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Friend of the Month | Ebube Okereke
Ebube and her dad at the nursery Meet Ebube, an Eagle Scout from Scout Troop 202, who recently refurbished five benches for the FOSC...
Aug 83 min read


Breathing Through the Soil | Amphibians as Indicators of Ecosystem Health
I’ve been volunteering with Friends of Sausal Creek for a little over a year and have served as a student representative on the board of...
Aug 82 min read


A New Addition to the Sausal Creek Watershed Plant List | Spotted Hideseed
During a recent walk along the Bridgeview Trail in Dimond Canyon, FOSC board president Robert Leidy came across an interesting plant that...
Jul 241 min read


Friend of the Month | David Moore
Meet David Moore, an urban forestry leader who spent seven years overseeing the City of Oakland's Parks and Tree Services Team—and became...
Jul 145 min read


Friend of the Month | Archana Paladugu
Meet Archana, a volunteer steward who brings curiosity, gratitude, and a deep sense of place to her ongoing relationship with the Sausal...
Jun 172 min read


Site of the Month | Snowberry Preserve
Meet the stewards behind Snowberry Preserve, a quarter-acre site nestled at the corner of Skyline Boulevard and Castle Drive, in a...
May 284 min read


FOSC Awarded $408K to Protect and Restore the Fern Ravine Headwaters
Kate Berlin, Ella Matsuda, and Robert Leidy stand at Fern Ravine in Joaquin Miller Park. Credit: Callie Rhoades We are thrilled to...
Apr 302 min read


A Living Project: The Continuous Effort to Restore Sausal Creek
Left: Invasives creep up around a dying Coast Live Oak. Right: Cape ivy and Himalayan blackberry dominate the creekside. If you’ve...
Mar 264 min read


Friend of the Month | Jeremy Merckling
Meet Jeremy, an environmental scientist at Applied Technology & Science (A-T-S), who leads colleagues in corporate volunteering to...
Mar 252 min read


Friend of the Month | Daniel Grasman
Meet Daniel, an Eagle Scout from Piedmont Troop 4, who recently rebuilt eight benches for the FOSC native plant nursery for his Eagle...
Feb 273 min read
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