The Sausalito Community Boating Center (SCBC) is hosting its 4th Annual Oyster Festival at Dunphy Park in Sausalito on Sunday, September 28, 2025, from 12 - 3pm. Get ready to shuck, slurp, and shell-berate! Highlights of this year's Oyster Festival: Johnny's famous baked and raw oysters live music by Tamaloha hands-on oyster ecology and art activities for all ages bocce tournament. Admission is FREE; food and beverages sold a la carte.
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is has $300,000 in funding available through its 2025 Grantmaking Program. Public agencies, nonprofits and educational institutions are invited to submit pre-proposals for projects that further scientific understanding of the natural world, build capacity in the conservation field or support nature-focused access, interpretation and/or education for the public. There are two award tiers: Tier 1 is for projects up to $30,000 and Tier 2 will fund projects between $30,001 and $60,000.
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is has $300,000 in funding available through its 2025 Grantmaking Program. Public agencies, nonprofits and educational institutions are invited to submit pre-proposals for projects that further scientific understanding of the natural world, build capacity in the conservation field or support nature-focused access, interpretation and/or education for the public. There are two award tiers: Tier 1 is for projects up to $30,000 and Tier 2 will fund projects between $30,001 and $60,000.
In 2020, while writing her PhD dissertation on bringing land-restoration efforts in urban settings in Seattle under the management of Indigenous peoples, the Indigenous scientist Jessica Hernandez noticed that many of the articles and books she wanted to incorporate were not written by Indigenous people. Moreover, those that were were often not written in English. She wrote her first book, Fresh Banana Leaves (2022), as a way to help Indigenous peoples feel represented and to integrate Indigenous knowledge into scientific research.
The $2.6 million Pavilion is being constructed by Friends of Tryon Creek, a nonprofit organization that supports and operates educational programs at the 665-acre Oregon State Park located on Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard between Portland and Lake Oswego. It is scheduled to open Sept. 20, and will include two classrooms and a community gathering space to boost the programs that are already being conducted by the Friends group.
