Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge 150th Anniversary video
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Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge 150th Anniversary
80min. Closed Captioned 1920x1080 1. 150th Anniversary Intro by Mayor Schaaf 2. Samuel Merritt & the Tidal Slough 3. Paul Covel & the Rotary Nature Center 4. Wildlife Refuge: Birds & Migration; Marine Science 5. Lakelands: Restoring; Protecting; Enhancing 6. The People Refuge 7. Proclamations: East Bay Regional Parks Board, Oakland City Council, Office of the Mayor click on photo to link to YouTube movie ---> March 18, 2020 was the 150th Anniversary of the Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge, the nation's first designated wildlife refuge and a precursor to the National Park system. A planned celebration was cancelled due to pandemic restrictions at that time; instead, informal interviews were conducted this past summer with the planned Anniversary speakers and others.
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150th Anniversary Banners
Thanks to donor contributions, the fundraising campaign for the 150th Anniversary of the Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge was very successful. 20 banners are now displayed on poles in Lakeside and Snow Parks. Banner artwork by Adrian Cotter; Banner design by Kerstin Firmin. In addition to supporting the banners, the funds raised enabled us to produce and distribute posters & flyers and anniversary t-shirts. DONORS Bruce De Benedictis Daniel Levy & JinHee Ha East Bay Regional Park District Eddie Dunbar (Insect Museum) Frederick E. Hart Foundation Joshua Davis (East Bay for Everyone) Kyle Milligan & Susan Casentini Mary Ellen Navas & Robert Archibald Oakland Zoo Robert Raburn (BART) Sierra Club Terrie Smith (Community for Lake Merritt) Vickie Jacobs Visit Oakland / Mark Everton Special thanks and gratitude to Deanna Osterberg, Chief Financial Officer, Lake Merritt Breakfast Club Charitable Foundation 
Katie Noonan, 150th lead organizer
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Banner art by Adrian Cotter; Banner design by Kerstin Firmin
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Recommended Readings
The Long, Complex History of Oakland’s Man-Made Bird Islands
by Zoe Beery, March 8, 2018
Birding Hotspot: Lake Merritt
by Marissa Ortega-Welch
December 13, 2012 by GGAS
A Natural History of Oakland’s Lake Merritt
January 2001.
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
The Long, Complex History of Oakland’s Man-Made Bird Islands
by Zoe Beery, March 8, 2018
Birding Hotspot: Lake Merritt
by Marissa Ortega-Welch
December 13, 2012 by GGAS
A Natural History of Oakland’s Lake Merritt
January 2001.
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Lake Merritt / Lakeside Park is a designated wildlife refuge
California Wildlife Act
Statues of California
Eighteenth Session Chapter CCXXIV
An Act to prevent the destruction of fish and game in, upon and around the waters of Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda. Approved March 18, 1870
The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1
From and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, kill, capture, or in any manner destroy, any fish in the waters of Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda, except by the use of a hook and line; but it shall be unlawful to use any set lines, night lines or crawls in said lake.
Section 2
And be it further enacted, that from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, kill or destroy, in any manner whatever, the grouse, any species of wild duck, crane, heron, swan, pelican, snip, or any wild animal or game, of any kind or species whatever, upon, in or around Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda, and within one hundred rods from high water mark upon the land around said lake.
Section 3
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace of said county, or Police Judge of any city within said county, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, and in default of payment of such fine, shall be imprisoned in the county jail of said county, or within a city prison within said county, not more than six months nor less than one month.
Section 4
The fines collected under this Act shall be paid into the county treasury, in all cases prosecuted before a Justice of the Peace, and into the city treasury in all cases of prosecution before a Police Judge of any city within the county.
Section 5
This Act shall take effect and be in full force on and after its passage.
Statues of California
Eighteenth Session Chapter CCXXIV
An Act to prevent the destruction of fish and game in, upon and around the waters of Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda. Approved March 18, 1870
The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1
From and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, kill, capture, or in any manner destroy, any fish in the waters of Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda, except by the use of a hook and line; but it shall be unlawful to use any set lines, night lines or crawls in said lake.
Section 2
And be it further enacted, that from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, kill or destroy, in any manner whatever, the grouse, any species of wild duck, crane, heron, swan, pelican, snip, or any wild animal or game, of any kind or species whatever, upon, in or around Lake Merritt or Peralta, in the County of Alameda, and within one hundred rods from high water mark upon the land around said lake.
Section 3
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace of said county, or Police Judge of any city within said county, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, and in default of payment of such fine, shall be imprisoned in the county jail of said county, or within a city prison within said county, not more than six months nor less than one month.
Section 4
The fines collected under this Act shall be paid into the county treasury, in all cases prosecuted before a Justice of the Peace, and into the city treasury in all cases of prosecution before a Police Judge of any city within the county.
Section 5
This Act shall take effect and be in full force on and after its passage.