PARK STEWARDSHIP E-NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES 

The Park Stewardship program newsletters provide program updates and a schedule of workday events. Our programs are divided by county, and each program has a separate newsletter- Park Stewardship Marin, Park Stewardship San Francisco, and Park Stewardship San Mateo. Click the links below to view newsletters from each Stewardship team.

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Park Stewardship Marin 

November 2011 >

• Did You Know About Salmon Migration?
• Welcome Patrick!
• Welcome Tori!

October 2011 >

• Surprising Restoration Facts
• Welcome Naomi!

June 2011 >

• Exercise and the Brain
• Red-winged Blackbirds and the Cattails

May 2011 >

• Worm and Piece

April 2011 >

• An Ode to Slime Mold

March 2011 >

• Curious about coyotes?
• Where does one go to roast a marshmallow?

February 2011 >

• Significant Otters: As we work at Muir Beach we always keep an eye out for the playful, sunbathing river otters by the lagoon...
• Marin’s best spots for kite flying!

December-January 2011 >

• Mistletoe: the love plant. It’s the holiday season, but beware: it is also kissing season...
• Whale of a Tale: The gray whales are right in the middle of their migration season!

• We would like to officially declare the Welcome Back Salmon 2010 event a success! 
• Everyone willing to lose a little bit of sleep can witness a total lunar eclipse on December 21. 

October-November 2010 >

• Tracking tasty turkeys: Do you have a beef with turkeys? If so, you are not alone. Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) have been a problem in Marin County.
• Friend and Foe: Milkmaids (Dentaria cardamine californica) and wild radish (Raphanus sativus).

September-October 2010 >

• The Amazingly Adaptable, Semelparous Salmon of Redwood Creek! (“semelpa-what?!”)
• Ninety Pounds of Thanks from the Marin Headlands Nursery.

August-September 2010 >

• The Color of Success: Ever wonder about all those colorful flags along Dias Ridge?

July-August 2010 >

June-July 2010 >

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Park Stewardship San Francisco 

 December 7th, 2011 >

• The intriguing Santa Ana winds

 November 30th, 2011 >

• The world famous fog

 November 23rd, 2011 >

• The 2012 species of the year: Coho salmon

 November 16th, 2011 >

• Reviewing planting techniques

 November 9th, 2011 >

• The amazing krill

 November 2nd, 2011 >

• Awesome mushrooms that grow during the rainy season

October 26th, 2011 >

• Learn about the botanist David Douglas

October 19th, 2011 >

• Adelbert von Chamisso

October 12th, 2011 >

• Learn about hummingbirds

October 5th, 2011 >

• Dolphins and Porpoises

September 28th, 2011 >

• Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz and the California poppy

September 21st, 2011 >

• What's that orange stuff growing on trees?

September 14th, 2011 >

• Did You Know: A little history about Fort Miley

September 7th, 2011 >

• Did You Know: Tell me more about this duff removal

 August 31st, 2011 >

• Just A Friend: Grindelia spp - Learn how awesome gum plant is.

August 24th, 2011 >

• Learn about medicinal properties of some native and non-native plants

August 17th, 2011 >

• Leymus, Leymus, Leymus - Learn about dune grasses.

August 10, 2011 >

• Botanical nomenclature >

August 3, 2011 >

• Toyon vs. cotoneaster >

July 27, 2011 >

• Parasitic birds >

July 20, 2011 >

• Common groundsel, lizard tail, and purple ragwort >

July 13, 2011 >

• Banana slugs >

July 6, 2011 >

• The Solanums >

June 29, 2011 >

• Mystery bugs >

June 22, 2011 >

• Hot Springs >

June 15, 2011 >

• Some thistles to delight you.

June 8, 2011 >

• Castilleja Hangers-on: Hemi-parasitism.

June 1, 2011 >

• Poison oak: Friend or foe?
• Friend and foe: Knotweeds

May 25, 2011 >

• Coyotes in the Presidio.
• Bromus, Bromus, Bromus >

May 18, 2011 >

• Did you know moonbows?
• Foe & foe: brooms.

May 11, 2011 >

• Did you know, learn about grasses in Marin.
• Friend or foe? The grass chronicles.

May 4, 2011 >

• Lizards at Lands End.
• Friend & Foe: Barley vs. barley.

April 27, 2011 >

• Grass Anatomy: Sheaths, Blades, Auricles, and Ligules.
• Just a Foe: Rye grass (Lolium spp.).

