OMCA's Guadalupe Watershed Map

The Oakland Museum website is working again, so here is a link to their beautiful Guadalupe Watershed Map

Thanks to them for all of the wonderful  mapping and historical ecology information they provide!

Headwaters to bay, what a day!

We could almost touch Mt. Umunhum

We saw the whole thing...the Guadalupe Watershed from top to bottom and a little in between.

I still can't get over the birds at Alviso! Have you ever seen so much activity all at once? Cute baby Stilts even!

Salt Marsh Restoration...and so many birds!

Here is a link to the River of Words Curriculum .  Unfortunately the website which houses that great watershed map is currently down.  I'll post that link as soon as they work out the kinks.

Looking forward to Tuesday...

 Reflections

Sometimes, 

when the mountains

reflect on rivers, 

you can find out  things

you never knew before.

There are flowers up there, 

rocks like clouds, 

a little snow becomes a creek

and grows into a river.

Lindsay Ryder, age 11 

Youth Poetry from River of Words edited by Pamela Michael

Open Space Hike - With Perfect Weather!

Ahhh...the shady side

Yesterday's hike was such fun! I was amazed by how many different things there were to learn in such a short distance...and how there's ALWAYS something new to learn.

Serpentine Outcrops

Alien Scientists

As promised, here's a link to the simplified Geologic Map of CA and the Animal Evidence master created by CDM.

We have Blog!

Welcome to our brand new blog!  Please feel free to post questions, ideas, or resources that you would like to share with the group and use comments as a forum for discussion.  I feel so energized by our kickoff meeting, I can't wait to begin our field experiences! 

Remember also that we still have space on our trips...so if you have any K-12 teacher friends that would like to join the program, have them contact me for info or use the flier to the right for the sign-up links.  Happy reading and journaling, I'll see you soon!