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Arts in the Watershed | Sausal Creek Artist Collaborative
FOSC: Can you tell us a little about your art practice and the mediums you like to explore? Ariel: I am an artist, herbalist, and educator and I also have extensive professional experience working in gardening, and landscaping for food, medicine, as well native/drought tolerant plantings. I am a multidisciplinary artist working through visual storytelling and social/ecological/material interventions. I connect personal shatterings and mendings to collective and historical e
Oct 145 min read


Friend of the Month | Mary Spicer
Mary joined this year's Spring Stream Team as a guest speaker FOSC: What is your connection to the Sausal Creek watershed?
Mary: I love...
Sep 173 min read


Arts in the Watershed | Jashvina Devadoss
Jashvina Devadoss of Creekside will be playing a special performance at our 20th Annual Plant Sale and Open House alongside and jam band...
Sep 152 min read


Echoes of the Forest | Insights from New Acoustic Bat Monitoring Research
Alexis setting up a bat monitor and downloading data, with a friendly helper. UC Berkeley PhD candidate Alexis Flores is leading new...
Sep 154 min read


Team Oakland 2025 Reflections
Student Poem We pulled ivy from the wall, its grip was strong, its vines were tall. I watched it fall, a tangled art, Still loving nature...
Aug 263 min read


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
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