanical Time Capsules

Bird nests may seem ephemeral, but they can be timeless! Come learn how nests represent a window to examine plants from the specific place and time when they were built, unlocking information about the ecology of extinct habitats. Dr Justen Whittall is Professor of Biology at Santa Clara College of Arts & Sciences. In addition to being a SCU Professor, he is an Evolutionary Biologist, Conservation Geneticist, Pollination Ecologist, Husband, Dad, Runner, Surfer, and Skater.

Republican Club of San Francisco Presents Trevor Loudon, Marxist Hunter

Backpack in Spectacular Palisades Creek Trail

4 beautiful waterfalls! This is the Yosemite of Northern California without the crowds. After you RSVP. text 530-450-5768 to coordinate a call to discuss the trip, your experience, fitness etc. Please include your phone number and times that work for you for a call. We will meet at trailhead at Cascade Lake on 5/22 and camp there. On May 23rd we will backpack from the trailhead of Palisades Creek trail at Cascade Lake to the North Fork of the American River, 7 miles, all downhill and camp by a wonderful waterfall. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/palisades-creek-trail--2 (Note that there are two Palisades Creek trails. We are doing the one from that is all trail NOT the one that has scrambling. ) On May 24th we will enjoy the river and the waterfalls. We will camp another at beautiful waterfall one mile 500 gain above the river. On May 25th we will backpack out 6 miles and 2,000 gain. I Kathi Simonsen reserve the sole right to modify the trip itinerary as I deem necessary at any time. * PARTICIPATION IN THIS MEETUP AFFIRMS THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREED TO THE FULL LEGAL DISCLAIMER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY on [Meetup’s Backpackers of the American West's website](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5vagycqs7imueqnm4foud/Backpackers-of-the-American-West-Rules-and-Regulations-3-9-25.pdf?rlkey=q84l4kchrawlfa0yyugvkhvjo&st=zm3zzw76&dl=0).

Buckeye Canyon BioBlitz

Buckeye Canyon offers a habitat quite different from most of San Bruno Mountain. Excessive rainfall in the November and December of 2022 set the stage for a tragedy. Then, on December 31, 2022 an atmospheric river dumped over six inches of rain in a continuous 12-hour period and caused a horrific landslide that changed the geology of the canyon from top to bottom. Now— 3 years later— the canyon is healing itself, and with some outstanding stewardship it is bending to mostly native species. We’ll conduct a bioblitz to assess the plants that have repopulated the erosion event. Along the way we will discuss the ecology of erosion events in a California Coastal climate and review of the science of erosion events as described by the USGS and other scientists. Bring your cellphone with the i-Nat application loaded, and a lunch or snacks and water and sunscreen. Contact David at [nelsondl@pacbell.net](mailto:nelsondl@pacbell.net) to register and get directions to the meeting place

Lost Coast Backpacking

Let in the Wow: Luxurious Walking in Delight Zen Mindfulness

HAbitat restoration at McLaren Park- Mansell-Vistacion Lookout

**It's May for McLaren (Park)! McLaren Park is San Francisco's second largest park and is treasured for the biodiversity that remains intact here.** Our May habitat restoration workdays with SF Rec & Park will all focus on this amazing place where we'll contribute to conserving this biodiversity! As usual. please wear closed-toed shoes and dress in appropriate clothing for physical work. Everyone 14 years old and older is invited; anyone under 14 yo must be accompanied by a guardian. Tools and gloves will be provided. Please be punctual. This week's location is: **McLaren Park: Mansell-Vistacion Overlook** [Map:,](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ACVbKi2qdS4E8WVN6) Meet the parking lot at the corner of Mansell St & Visitacion Ave. San Francisco, CA 94134 Please sign up [here](https://sfrpd.my.salesforce-sites.com/SFRPDJob?sShiftId=a09Pi000008ixhJ) with SF Rec & Park. Meet at the parking lot at the intersection of Visitacion Ave & Mansell St. For more information, Contact Cathy Lewis at (415) 297-5170 or [cathyYerbaBuena@gmail.com](mailto:cathyYerbaBuena@gmail.com)

Yosemite Waterfalls Backpacking