Volunteer

We’re rooting for the wetlands as we dig up the competition and dominate the playing field with natives. The weather may be tough be we’re tougher as we claim the thrill of victory over invasive species at this former salt pond at the eastern end of the San Mateo Bridge.  This pond has been reconfigured to provide nesting islands and habitat for shorebirds, including the threatened snowy plover. Volunteers will help Save The Bay score big as we work toward our goal to plant 30,000 native seedlings this winter season!

Nestled next to the Dumbarton Bridge, Ravenswood Salt Ponds is home to some interesting new techniques in wetland restoration. Come learn all about it as your help Save The Bay reach our goal to plant 30,000 native wetland seedlings along the Bay.

Who can craft a love poem as poetic as a flock of least sandpipers dipping and turning in a cloud of synchronized flight? And who needs chocolate when you have a growing carpet of tasty pickleweed? Save The Bay is offering you the chance to express your love and appreciation for your local marsh by volunteering your time to restore native marsh habitat in these former salt ponds! Come celebrate and steward this beautiful shoreline area with the ones you love!

Carry on fair planter!! Winter rains have helped to loosen up that dirt and get it ready for our native seedlings just waiting for their new home by the Bay. We are so close to completing our goal of planting 30,000 native seedlings by March, but we need your help!  So come on out and be part the largest wetland restoration project on the West Coast.

You get two thumbs up for joining us this Sunday at the Palo Alto Baylands! Winter rains have helped to loosen up that dirt and get it ready for our seedlings just waiting for their new home by the Bay. Come be part of the largest wetland restoration project on the West Coast by helping us reach our goal of planting 30,000 native seedlings by March.

Carnival is in full swing and so is our planting season! We’re feeling festive at the Palo Alto Baylands because we are so close to reaching our goal of planting 30,000 native seedlings this winter season.  This is our last weekend to get the plants in so they can soak up all those March rains.  Planting native seedlings will create habitat where endangered species, including the California clapper rail and the salt marsh harvest mouse, can thrive. Viva Carnival!!

While those masked crusaders are celebrating down in NOLA this weekend, Save The Bay will be honoring Mardi Gras by throwing a planting party in the wetlands! We’re going big and the planting is easy with all the winter rains. Volunteers will plant some of our favorite native species while helping us work toward our goal of 30,000 plants planted by the end of this month. Laissez les bon temps rouler! 

The times are a changing and so are our restoration sites. Volunteers that join us at Ravenswood will see all the amazing native plants taking root and thriving after those winter rains. Save The Bay has set an ambitious goal to plant 30,000 native seedlings before the end of March and we are running out of time to reach our target, so come out and help us spring our natives forward! 

Top of the morning to you! ‘Tis the ides o’ March and we are surrounded by green as the winter rains have coated in the hillsides surrounding the Bay in a lush carpet of chartreuse. Join us as we finish up the planting season by adding more green to the landscape! No need to worry about getting pinched with all this color!

Join us as we bid a fond farewell to planting season by putting the last of our native plants into their new homes along the shoreline. These natives plants will grow to provide habitat and nourishment to some of our favorite wildlife species like the endangered California clapper rail or the salt marsh harvest mouse. This weekend marks the end of our goal for 30,000 natives and we need your help to get the last few plants in the ground!  

We are shifting the landscape of the Bay – one salt pond at a time! We invite you to come out and see the innovative restoration techniques we are employing in the South Bay as we make way for more wetlands. Our Bay experts can give you the inside scoop on the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project and all the amazing plans yet to come. Join us and transform the way you think about wetland development!

Are you tired of tallying deductions and credits? Then come out and count birds, butterflies and native plants growing along the shoreline instead! Volunteers will remove weeds already loosened by the winter rains.  Although you won’t receive any tax breaks from pulling weeds, you will get the satisfaction of ridding our Bay of invasive species, breathing fresh air and connecting with your community. No accountant necessary to see those benefits!   

Put the spring back in your step by volunteering with Save The Bay at the Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline. Nestled between the Oakland Coliseum and the airport, this park includes some of the last remaining wetland habitat in the East Bay and provides a home for many species, including the endangered California clapper rail and burrowing owls. 

It is Cinco de Mayo and we invite you to help us celebrate the Bay Area’s Latino culture as we restore native wetlands. We’ll keep the salsa music playing while we remove invasive weeds and clear space for our native seedlings to grow and thrive. Other activities may include seed collection or shoreline clean-up.  Viva la la Bahía de San Francisco! 

Help us honor our mothers one day early this Saturday morning! By pulling out invasive species you create space for new seedlings to grow in Mother Earth, a place for wildlife species to build their nests, a safe clean haven for fish to hatch their eggs and beautiful nature for mothers and children to enjoy. Come out and celebrate all our mothers with Save The Bay! 

Do you know how many women started Save The Bay? Can you list the major functions of wetlands or name one animal that relies on our hard work to thrive? What’s the difference between a native plant and an invasive weed? If you know the answer to any of these questions, please come out and share your knowledge. If not, we invite you to come out and learn!  Volunteers will help us remove invasive species while our project leaders teach the importance of wetland restoration. 

Bring your chic-est shades for this event because the sun is back and ready to warm the wetlands. The warm weather means that t-shirts are back in fashion and we can’t wait to see this season’s new sun hat collection. We invite you to show off your wetland chic by removing invasive species before they go to seed. This will ensure the native flowers have room to show off their summer colors too!