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Restore Habitat

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The birds and the bees, the fish and the trees thank these volunteers for getting trash out of their homes and helping to plant native species.

Members: 7
Latest Activity: Apr 4

Photos and video

A volunteer from Kaiser Permanente braves January storms to clean junk out of Lake Merritt on MLK Day 2010.

CHECK YOURSELF OUT: See more of what HOBA's volunteers are doing to clean up and restore habitat here.

MAKE IT COUNT: HOBA is working to restore 12 acres of Bay Area habitat in one year. Check out this video from HOBA's dynamic Programs Coordinator Gyasi on how to measure your impact at RESTORE HABITAT projects.

LIVE, AND IN COLOR: Here's some footage on the scene from Half Moon Bay State Beach, where HOBA volunteers help remove nonnative species.

Discussion Forum

Lake Merritt 2 Replies

I had never been to Lake Merritt prior to volunteering with HOBA, and I was surprised to learn about its status as a wildlife preserve and its history. I was not surprised by the debris that had…Continue

Tags: merritt, lake

Started by Casey Barrera. Last reply by Miranda Everitt Stenger Apr 26, 2010.

Rheem Creek - Urban Creek Council

Finally, a project in my community! Richmond & San Pablo (which is surrounded by Richmond, in case you weren't aware) have quite a few urban watersheds, and there are always issues with debris,…Continue

Started by Casey Barrera Apr 24, 2010.

Literacy for Environmental Justice

Read more about this amazing project here: …Continue

Tags: restorehabitat, lej, restore, bayview, sf

Started by Miranda Everitt Stenger Feb 16, 2010.

Half Moon Bay State Beach

I live in San Francisco and I enjoy HOBA's projects in the city, but these Half Moon Bay beach clean ups are some of my best Saturday mornings. The project start time deterred me at first, but now I…Continue

Tags: sanmateocounty, smc, peninsula, native, beach

Started by Tim Szarnicki Jan 28, 2010.