For dog owners, access to Regional Parks is one of the best features of the East Bay Regional Park District. One important Park District rule is that dog owners must clean up after their pets.
The East Bay Regional Park District will be performing prescribed burns at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline on Thursday, June 22, 2023, and Friday, June 23, 2023, as part of a firefighting training exercise for CA-219.
The Park District and Regional Parks Foundation recognized State Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan with the 2022 Radke Championing Advocacy Award at a ceremony at Inspiration Point in Tilden Regional Park on March 3, 2023. Bauer-Kahan was instrumental in securing $4 million for restoration at McCosker Creek in Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in Orinda and $3.5 million for wildfire protection equipment.
Earth Day Opportunities Include Activities, Hikes, and Volunteer Clean-up Events
Established in 1934, the Park District has preserved forever over 125,000 acres of parklands, much of it watershed lands. How did the District become a reality? The answer connects us to the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), which is celebrating their 100-year Anniversary this year.
The Briones Pilot Project is testing trail use strategies to improve the overall trail use experience for visitors, including designating access on EVEN and ODD weekend days. Benefits of EVEN/ODD weekend day strategy...
On Sunday, November 27, 2022, the Park District celebrated the unveiling of the first new Chochenyo language trail markers at Coyote Hills Regional Park. Coyote Hills is the ancestral homeland of the Tuibun Ohlone peoples, who have thrived with the land and spoken the Chochenyo language since time immemorial. The remaining trail markers will be installed over the next six months.
The majority of East Bay Regional Parks remain closed due to recent storms and conditions, including downed trees, falling branches, flooding and mudslides. The Park District is advising the public to follow all park signage and stay out of closed parks and areas with caution tape.
Some Regional Parks along the bay shoreline and delta have reopened. All other Regional Parks remain closed until further notice while storm damage is assessed and debris is cleared.
Park District Board of Directors unanimously voted to advance efforts to secure funding for development of the first public access point at the new Thurgood Marshall Regional Park – Home of the Port Chicago 50. The Park District was awarded a $3 million direct appropriation in the California state budget.