Event Details (U.S. National Park Service)

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Special Event

Fee:

Free.

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Time:

Sunrise

Type of Event

Volunteer Event

Times vary

Description

Welcome to Pollinator Week! Join us for a celebration of the spring abundance of our local bees, butterflies, and beetles through land stewardship, art, and community science for all ages. There's something for everyone, whether you'd like to help maintain healthy homes for our native pollinators, learn more about monarch health, write a pollinator poem, or contribute to a community science project to help scientists learn more about our local bees and which flowers they like best. We're excited to see you in the park this spring!

When: Saturday April 22nd, 2023–Sunday April 30th, 2023

Where: Event locations vary throughout the GGNRA. See below for more details and view park closure information.

Registration: Scroll down to browse project options and to register. Registration is required.

VOLUNTEER PROJECTS

On-going in April: Pollinator Discovery Tour
(Community Science, Wildflowers)
Help the park learn more about which plants provide the best support to our native pollinators by joining a nationwide community science project. It's easy and fun to participate–pick up an observation card at the Field Station, Tam Van, or Roving Ranger and then visit our Pollinator Discovery Stations to observe pollinators in action and let us know what you find! Additional info coming soon!

Saturday, April 22nd

9 am–Noon, Tamalpais Bee Lab–Register Here
(Community Science)
One Tam is continuing our efforts to monitor and understand more about Mt. Tamalpais’ wild bees and other pollinators. This work stems from One Tam's Peak Health effort to understand the health of Mt. Tam's natural resources, where we saw we needed to learn more about the region's pollinators. Community science volunteers play a critical role in this study by pinning, sorting, and labeling specimens collected from the field. Join us to connect with the One Tam community of staff and volunteers, learn more about Mt. Tam’s wild pollinators, and gain skills in scientific collections management and insect identification!

Sunday, April 23rd

9:30 am–2:30 pm, Habitat Restoration Team–Register Here
(Stewardship, Wildflowers)
In observation of GGNRA’s Pollinator Week, please join us for a day of stewardship and education at the highest point of Rodeo Valley! We will spend the morning pulling invasive species such as French broom and the afternoon learning about (and observing!) bees, butterflies, and other insects of the Headlands.

Tuesday, April 25th

10 am–2 pm, Habitat Restoration Team–Register Here
(Stewardship, Guided Nature Tour, Wildflowers)
In this program, join NPS staff in exploring pollinators in the coastal prairie of Tennessee Valley along the Old Springs Trail. After an educational activity, jump in to help restore and protect this critical ecosystem by removing invasive plants.

Thursday, April 27th

2–5 pm, Black Point Historic Gardens–Register Here
(Stewardship, Wildflowers)
Join us at Black Point historic gardens to help steward our growing pollinator habitat. With the continued restoration of this long-forgotten hillside garden, we've seen our beloved community of native birds and pollinators return in high numbers! Bring your binoculars if you'd like, or borrow one of ours, and spend the day getting to know some of our most charismatic pollinators and the plants that support them in the GGNRA.

Friday, April 28th

9 am–Noon, Black Point Historic Gardens–Register Here
(Stewardship, Art, Wildflowers)
Please join us at the Black Point historic gardens for a day of land stewardship, pollinators, and poetry! We'll spend time maintaining our native wildflower gardens, a pollinator haven, and explore the ways poetry intersects with and is inspired by nature. If you have a favorite poem, or poetry of your own, please feel welcome to bring it along to share.

Saturday, April 29th

10 am–Noon, Bumble Bee Atlas Training–Registration Coming Soon!
(Community Science)

Event Details TBD–Check back soon!

Monarchs at Marin Art and Garden Center–More Details Coming Soon!
(Art, Guided Nature Tour)

GROUPS

Groups of five or more require special arrangements and must be confirmed in advance. Please review the List of Available Projects and fill out the Group Project Request Form.

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