• Did you know: grasses.
• Juet a foe, learn about wild oats.

• Just a foe: Ripgut brome.

• Did you know learn about plants that fight dirty.
• Friend, Friend, and Foe: the nettle edition.

March 30, 2011 >

• Did you Know, the ethnobotany of willows.
• Friend & Friend: willows.

March 23, 2011 >

• Did you know: poppys.
• Friend and friend, the iris’s.

March 16, 2011 >

• Do you know about grey-horned owls?
• Friend & Foe: The clover edition.

March 9, 2011 >

• Do you know about mackerel skies?
• Friend & Foe: San Francisco wallflower and wild radish.

March 3, 2011 >

• Do you know about Point Bonita Lighthouse?
  

February 23, 2011 >

• Do you know about Northern elephant seals?
• Friendly Cardimines: Milkmaids (Cardamine californica) and Popweed or Little Western Bittercress (Cardamine oligosperma).

• Do you know about Allen’s hummingbirds?
• Friends & Foe: French broom (Genista monspessulana), yellow bush lupine (Lupinus lupinus arboreus) and California rose (Rosa californica).

• Do you know about treasured trash? Read more to see what we discovered.
• Foe & Foe: The tricky chickweeds! Common chickweed (Stellaria media) and Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum).

February 2, 2011 >

• Do you know about sudden oak death?
• Friend & Friend: A currant affair with pink flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) and canyon gooseberry (Ribes menziesii).

January 26, 2011 >

• Do you know about tides?
• Friend & Foe: California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and Fineleaf fumitory (Fumaria parviflora).

January 19, 2011 >

• Do you know about foghorns?
• Friend & Foe: Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) and Wild radish (Raphanus sativus).

January 12, 2011 >

• Did you know that tucked beneath the Golden Gate Bridge’s south tower, is Fort Point, a Civil War-era fortress?
• Friend & Foe: Redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana) and Sour grass (Oxalis pes-caprae).

• A highly unusual weather event occured at Lands End a few days ago.

December 15, 2010 >

• Did you know there is a science to jute cuttins?

December 8, 2010 >

• Plant personality test results are in!
• Friend & Foe: Soap plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum) and Naked ladies (Amaryllis belladonna).

• Do you know about the Goldman Environmental Prize?
• Foe & Foe: Jubata grass (Cortaderia jubata) and Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana).

November 24, 2010 >

• Do you know about dichotomous keys?
• What’s your plant personality? Use our specially-customized dichotomous key to gain new self awareness.

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Park Stewardship San Mateo 

November 2011 >

• This Year's Newcomers
• Majestic Mountain Lion Sighted at Milagra Ridge

October 2011 >

• It's a Webbed World
• Take a Stroll Back in Time

September 2011 >

• The Night Sky: A Lost Treasure
• Animal Sightings at Mori Point

August 2011 >

• Summer Youth Inspire Us
• A Walk a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!

June 2011 >

• Some of the wonders of Mori Point in June: violet-green swallows, damselflies, dragonflies and Ithuriel's spear!
  

May 2011 >

• Happy Mother’s Day! A special salute to killdeer, garter snake and other moms of all kinds.

April 2011 >

• This newsletter is dedicated to all of the weird life that hides in plain sight, right under your nose: chitons, millipedes, carrot algae and more!

March 2011 >

• Coyotes make Mori Point their home! Read more.
• Friend & Foe: Willow dock and curly dock.

February 2011 >

• The Oceana High School’s native plant nursery—a relationship to grow in! Read more. 
• Friend & Foe: purple needle grass (Nassella pulchra) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinaceae).
• 15,000 gray whales coming your way!

• Something Fishy is at Mori Point.
• Friend & Foe? Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) and Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster pannosus).

• A scorching success! On September 23, a much anticipated experiment took place in the grasslands of Milagra Ridge. With clear skies and the blue backdrop of the Pacific Ocean, NPS fire crews, park rangers, and park biologists worked together to improve butterfly habitat—using fire!
• Friend & Foe? Wild Cucumber (Marah fabaceus) and Cape Ivy (Delairea odorata).
• Spiders have autumnal feasts too!

October 2010 >

• Friend & Foe? Coyote Mint (Monardella villosa) and Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium).

September 2010 >

• San Bruno Elfin butterfly monitoring results: Is this endagered San Bruno Elfin butterflycoming back from the brink?
• Friend & Foe: San Francisco Wallflower (Erysimum franciscanum) and Summer Mustard (Shortpod Mustard).