Celebrate Earth Day with the Park District

Every day is Earth Day in the Regional Parks! It’s a day that is close to the Park District’s heart and mission to preserve and protect our natural resources. Earth Day also provides visitors with an opportunity to give back to the parks they love. In honor of Earth Day and to celebrate our 90th Anniversary year, consider registering or dropping in at an Earth Day volunteer event on April 20, or simply enjoy time in a Regional Park near you.

Earth Day Volunteer Opportunities
Join us for Earth Day volunteer events on Saturday, April 20, at locations across the Park District. Volunteer projects include shoreline clean-ups, removing invasive plants, sand dune restoration, habitat restoration, and trail work. While most projects accept walk-up volunteers, some require pre-registration.

Registration required:

• Don Castro Garden and Trail Maintenance - Register
  Project includes hand weeding, raking out old dead weeds and thick old mulch, establishing the trail with gold fines, and planting native plants.
• Wildcat Canyon Habitat Restoration - Register
  Project includes maintaining restoration projects and hand-weeding on the upper banks of Wildcat Creek.

Drop-in volunteer opportunities - Register (Walk-ups and drop-ins welcome)

• Big Break Sand Dune Restoration
• Coyote Hills Invasive Plant Removal
• Crown Beach Cleanup
• Hayward Shoreline Cleanup
• Martin Luther King Shoreline: Arrowhead Marsh Cleanup
• Martin Luther King Shoreline: Oakport Cleanup
• Point Pinole Shoreline Cleanup

For more information about these Earth Day volunteer opportunities, visit 2024 Earth Day Volunteer Opportunities.

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The East Bay Regional Park District is the largest regional park system in the nation, comprising 73 parks, 55 miles of shoreline, and over 1,330 miles of trails for hiking, biking, horseback riding, and environmental education. The Park District receives an estimated 30 million visits annually throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties in the San Francisco Bay Area.